I had already posted this on the other keyboard community but after a few beers tonight, felt I should share it here too. I built this last weekend and test drove it at work all week. I think I really like the Robins but probably not as much as my beloved Sunsets.

Board: Sweep36(sweeeeep) by Fingerpunch Github: https://github.com/sadekbaroudi/sweep36 Switches: Choc Robins Keycaps: hand-dyed MBK Layout: http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/gists/66f1904eee126cbfe17ad4e6011db06b

The layout is for my Ferris but it’s mostly adapted to 36 keys as well. It’s based a bit on Miryoku and KKGA(I think that was the name). I also took heavy influence from Mental’s symbol layer with the finger roll bigrams. I do have a gaming layer but it’s sort of always changing depending on the game I am playing. Right now it’s Dyson Sphere Program so my second gaming layer is shortcuts for like belt levels and copy/pasting buildings.

  • pinkpawkitty
    1·
    1 year ago

    Wow, it looks amazing! How did you dye the keycaps? I may have to do some keycap dying of my own x3

    • roux is a lib@lemmy.mlOP
      2·
      1 year ago

      We have an old crockpot that my wife uses to dye yarn with. I used that with a packet of iDye Poly since that dye can be used for plastics. I dumped it in with some water and let it heat up to medium-high-ish. You can go fairly hot but too hot might warp the plastic(I think this more applies for MX style keycaps though). I let them soak in the warm dye for maybe 25 minuets, but scooped some out occasionally to check the color. They start to take almost immediately but you will get a pastel color. The longer you go, the deeper the color.

      If you search YouTube for dying plastic with iDye Poly, you will get a lot of hits.

      This is what I used for these caps: https://www.amazon.com/Jacquard-IDYE-456-iDye-Poly-Grams/dp/B00C1JVYHG