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Discussion on: Mechanical keyboard : first build (v2) - DIY kit

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ashoutinthevoid profile image
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Great work! Custom keyboards can be a real difference maker when you spend most of your waking hours in front of one.

I personally use a split ortholinear with a colemak layout (though i kept my caps lock key). Even if you don't want to learn a new layout (there are multiple variations that are all more efficient than qwerty), I would definitely recommend checking out splits and ortholinear setups.

Have fun, and try to keep the budget reasonable (the real mkb challenge :))

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Drilon Mecuku

Thanks for your comment.
I am already thinking about the second keyboard I want to build but as you rightly said - keeping a reasonable budget is going to be the biggest challenge.

I’ve looked briefly at ortholinear and I really like the way they look , so that’s a good candidate for the next build.