Keyboard Tips & Tricks - Volume 1
CTRL + F to quickly skip to each tip/trick below: Tip #1 - Cheap Dust Cover (Shower Caps) Tip #2 - Upgrade Your Wire Keycap Puller to Plastic Tip #3 - Test Your PCB/QC Your Board Before Building Soldering-Specific: Tip #4 - Take Your Time. Set Yourself up for Soldering Success Tip #5 - Using the Right Size Soldering Tip Tip #6 - Soldering Loose Switches/Plateless Builds - Rubber Bands Tip #7 - Fixing Crooked Switches After Soldering Extra Tip - Test Your PCB After Soldering… BEFORE You Put Away Your Soldering Equipment Intro & Disclaimer A recent mistake. Mixed three sets of beige PBT keycap sets and spent a good while having to separate everything... “I wish I had known about this sooner…” I can’t tell you the amount of times that I’ve said those words out loud, or thought about them when it comes to the keyboard hobby. Whether it’s what someone in the community has told me, or something I found out myself, even things that may seem so simple as using...
Mar 11, 2025
I was told we would get both the V80 and switch tester and they would be shipped separately and the switch tester would be shipped first (this was Monday). Figured some people might be getting their hopes up...
"Just a quick update, the CM switch tester will be shipping in the next few business days. When it ships, you will receive an email notification. When the V80 keyboard ships out in the following weeks, you will receive another email notification."
Where did you get that info? Are some people getting their switch testers sooner?
I kid!