JRufer
JRufer OP t1_j9f3b8j wrote
Reply to comment by dsarma in Trying out a small felt desk-pad. This wood desk is too nice to cover entirely. by JRufer
I'm a southpaw PC gamer, so I use my right hand for keyboard controls. This is a layout I set up in VIA that mimics the left side of a standard keyboard so that I have standard WASD controls and right to left layout for the rest of the keys. This minimizes the number of keys I need to rebind in every PC game, before I can play.
It also gives me a nice thumb cluster of custom keys that I can easily access, as well as one column of keys to the right of WASD, for my pinky to easily hit. Those are just easy to rebind as well.
JRufer OP t1_j9dvteb wrote
Reply to comment by andycandy17 in Trying out a small felt desk-pad. This wood desk is too nice to cover entirely. by JRufer
I had to make it myself. If you search Amazon for "Othmaro White pom plastic sheet" you can order a sheet of 5 mm * 200 mm * 200 mm. I used a belt sander to whittle it down to roughly 2 mm thick. Then the steel plate was my template. I used a fine tip soldering iron to carefully cut the sheet. It took a lot of time and sanding to get it to size. It was a huge pain. In hindsight, I should have used a laser cutter, but I didn't have access to one at the time.
As for the case, yes, that is the aluminum case. I color matched the Swift65 as best I could and airbrushed the entire thing with a metallic paint and then a few layers of clear coat. It isn't perfect, but it is close enough that under normal light they look nearly identical.
I'm really proud of how it all turned out. I ordered the GMK Dracula v2 set and when it comes in I will use it on the Swift so they both match key sets as well.
JRufer OP t1_j9d4m1h wrote
Reply to comment by RazercakeTV in Trying out a small felt desk-pad. This wood desk is too nice to cover entirely. by JRufer
It's cheap plastic volume controller. I broke my nice DB1 Pro when I was trying to reassemble it after anodizing. 😔
JRufer OP t1_j9d315r wrote
Left:
Swift65
pom plate
Durock T1 tactile switches
GMK Monokai Material caps
Right:
Half Iris Ergo Split
POM plate
Durock T1 tactile switches
GMK Dracula caps
DeltaHub Small felt desk-pad
Submitted by JRufer t3_117pylr in MechanicalKeyboards
JRufer OP t1_j9f4clm wrote
Reply to comment by dsarma in Trying out a small felt desk-pad. This wood desk is too nice to cover entirely. by JRufer
Exactly! This is basically a game pad that allows me to use mostly out of the box key layouts in games. I only have to make a few custom key assignments as apposed to remapping every key in every game.