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
Hopefully they will update us about current progress soon. The AKG K7XX has gotten updated in the middle of the night, and even a gotten a response from a massdrop staff member on Chrismas Eve. It would be nice for this drop to get some attention too. Or at least be updated within two weeks of the specified time. Unless I did my math wrong (or there is a rounding issue on the dates, which there is a good chance of) December 26 is 3 weeks from the last update. In case you missed it, we were told in that update that there would be weekly updates. If we don't have one then, I will probably be a little upset. Even just a quick update to say that they don't have any new information would be fine.