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arcraymo t1_ixn2ir4 wrote

Super nice build! I love the color contrast

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restrav t1_ixn65pg wrote

board looks great and quite unique too. well done.

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jbdelcanto OP t1_ixn75pl wrote

For those of you interested in the specs, well here they are !

QK60 - Wired Hot swap PCB - HHKB Layout

Durock Lavender Switches 67g - Lubed with 205g0

GMK Bento R2 - Revival Kit

Owlstabs (came with the QK60 kit)

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jbdelcanto OP t1_ixn7giq wrote

Replying to cynicalusername (#653,650)

QK60 - Wired Hot swap PCB - HHKB Layout

Durock Lavender Switches 67g - Lubed with 205g0

GMK Bento R2 - Revival Kit

Owlstabs (came with the QK60 kit)

Definitely a lot of fun to build ! :)

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nikkdizzle t1_ixn7okm wrote

that is a great looking build!! good work!

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LordAsthenios t1_ixnm3gb wrote

Hello, fellow Montrealer. Those keycaps are *chef's kiss*.

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pingerlol t1_ixnp4kj wrote

it looks good. can someone tell me how you can live without a windows or control key though?

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jbdelcanto OP t1_ixntbxn wrote

Replying to LordAsthenios (#655,422)

Ohhhh nice! I was wondering if anyone would recognize the city, you've definitely got a good eye, my friend!

What gave it away? The recycle bin or the street? 😅

And thanks, I'm glad you like them!

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jbdelcanto OP t1_ixnufak wrote

Replying to pingerlol (#655,729)

Thanks!

As for your question, this is also a totally new layout for me so I'll definitely need some time to adjust, but I remapped the caps lock to be my control key and I use Fn to use the caps lock.

I do have a windows key though! It's the "code" key. The keycaps set didn't include a windows one so I did what I could.

It's definitely a weird layout, but so far I'm liking it

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pabloescobyte t1_ixnz8z9 wrote

Knew right away it was Montreal lol. Hello from Ottawa!

That is a beautiful looking build. Next time take a photo of it in front of a depanneur!

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jbdelcanto OP t1_ixo44y4 wrote

Replying to pabloescobyte (#656,779)

Thank you my fellow Canadian ! I didn't think that people would recognize the city this easily, next time I'll take a pic in front of a Couche Tard so that everything is red and blue haha!

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Rey_Frijol t1_ixo9ftt wrote

Do you take it on walks 🤔

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Makaijin t1_ixod14u wrote

Genuine question. I see lot of people's builds using keycaps with Japanese kana on them. Is half of the subreddit secretly 日本語上手?

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zerixx t1_ixodv7e wrote

I got a HHKB layout QK60 too! How did you get yours so early, did you order from QwertyKeys?

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Koenigspiel t1_ixoekf7 wrote

Replying to pingerlol (#655,729)

I don't know if I'm in the minority here, but my boards rarely do what the legends of the keycaps say. I have layers and layers of all sorts of different functions on my 40%s all the way up to my TKLs that do exactly what I want/need. No one ever 'lives without' a key.

I would even argue my smaller keyboards, like my Corne, that appear to be 'missing' a ton of physical keys can end up with more keys that are easier to reach than much larger boards. Example being, there's no number row on the Corne but by simply holding down one of the Fn keys I end up with a full numpad that I can mash out numbers in without looking and with one hand; something I'm unable to do with just the standard row of numbers above the alphas. It makes those keys kind of pointless, especially if you have to move your hand to reach a key.

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sevayne7 t1_ixof0lw wrote

Nice build! Excited for my QK60! May I ask what color the bottom is?

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jbdelcanto OP t1_ixoirxb wrote

Replying to zerixx (#658,527)

I hope you get to enjoy yours as much as I'm enjoying mine!

And yep directly from their website and you know what's even more surprising? Some people have received theirs even earlier than I did. On their discord there was a guy who received his literally 2 weeks after the GB ended!

I was kinda jealous, then a week later I got my shipping notification and it arrived within the same week.

Gotta say, I'm pleasantly surprised by how good QwertyKeys' customer service is!

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jbdelcanto OP t1_ixoj02i wrote

Replying to sevayne7 (#658,670)

Thanks!

