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bugsaint wrote:Poker with keycaps from the recent RA2.0 clones keycaps Group Buy. Very happy with the results.

I didn't think the red-on-grey modifers were going to look good, but I was wrong. Very, very wrong. Great looking board bugsaint!

I bought a KBC Poker from MechanicalKeyboards.com at the last minute when they were running out. All they had left was one with MX-Black and I bought it thinking that I'd replace the switches with something else. Surprisingly, I fell in love with the switches and now use it as my daily driver at work because it's so much quieter.


Round 3 Poker by Michael Ashby, on Flickr

Build Summary
- lubed all the switches with a mixture of Krytox oil and grease
- added black stickers between the switch housing
- installed a black aluminum plate from iMav's DIY Poker leftovers
- installed square top white LEDs
- installed a couple of silver metallic stickers from Shadovved's sticker shoppe
- this morning added my most lusted after key cap set - Round 3

The full gallery of the build process can be found at this link.

Great stuff, Mashby.

All it needs is a tank of a command console wrapped around it and the retro singularity would be complete.

Mashby, isn't your spacebar upside down?

Muirium wrote:Great stuff, Mashby.

All it needs is a tank of a command console wrapped around it and the retro singularity would be complete.

Thank you Muirium and I agree about the tank!

Grond wrote:Mashby, isn't your spacebar upside down?

Yes, it is. I find the SP spacebar to be too sharp on the bottom edge. Putting it on backwards solves that issue. It looks weird, but it feels pretty good.

I don't know why you people find that spacebar too sharp and flip it to an odd position. I've never had any problem with my SP sets.

guilleguillaume wrote:I don't know why you people find that spacebar too sharp and flip it to an odd position. I've never had any problem with my SP sets.

It might just be with some keyboards. I had a CM QFR with CCnG on it a few months back and didn't notice the sharp edge. It might be the angle or design of the Pokers that accentuates it?

Never had such problems on my Filco – instead, the first time I mounted the SP spacebar uspide down by mistake, and I think it didn't really work like that. It kind of got stuck against the edge of the case when pressed down.

It not the Poker, but the Poker's short-shifted cousin!

My poker 2. For some reason I really like the feel of the DSA caps on this board - much more than on my Filco tkl.

You can so easily go over the top with coloured keycaps but those are some of the smartest looking caps you can live with - imo!

mashby wrote:I bought a KBC Poker from MechanicalKeyboards.com at the last minute when they were running out. All they had left was one with MX-Black and I bought it thinking that I'd replace the switches with something else. Surprisingly, I fell in love with the switches and now use it as my daily driver at work because it's so much quieter.


Round 3 Poker by Michael Ashby, on Flickr


The full gallery of the build process can be found at this link.

bugsaint wrote:You can so easily go over the top with coloured keycaps but those are some of the smartest looking caps you can live with - imo!

Thanks bugsaint! I'm still loving them and I think they'll be a permanent fixture on this keyboard. It's a match made in heaven.

More recently...

Dis Tab... ಠ_ಠ

The Tab key is just horrible.

Yeah, I don't get it either...

I still love the olivetti colours. <3 No matter whats on those caps.

Potato phone pic of my Poker.

DanGWanG wrote:More recently...

I really like the Olivetti set as well. I've put them on my Filco MJ2 TKL; they look great and they have improved the sound and feel.

DanGWanG wrote:More recently...

Spoiler:

Shpae case like HHKB,but higher

Might as well post some over here

It might feel better, but I just can't get used to the look of upside down spacebars.
(apart from that it looks really nice with those dark grey blanks :D)

ماء wrote:

DanGWanG wrote:More recently...

Spoiler:

Shpae case like HHKB,but higher

I really like the case! Was this a special order through a GB?

rjrich wrote:

ماء wrote:

DanGWanG wrote:More recently...

Spoiler:

Shpae case like HHKB,but higher

I really like the case! Was this a special order through a GB?

yes,GB GH

I want one. I think there is another GB in progress, but the case looks different -- lower profile, I think.

Yes,but like the original poker case
MKC Aluminum Poker Case
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=44651.0
but, i want which like HHKB

Edit:apparently [GB] in DT which like HHKB
Poker Alu Case
http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/ ... t3406.html

Here was mine a few days ago:

ماء wrote:Yes,but like the original poker case
MKC Aluminum Poker Case
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=44651.0
but, i want which like HHKB

Edit:apparently [GB] in DT which like HHKB
Poker Alu Case
http://deskthority.net/marketplace-f11/ ... t3406.html

Yes, I also prefer an Aluminum case that is shaped like the plastic case on the HHKB Pro 2. However, it appears that the current GB is for a low-profile case. It looks like the high-profile case was a GB from 2012.

rjrich wrote: Yes, I also prefer an Aluminum case that is shaped like the plastic case on the HHKB Pro 2. However, it appears that the current GB is for a low-profile case. It looks like the high-profile case was a GB from 2012.

Most [GB] current is low profile like case original poker
you better post there or PM sherryton

but it's so more expensive and such as price hhkb

rjrich wrote:I really like the case! Was this a special order through a GB?

That is the Pla Poker case that she bought from Zenuty. It was a GB on one of the Korean forums I believe. Kayliss has one in gold for sale on GH at this link.