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Brand New to Keyboards, Trying to Find a Decent Catalogue (midwest.social)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Hello hello

I'm planning out a keyboard for the future, I've figured out the features I want, but I'm having a hard time understanding how to get them. The learning curve is steep, it seems.

Are there any websites that have a good filter for their databases? I'm trying to find quiet, low-travel switches. My plan is to put them on a Keychron V10 QMK Alice Keyboard.

For the keys themselves I'm going to try and find a set that's blank on top, but with the markings on the side. I've seen them in real life, I just haven't gone looking for them in real life. Then, I'll add stickers on top for an alternate layout. That way, I'll always have a visual reminder of which key does what, so long as I remember which mode my keyboard is in.

So far I haven't found a website that lets you filter by travel distance, which is annoying, because I can't put in the kind of work needed to look at every listing to find out the travel distance.

Thanks!

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Okay okay, I kind of had a breakthrough when I figured out I could use KeyChron keycaps to ensure that I had the right sizes for the space bars. Plus I need an extra B anyway and couldn't find sets like that otherwise. This forced me into keycaps with letters on top, but the second breakthrough was finding replacement stickers for Mac keyboards. Those have small letters so I'll cut them down and apply them to the side of each key for Dvorak reference.

Here's the build in my head:

##Empty Board
KeyChron V10
https://divinikey.com/collections/keyboards/products/keychron-v10-qmk-alice-keyboard?_pos=5&_fid=dc1643ec3&_ss=c

##Switches
Haimu X Geon HG Red Silent Linear
https://divinikey.com/collections/silent-switches/products/haimu-x-geon-hg-red-silent-linear-switches

##Keycaps
White on Black
https://www.keychron.com/products/cherry-profile-double-shot-pbt-full-set-keycaps-white-on-black-wob?variant=40176096575577

##Stickers
MacBook Keyboard Decal
https://www.etsy.com/listing/469257863/solid-black-macbook-keyboard-decal

##Wrist rest
Sexy Sexy Wood
https://www.keychron.com/products/keychron-keyboard-wooden-palm-rest?variant=40255045730393

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

This is, of course, a work in progress, but I'm happy to at least have a solution, even if it might not ultimately be the solution. I'm trying to find a side-printed keycap set that comes with an extra B somehow so I can relegate the QWERTY layout to the side. That way, I can use uncut stickers on top for the Dvorak layout instead of having ugly cut stickers on the edge.