I got the white bottom with the Chroma weight! I originally wanted to go with the gold plated one, but my QK65 already has one so I thought I'd switch it up a bit

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jbdelcanto OP t1_ixoj72h wrote

Replying to VodkaHaze (#658,886)

Man I've really got to visit more places lol. I thought this was a common in North America and didn't think people would actually guess where I was from this easily

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Truth-Turtle t1_ixol0hh wrote

Nice Build! I bought a QK60 HHKB layout myself. What plate did you choose and how do you like it?

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Nuap t1_ixor53s wrote

Looks so nice, I am excited to get mine and build it.

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jbdelcanto OP t1_ixou8kd wrote

Replying to zerixx (#659,756)

I think I had to pay something like 40$ of custom fees, but it still was cheaper than buying from a local vendor in the end, so I decided I'd try it directly from QK!

Also, I ordered a R1 QK65 from a local vendor and still haven't received it because of some logistics issue, so I didn't want to take a chance and have that happen again.

Honestly if the extra shipping + custom fees are less than 100$ I would 100% always go with ordering directly from QwertyKeys

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jbdelcanto OP t1_ixovgtb wrote

Replying to Commercial_Ganache (#659,863)

Thank you so much!

I paid a total of ~585CAD for everything (taxes and shipping/custom fees included) so that would be around ~440USD. It's definitely not cheap, but I'm so deep in the rabbit hole that I don't even think it's that expensive.

My cheapest board is a pre-built one that I modded and it cost me around 350CAD and the most expensive one I own (or I should say will own, as most of the components were from GBs that are still in production) is set to cost me ~1200CAD.

Needless to say I think I might have problem lol

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jbdelcanto OP t1_ixovvmn wrote

Replying to Nuap (#660,228)

Thanks a loy, I'm excited for you too! The board is so well made. I'm sure you'll enjoy building it a lot, because I gotta say, I definitely did

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jbdelcanto OP t1_ixowmf7 wrote

Replying to Truth-Turtle (#659,511)

Thank you so much!

I got the Alu plate and so far I'm really liking it! IMO it's really the perfect middle ground if you don't want your board to sound too high pitched like with a brass plate for example, or too low pitched as with a POM plate.

I hope you enjoy building yours as much as I enjoyed building mine!

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Wheazzy t1_ixox4nr wrote

Looks dang clean 11/10

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Grimlogic t1_ixoxqnc wrote

Replying to AndrejPatak (#655,926)

Based on what I've read, a lot of people who get WKL do it for the aesthetic, mainly.

I've had plenty of opportunities to get a WKL keyboard but always opt for WK (or HHKB layouts for 60%s). I work and game with Windows so I really get mileage out of it.

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Kuj000 t1_ixplcoz wrote

Bento revival is fire. Cheers!

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SamirD t1_ixpmj6d wrote

Nice! Love the frosted case and full size space bar. :)

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Stebeff t1_ixpw30j wrote

Replying to pingerlol (#655,729)

Caps lock is a useless key to me, so I switch it to the windows key. On a hhkb I have the control where the caps lock is and my windows key on the right shift when pressing the fn key. It takes a while to learn but i prefer it now and even find my TKL to slow because I have to leave my home row for just some arrow keys. It remains preference of course.

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DOORMAAN t1_ixqwozq wrote

Really clean man great work

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LEGOng_TV t1_ixr2c7j wrote

When is my QK60 coming :(

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jbdelcanto OP t1_ixr7mde wrote

Replying to LEGOng_TV (#669,788)

Hopefully very soon!!

I know it sucks seeing everyone get theirs before you do, but if that can make you feel any better just know that I ordered a R1 QK65 and I still haven't received it :(

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rosskap t1_ixub972 wrote

how do you play without control? :O

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jbdelcanto OP t1_ixuj8zj wrote

Replying to rosskap (#683,571)

I actually remapped it to the caps lock!

It was definitely a bit weird at first since it was my first time using this layout, but I think I have pretty much fully adapted to it now!

As for actual caps lock it's under the exact same key, but I need to press the function key at the same time to use it! But that's pretty much how this whole layout works at this point.

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