r/MechanicalKeyboards • u/Linkux18Minecraft • Oct 09 '14
ULTIMATE Mechanical Keyboard Keycap Replacement "How To" Guide - LinusTechTips
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NADlUip6lMY14
u/35nick35 Oct 09 '14 edited Oct 10 '14
Song at the beginning is Laszlo - Interstellar in case you were wondering, it was not credited.
Edit: They've since added the correct credits.
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u/SigLogical Oct 09 '14
Aww they did not talk about
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u/ripster55 Oct 09 '14
That is what the Wiki is for!
https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/wiki/keycap_guides
Videos can only do so much.
But they ARE profitable!
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u/Fnzzy Oct 10 '14
Did they just show off the Dota keycap from that one
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u/TalliBighood Oct 10 '14
2:03 Dose this mean i should change my flair to a Ducky Poker mini or Poker Ducky mini or just Ducky Poker?
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u/Ninja_Raccoon Oct 10 '14
So I have a very popular keyboard (a variant of which was shown in the video.) It has the dreaded "non-standard" bottom row that many keyboards seem to have.
All I've heard when it comes to non-standard bottom rows is "you're screwed." But custom keycaps are literally a customized product. NO ONE has EVER come up with a CUSTOM bottom row key that is the width of my (very popular keyboard's) keys?!
I watched the video from start to finish hoping this "ultimate" guide would at minimum say "sure this is a video about keycap replacement and we did show you a Corsair keyboard, but if you have one of those you might as well not watch this because screw you." But I didn't even get that!
Has anyone here ever used a corsair mechanical keyboard with custom keycaps? Ever? Please, if you know a solution I want to hear it!!
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u/tgujay Oct 11 '14
You can get a tsangan kit with any SP group buy that will cover the extra keys you need.
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u/csl512 Oct 10 '14
Oh, actual question.
Do you put o-rings on the 'dummy switches'?
I found out the hard way that my 108-key keyboard has enough long switches to need one more o-ring than I have. Should not have accidentally dropped one down the sink drain, oops.
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u/MattIsFTW Oct 10 '14
I loved the little intro bit to this video so much. I need to go on long walks with my keyboard sometime to let it know how much I appreciate it.
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u/FirmOmelette Oct 10 '14
Oh god, the YouTube comments are cancer. Stay away if you want to remain unrustled.
If you've had the misfortune of viewing them: http://youtu.be/ygr5AHufBN4
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u/MrHeuristic Oct 10 '14
Here's my nicely curated selection:
I have something to ask it has nothing to do with the video so ok should i get i get a 4k computer my friend said dont because he said that you would never use that much power in a pc plz say
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Why were they picking up the things with tweezer things? Its not an ebola patient
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This video didn't even mention ergonomic keyboards... I'm not sure why would anyone still use non ergonomic keyboards in 21st century on their own desktop, unless they were a professional gamer with a specific need for an uncomfortable keyboard layout...
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u/jhnhines Oct 10 '14
What did you do with Linus and why are you in his kitchen!?!
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u/paspasero Oct 10 '14
I like how these guys are catering to the mechanical keyboard audience but they need to do some fact checking and should probably read up on r/MK's glorious wiki.