/r/mechanicalkeyboards' wiki and deskauthority have been significant in my keyboard addiction.
What about geekhack??
Good point. Geekhack is awesome too.
I am currently making a cad model of keys so I can make molds.
My Mechanical Keyboard
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Also check out the Ergodox Infinity from Massdrop at https://www.massdrop.com/buy/infinity-ergodox , for the next 7 days at $200 but you'll have to do the assembly yourself.
How concerned about the soldering part should I be, if I have no DIY assembly experience? I've never used a soldering tool (gun?)
I'd say you should have a little practice on a board that you don't care about first, just get a protoboard and some resistors and have a go. Check youtube for basic soldering beginner videos, if only to see how long you should be heating the pads for. If you leave the soldering iron on the pads for more than, say, 7 seconds, you can lift the tracks off the board and that'll be a problem.
I'm pretty sure the surface-mount parts are already done for you on the Infinity Ergodox, switches are just about the easiest things to solder because they're quite large and the pins are far apart.
So yeah, shouldn't be too hard, and you'll have a sense of achievement when it's done! I love using a keyboard that I've assembled myself.
Re: My Mechanical Keyboard
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What about geekhack??
Good point. Geekhack is awesome too. I am currently making a cad model of keys so I can make molds.
Just curious, how do you get molds made, and is it injection molding or something else? I always thought it was ridiculously expensive to do custom molds.