How to Build MECHANICAL KEYBOARDS

If you've got $50 and a 3D printer, you can make one of the most satisfying and useful projects on Earth!

⌨ SiCK-68 by Fedor Sosnin - https://thangs.com/model/10461/?utm_s...
⌨ Redox Handwire by MattDB - https://thangs.com/model/10464/?utm_s...
⌨ Dactyl ManuForm by Tom Short - https://thangs.com/model/10466/?utm_s...
🗝 KeyV2 G20 Keycap scripted by Robert Sheldon - https://thangs.com/model/10467/?utm_s...

Thanks to Thangs for sponsoring this episode, and thanks to the model designers for allowing me to host their files on Thangs.

This is episode 1 in the How to Build Projects series! Each episode is a crash course on a different high-tech project, chock-full of information to get you started.

Got a project you want to build? Hit the comments or @ me on Discord. The next video in this series just might be for you.

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In this episode, you'll learn how to make a mechanical keyboard start to finish, and how to choose everything that goes into it. I explain which keyswitches to use, how to figure out which layout is right for you, and what software to prepare. I finish by building a 3D printed 60% mechanical keyboard start to finish, and things only get a little lewd.

My build is a SiCK-68 60% mechanical keyboard, with Kailh Box Jade keyswitches, Costar stabilizers, and questionable keycaps from Amazon. I didn't show the USB cable, but it's a pink paracord-wrapped mini USB dealio from 1UP.

#mechanicalkeyboards #keyboards #electronics

No one should buy the disgusting materials that went into this project, but if you insist:
Happy animated women keycaps: https://amzn.to/3c6DuCa
Stylish glowing AND glittery PETG: https://amzn.to/3sSytDc
Neon Nickelodeon yellow neon yellow PETG: https://amzn.to/2YckM3W

Timetable!
00:00 - So you wanna build keebs
01:24 - What you need
03:17 - Keyswitches
09:25 - Keycaps
11:28 - 3D printing keycaps
12:39 - Keyboard layouts
16:40 - Electronics and Arduino
17:37 - Firmware, code, and QMK
18:42 - Building a keeb, start to end
21:27 - Who paid for this garbage?

RADICAL Cherry keyswitch animations are by Dacasman:    / dacasman  

Today's soundtrack is Creative Commons licensed and every song has a piano, because pianos have... KEYS!!!!!!
🎶 "Brush it Off" by Xeuphoria
🎶 "Moonhill" by Suhov
🎶 "Still Here" by Gramatik
🎶 "Happy Song" by Taz Lazuli
🎶 "Sunrise" by Taz Lazuli
🎶 "Different" by Suhov
🎶 "Come On Let's Go" by Le Gang