Click to view our Accessibility Statement or contact us with accessibility-related questions
PRODUCTS YOU MAY LIKE
Trending Posts in Mechanical Keyboards
Robbedoes
*Help* Screw in stabilizers not fitting in Dropshift V2 keyboard
I'm trying to build a mechanical keyboard with screw in stabilizers, I've build some mechanical keyboards with click-in stabilizers, never with screw in. Somehow one of the pins of the metal top-part collides with the screw in stabilizer of the numpad "enter key". I already tried grinding of a bit of the pin that collides with the stabilizer, but unfortunately I can't make it fit/close properly. You can see that the pin of the toppart leaves a mark on the bottompart of the stabilizer, see picture 2. What am I missing? Using Durock V2 in a Dropshift fullsize V2. See pictures below, thanks in advance!
Apr 23, 2024
Fukyachickennuggets
Polymer clay
Don't drop crazy cash on custom wood builds! Instead go buy polymer clay and paint. Then you can spend a ridiculous amount of time trying to make it look like you can afford to drop crazy cash on...
Apr 22, 2024
GrEEdYY
HELP PLEASE!
HELP PLEASE! I put noise insulation in the keyboard and after that it stopped working, the only sign of life is 5 blinks of orange light.can do something about it? model:DROP ALTv1
Apr 22, 2024
Durazell
Want to build a Clicky Mech Keyboard. Where to begin?
Hello all. Am brand new to the idea of building my own keyboard. Have not a clue where to begin this process. I am a Sim Game enthusiast. American Truck Sim, DCS Flight Sim and goes from there. Need some real help on where to start for making my own Full Size, Clickey Mechanical KB. I want each key to have its own backlighting. Are there keys that are better than others for this? Is there a great spot on site for a person who has never even taken a keyboard apart? Let alone fixed or built one? I would like it to fit my theme of Red and Black. Yet maybe have the option of changing things up a bit. Any help at all would be greatly appreciated. Thank you all kindly, Durazell
Apr 20, 2024
CaptainYoghurt
Does the ALT v2 PCBA support USB-C e-marked cables?
Currently my ALT v1 does not work with e-marked USB-C cables. I was wondering if the v2 PCBA does support these types of cables (thunderbolt 4 cable for example)?
Apr 20, 2024
AiheyStudio
Favorite Artisans
Dragon Pillar Artisan Keycaps Creative Resin Keycaps for 6.25u and 7u Space Bars
Discover the allure of our Dragon Pillar Artisan Keycaps – unique resin keycaps designed to adorn your 6.25u and 7u space bars. Crafted with creativity and precision, each keycap features an...
Apr 18, 2024
Drop Refurbished
Like-new products you can trustDrop Rewards
Get $5 for every 500 points you earn! Learn more
Drop Keyboard Club
Become a member and expand your keycap collectionCollaborate With Us
For Brands & DesignersFollow Drop
We are in talks with Topre right now to try and make this a bit better for the community. I will keep everyone updated.
1. Provide separate images of the base kit and add-ins. Clearly explain why the font and text alignment on the add-in differs from the base kit. Right now the only stand-alone image of the add-in is in the discussion. Given that the add-in keys have the stock Topre font and text alignment, it makes sense to show the add-in keys integrated into a stock Topre set. The current banner image shows blue add-in keys integrated with the base kit, which looks strange and generates confusion because the base kit render shown below also includes blue WASD & arrow keys, but with the correct font and text alignment.
2. Provide an as-complete-as-possible hardware compatibility list. There are not that many Realforce-branded keyboard models, just list the model numbers that would have full compatibility or partial compatibility. Is it compatible with Hi-Pro models and Type Heaven? It should be, but this could be easily confirmed with a compatibility list generated by MD rather than have users rely on other potentially incorrect users in the drop “discussion.”
3. The custom keycap set claims to be compatible with tenkeyless (TKL) Realforce models, but that is incorrect; it is more accurately described as providing “limited” compatibility with TKL models. Swappable CTRL & CAPS keys are not provided, neither are LED-compatible NumLock/ScrLk or LCTRL keys.* It should also be noted that the LCTRL key on Realforce 87u keyboards differs from that of the 104u & full sized keyboards, but no mention of providing this keycap is made, nor is it shown in the custom set render, although my research indicates that the keycap is provided (for a more complete description of the issue see btctopre’s posts here: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=74413.500). *Based on information from Geekhack discussion.
4. Provide full TKL (87u) keyboard compatibility. Offer swappable CTRL & CAPS, and LED compatible NumLock/ScrLk keys as an add-ons or integrate them into the standard kit. Alternatively, you could sell base TKL kits and sell the numpad as an add-on. Either way works, but the end result should be complete compatibility for Realforce keyboards. I have intentionally not introduced improved cross-brand compatibility (HHKB, Leopold) as an issue because it has already been mentioned extensively in prior comments.
5. The “discussion” pages for this drop rapidly became toxic, but were necessary reading because of the lack of information in the “description.” Users flung insults and misinformation around, which did not help those relying on the “discussion” pages to find answers to their questions, many of them about points 1,2,3 and 4. I am not a Geekhack forum member, but I had to scour that forum to find answers to my questions about the set. I know it is not MD’s job to police the Internet, but discussion forums have administrators for a reason, and MD was very slow to respond to the hostile environment in this drop’s “discussion.”
6. There is no central location for discussion & information on this keycap set. Early prototyping and feedback occurred on Geekhack. Once the drop went live, Geekhack continued to be the best place to find information about the set, but there is no reference to the Geekhack thread anywhere in the Massdrop “description.” There are questions in the MD “discussion” answered on Geekhack, and Geekhack questions answered on MD. There are a handful of online keyboard communities, Massdrop is a production and fund raising vehicle for the creators of those communities, hosting more members than any single community. Massdrop should be the primary discussion forum for a live drop, not the original forum. Post a link to the original forum topic, let users read it if they want to, but the MD community should make an effort to ask and answer questions on MD so that we don’t all need multiple user accounts across various forums. Aside: I understand why people avoided the MD discussion for this drop, see point 5.
Please consider these comments constructive criticism. This drop is a rare opportunity and I am glad that MD, Matt3o, and Topre are collaborating. I really would like to see this drop succeed.
The lack of photos for the add-ons and the lack of a hardware compatibility list is particularly disappointing.