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Custom Keyboard Builds - Librear

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betty_campbell•1d ago

Tried lubing my switches with a paint brush from the dollar store, and now my W key clicks twice

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umaadams•1d ago

Sat at my bench for 3 hours wondering why my spacebar kept rattling on one side, then I finally checked the stabilizer wire

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the_river•1d ago

PSA: I picked linears for my first build and my fingers hate me at 11pm

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pat_park52•1d ago

Pro tip: Don't lube your stabilizers with dielectric grease, I just spent 3 hours cleaning it out

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reed.ray•2d ago

Guy at the hardware store in Boise told me my stabilizers were the problem, not my switches

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cora216•3d ago

My uncle handed me his 1987 IBM Model M and said 'this outlasted 4 of my jobs,' and I can't stop thinking about it

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green.jessica•9d ago

TIL my solder joints were never the problem, my $8 iron tip was

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dylan265•10d ago

Cleaned out my parts bin from 2021 and found 3 keyboards I forgot I built

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stellahayes•11d ago

Built two 65% boards last month and the $40 plate beat the $120 one

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jordan184•11d ago

Bought a $50 set of switch films and honestly I feel scammed

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allen.quinn•11d ago

Am I the only one who tried lubing switches with a $6 tube of Super Lube and hated it?

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morgan_lewis18•11d ago

Dropped my first solder joint build on the floor in Denver and had to start over

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the_nancy•11d ago

I used clicky blues for 8 months, then swapped to linears and my typing speed dropped 15 wpm in a week

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jennifer_west•12d ago

Soldered my first board with a $12 iron, redid it with a $60 one and the difference was wild

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davidh90•12d ago

The guy at the Houston meetup convinced me to lube my switches with 205g0 and now I owe him a beer

Custom Keyboard Builds

c/custom-keyboard-builds

Share tips, show off your builds, and get help with making your own custom keyboards.

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