Just built my first ortholinear keyboard!
Keyboard/case: Ortho60v2 from #cannonkeys (https://cannonkeys.com/products/ortho60)
Switches: #akko Rose Red (https://en.akkogear.com/product/akko-cs-rose-red-switch/)
Keycaps: Custom order from #kromekeycaps (https://www.kromekeycaps.com/)
Nice! That’ll look great on a shelf!
How do you know you’re pressin’ the right keys?
Askin’ for a different guy.
@SharkEatingBreakfast @alex the right thing shows up on your computer?
Okay, so… trial & error?
The first few days, yes, but there’s nothing better than blank keycaps when it comes to learning how to type without looking at the keyboard all the time.
It’s adapt or die, basically.
OH! Y’all memorize the keys?? That’s amazing!!
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I always wonder, what is the purpose of two space bars? It looks amazing BTW the keycaps a beautiful.
Well originally I intended to bind the left spacebar to space and the right spacebar to escape for when I’m using Helix editor (similar keybindings to Vim) to make escape faster to press. But I’ve found having the escape key in the first column second row beside my pinky to be very comfortable, so right now I have both of the keys set to space. But I am still editing what keys are where so this may well change.
I’m glad you like the keycaps by the way, I’m very happy with how they turned out.
…oh, that’s pretty!..reminds me of when i redecorated my bedroom the summer of `83…
That is pretty
@urquell Thank you!
Looks great! I love the choice of keycaps!
What does the Ortho moniker actually mean? ( Yes I am embarrassed I don’t know). This looks extra cool to me because I am terrible at soldering, and would like to improve. Can you post some pics of your switch recepticle solders?
Ortho linear means all the keys are arranged vertically and straight, with no key offset like you’d find in regular keyboards. The idea is you can type faster (after getting used to it), and offset keys are no longer necessary since we don’t use typewriters anymore.
Just to expand a little,
ortho-, as a prefix, means:
Right angle, perpendicular.
As in orthogonal, or orthographic.
Or sometimes just “straight”, or “corrective”(?), like in “orthodontist” or “orthopedic”, I suppose.
https://www.rctech.net/forum/radio-electronics/336870-how-solder-correctly-not-so-brief-lesson.html
This is the guide I read when I first got into building fpv drones and it helped me a lot
What kind of iron are you working with? What kind of solder are you using? Those 2 things alone can make a big difference. Practice is necessary too, of course–but if you’re trying to work with inferior equipment and/or solder, it may be harder than it should be…
It has more been an issue of my not understanding exactly where and how the solder is supposed to go on hotswap sockets
Ooh, i see. Unfortunately i don’t have any experience soldering these…just pcbs, wires, etc. Hopefully someone else here can help out!
@Reverendender @mechanicalkeyboards Funnily enough, I haven’t got round to soldering in the mill-max sockets I’m using yet. I put them in the PCB and they’re a tight enough fit that all the keys work purely through the contact the socket makes with the PCB. When I get it soldered I’ll send a photo though.
Wow that looks cool.
@alex @mechanicalkeyboards welcome down the rabbit hole.
Love it! Preonic style layout is my fave
