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arc60 – a forgotten build

Back in 2023 i got an arc60 blue, WK. At that time I somehow have forgotten to write some word about the build I did there. I bought…

March 18, 2025 1 min read

beauty-shots keyboards review

bongoneko

The bongoneko o-ring mounted keyboard is a fork from the bakeneko with added weight made and from PC for the MKD community. I built my bongoneko from the…

November 28, 2022 1 min read

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Nori Reloaded

After I was hyped about the 40percentclub Nori build and was able to create one board, the lucky coincidence arrived. Technofrikus was…

July 21, 2022 1 min read

Ikki68 Aurora + CJs

I received the request to build a 65% keyboard made from plastic, featuring light keycaps. So after collecting all requirements, I searched…

June 29, 2022 1 min read

Stucco{15} – fancy1

Before I could publish content about the Stucco project, I of course tested the iterations of the Stucco{15}. It features an ISO…

June 9, 2022 1 min read

Topic Archive

rebuilt Polaris II

Facts: Cherry MX Black pretooled (desoldered from a cherry G80) switches lubed with Krytox GPL205g0, filmed with Deskeys films, spring swapped with…

March 20, 2022 1 min read

Stucco – project

EDIT: now be able to order your Stucco keyboard https://keeb.zandria.eu/2022/06/09/stucco-order-now/ Coming from my Polaris and searching for another PCB, I found the…

December 3, 2021 2 min read

kbd67 lite R2 tiffany

Just received a kbd67 lite R2 from candykeys in the colour tiffany. I just made some pictures during unboxing and of the…

August 5, 2021 1 min read

custom cable I

first custom cable made out of MDPC sleeve and a regular USB-A/USB-C adapter. Nothing fancy but I am happy with it.

June 30, 2021 1 min read

Klippe T

Mekanisk Klippe T ultramarine Gat Yellows 205g0 Durock Stabs 205g0 DZ60 Pcb Aluminium Plate

June 3, 2021 1 min read

Polaris

I just swallowed the pill and bought the ai03 Polaris via the aftermarket. It was built with: Polaris WK grey everglide dark…

June 2, 2021 1 min read

Topic lube

LM-330 lube test

Together with mechboardsuk i organized a lube test via reddit:Lube Testing (LM 330 vs Krytox GPL 250 g0)

September 24, 2020 2 min read

Topic news

EU wiki

I just started my very personal and custom EU based wiki. Feel free to check it out: guide

August 10, 2020 1 min read

first mechanical keyboard

My start to the mechanical keyboard world was NOT a custom one 🙂My first mechanical keyboard: Ducky One 2 SF with Gateron…

April 10, 2020 1 min read

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