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AoPo AP108 Wooden Mechanical Keyboard Kit
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AoPo AP108 Wooden Mechanical Keyboard Kit
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Create your next keyboard with notes from nature. The AoPo AP108 Wooden Mechanical Keyboard Kit combines a real rosewood case with vibrant SMD RGB LED lights to set the stage Read More
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Mar 25, 2020
Crazy question, do you think this case will fit a IKBC MF108 or f108 board? It looks like the exact layout and this boards wood case looks nice. Wouldn't have to deal with the PCB. Not cost effective at all but like that wood case.
dbrooks75
1
Jan 22, 2020
Anyone know the type of LED used in these? I've got a couple that have a bad red, and I'm going to attempt to replace them.
apophene
20
Jan 9, 2020
Just got one of these things (cheaply) from eBay. 12 of the sockets are not working (one whole column, most of another and some random ones). Two of the sockets were ripped off the pads from the start. I have un-mounted the USB daughter board and that didn't help.
Has anyone managed a fix? Would love to hear about it.
I will break out the multimeter tomorrow and see if I can figure anything out.
PooStick
13
Nov 13, 2019
First, a few questions:
- What is the "108th" key all the way in the top right corner supposed to do? How can I test that the key is actually working? It's not currently registering as anything.
- Can the Fn/Menu key be remapped? How can it be tested?
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famguy07
79
Nov 12, 2019
It's a shame such a beautiful keyboard has such shitty mounting. That is my only complaint, but its a huge one.
First, The mounting of the USB C daughter board was too tight or something, much like @Igarashi below. However, for me, not one of the keys on the board worked. After removing the daughter board and retesting with it unmounted, all my keys worked, so I hope to be able to remount it with the right screw pressure to allow it to continue working.
Second, as others said, the mounting of the PCB is complete shit. Whoever thought top mounting a hotswap PCB with only 4 screws from the PCB to the plate over a full size keyboard has obviously never designed a keyboard before. The good news is that the top mounted plate feels solid, as a top mounted plate should, so once you have your switches in place, they will stay and feel just fine. Getting them into place, however, is a separate task entirely. Again, as others said, the PCB warps horribly, especially on row 5 (spacebar row) and on the far right by the numpad.
I did not have any issues with the hotswap sockets disconnecting from their solder joints, however, there is not a lot of solder on any of the joints, so I can easily see why others are having issues with them.
If it weren't for the mounting issues, this would easily be a 4-5 star keyboard. It's absolutely beautiful. I would only drop it to 4 stars if the software (again linked below by @SpencerL) doesn't work well or is missing features. I may update that in the future. However, with the mounting issues, I have to give it 1/5 out of the box and up to 3/5 once fixed.
I'll post a picture or two once I get GMK camping installed.
CaptainPunch
0
Sep 1, 2020
How is this keyboard now? I saw this ad https://www.aliexpress.com/item/4001033641971.html?spm=a2g0o.detail.1000060.1.3064221fqCmtCz&gps-id=pcDetailBottomMoreThisSeller&scm=1007.13339.128609.0&scm_id=1007.13339.128609.0&scm-url=1007.13339.128609.0&pvid=e765c62e-ae20-44f1-9e7b-10b2d1b1c658&_t=gps-id:pcDetailBottomMoreThisSeller,scm-url:1007.13339.128609.0,pvid:e765c62e-ae20-44f1-9e7b-10b2d1b1c658,tpp_buckets:668%230%23131923%2356_668%23808%235965%23313_668%23888%233325%2311_668%232846%238110%23309_668%232717%237558%23159_668%231000022185%231000069217%230_668%233468%2315615%23637
For the same keyboard and wondering if I should get this or just buy a ducky one 2 rgb and mode it for hot swapping.
famguy07
79
Sep 8, 2020
CaptainPunchIt's ok, I'm actually typing on it now, since I needed a numpad recently. As I mentioned in my first post, once it's set up, it's great. Also as seen in the picture, its still a beautiful board.
However, the right Windows key and context key still don't work, along with numpad 3. I don't use any of these keys, so I haven't opened it up to see if its a bad solder job, or what.
My suggestion is still the same when I first got the board. If you want a working product, out of the box with no hassle, avoid this. If you are willing to put up with and troubleshoot some (fixable) issues, and prefer the look of this board, go with it. It's still very much a 3/5 with the issues, but it makes up for it with its looks.
JohnRCooper
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Zslane
Nov 8, 2019
Is there any documentation for this board? Like, what the default key assignments are above the numpad? And how to control the RGB LEDs (I'd like to turn them off, for instance)?
JohnRCooper
860
Zslane
Nov 11, 2019
SpencerLSo the documentation is extracted during installation of the programming software?
Solanthos
5
Nov 8, 2019
My F2 and F4 keys don't work. Had issues with a few others, swapped switches and they worked. With these, I've tried known good switches from elsewhere on the keyboard and everything. Haven't had time to take it completely apart to check the solder points or anything - need to pick up a small enough phillips head to do it. Either way, it's a little disappointing.
k-sy
0
Nov 11, 2019
SolanthosYeah, I ended up with three different problems that resulted in nonfunctional keys, two of which had to do with the switches themselves. But aside from those two, one of the pads for the spacebar's kailh PCB connector was not properly affixed to the board. If I held the connector tight to the board, it would work, but without that pressure, it wouldn't. A quick soldering job got that taken care of.
But yeah, I agree, it was rather disheartening how much fiddling needed to be done after going through the assembly process to get it to work. I think I ended up attaching and removing the rear panel probably four times before everything was working as expected.
Also would be nice to have a copy of the RGB function key diagram in English. Google translate's dynamic translation via my phone's camera helped a little, but still, a full description and proper instructions would be very much appreciated. I don't really like the idea of installing some random "programming" software, and would likely be totally fine with the built-in RGB programs. It's just hard to figure out what they all do.
dbrooks75
1
Nov 7, 2019
Is there a certain type of switch I should buy to allow the led light to get to my double shot keycaps?
Igarashi
15
Nov 7, 2019
dbrooks75I know Kailh box switches work fairly well, but it'll never be as bright as in-switch leds.
Igarashi
15
Nov 6, 2019
For anyone trying to assemble their kit:
1. the sockets for the switches don't have a lot of solder, so you'll need to press on the socket from behind when installing a switch, otherwise you may rip the socket off the pcb (like i did).
I would careful in the future whenever changing the switches.
2. I also needed to loosen the screws holding the small usb-c board, because as installed from the factory; the board pressed on the main pcb in a way that caused the "F9" "-" "P" ";" "?" & "WIN" keys to not function.
zshift
0
Nov 6, 2019
IgarashiJust ran into this (bullet 1). Ironically, I had to solder jumpers because the pads ripped right out. The current hot-swap inserts are not properly designed to handle the install process. There really should be through-pcb mounting vias for these, similar to how the USB-C connector is soldered on the included daughter-board.
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Just_AE
1
Nov 5, 2019
What exactly is the plate made out of? I just received one and it DEFINITELY is not aluminum, like in the pictures
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