My specs post got blocked somehow... here it is:

• Cooler Master Quickfire Storm TK,
• Mx Reds swapped for Gateron Yellows, lubed w/ Krytox,
• Custom printend keycap set from Max Keyboard,
• Flat F10 kecaps for F-row etc from Pimp My Keyboard,
• Case and keycaps airbrushed, using Vallejo Model Air Moon Yellow, plus primers.

Inspired by IBM's Yellow Bird prototype PC from the 70ies.

It's OEM profile ABS keycaps from Max Keyboard, with custom laser printed legends. They offer custom printed keycap sets, just like WASD.

The flat keycaps are called F10, from Pimp My Keyboard, they're PBT.

Thanks! My spec post got blocked for some reason, se my new post.

All keys work as normal. I just wanted the F-row to be more discreet. I also went for a sort-of winkeyless, vintage look with the painted caps in the bottom row.

Wait, did you repost this? How many kidneys do you got? :)

Great little keeb btw

Haha cool! How do you like the Aliaz? A lot of people whine about them, but I suppose they (me included) expected them to be more tactile... if you're into light tactility, they are great switches.

Spreading the gospel, one desk at a time :)

Naw not really a prank, I just don't think I'll have much use for it unless I'm by myself :) I have an idea about using two different sets of keycaps, one for the alphas and one for the others. I got carried away and decided to use different switches.

The Aliaz Silents are tactiles with silencing, but they are pretty meh so I haven't used them, had them lying around and decided they fit this concept.

The Alps switch is just so I can use an extra key on this keyboard, the hole is really for big-ass enter keycap, se my other comment.

No, this plate actually has an Alps hole where the backslash key goes. It's from a Steelseries 6Gv2, which has a big-ass Enter (L-shaped). The switch sits where an ANSI enter is, and the keycap has a stabilizer shaft where the backslash key would be. The shaft runs in a plastic insert that fits an Alps plate mount hole.

I decided to convert it to ANSI by mounting an Alps switch, there is no traces in the PCB but I will run wires to the Fn key.

Yep, and they break. It's the Alfa Romeo of switches.

I wish it was a real Alps, but it's nice when lubed. It has simplified contacts though, so its a pain to reassemble.

Switches:

• Novelkeys Box Jades and Navies for the alpha section
• Aliaz Silent 70g for the rest
• Alps.tw Type 8, linear Alps clone.

Yes, the plate is gunky/rusty, but I don't care, I am mostly building this to annoy my coworkers.

Also, polaroids were used in industries like film and fashion, where you wanted to take a reference photo of something - like, documenting what clothes actors are wearing so they wear the same at the shoot tomorrow.

Nice!

Any specs? HHKB with Cherry mount sliders?

Let's just hope it's not wrapped around a telephone pole.

Yes, I usually go for a country-specific layout like FI/SE. The "Pan-nordic" compromise designs is often sloppy, the accent and angle bracket keys usually looks like shit. This is suprisingly elegant. The Ö and Ä keys works well too.

Beautiful. That's actually a nice Nordic layout too.