Gateron Brown

Switches

Modded Noir N1v3. 

Gateron Brown lubed with 205g0.
Stock stabs lubed with krytox 205g0
Keycaps using Pressplay Toucan XDA.

Modded Noir N1V3

The first split keyboard. I was looking at ergodox originally before deciding to go with ergodash. The keycaps were an afterthought. Had to mix in few extra keys from another set to make it all work together. 

Added the rotary encoder for casual browsing. And speakers on both sides instead of LEDs as the bottom layer is solid. The base is 3d printed from an edited Thingiverse file. I slimmed it down to less than 1cm in thickness. It packs really nicely in the bag. Went with dual elite-c controllers and I added EE_HANDS into the FW, had to wire one of the extra pins high and one low.  

The hard part is that once you get muscle memory with this keyboard around the thumb cluster (del/space/backspace) it becomes a new learning experience to type on anything else :D 

The keys are quiet but the speakers surely annoy my coworkers :)

First split board with mixed keycaps :/

First handwired keyboard, I tried going fully custom and adjust the rows/columns on the 3d print. Ended up having to reprint the base multiple times and in the end, I still had to glue in some switches.

The controllers were added to the bottom of the case and their usb-c cables ended up a little too rigid. 

I will try to revisit this build and add a wrist rest as typing on this keyboard without one is difficult. 

Not a fan of the switches as there is no audio/tactile feedback making learning this layout harder :(

I ended up only using one elite-c controller (rip price), and on the other side I used a pro-micro flashed in qmk-dfu