That is the funkiest keyboard I've ever seen. I love it, haha.

that's what I thought too, honestly. we were duped! but alas, it's another project to look forward to :)

I believe I got the extra foams too, by "mistake" because I thought I needed to, so that's good to know and I'll definitely pad it as much as possible to avoid that!

I put all the foams in for the QK65 I just built and I like the sound. it's got a sort of marble sound, definitely a little muted, but would like it maybe a little quieter. so I'm excited or anxious to see how the Tofu Jr turns out!

could also be a good excuse for a different type of build and just accept that the two boards will produce very different sounds.

A lot of people building sofles lately (me included lol). Any ideas what you want to display on the OLEDs? I finally found a decent VIA compatible firmware but it only has basic stuff on the screens and I can't change what the encoders do when rotated so down another rabbit hole I go.

Thanks! That's actually exactly what I was hoping for. Need something like this for my build space.

They are made by S-Craft, they run groupbuys with new design about 2 times a year

what keycaps are these, i love them!

yeah it's this one. I bought it bc I thought it was one of those soft desk mats - it is not. lol

It's a "self-healing" cutting mat, which I was unfamiliar with. It's feels sort of like a PVC material.

May I ask which desk mat/cutting mat that is?

it's amazing what debilitating RSI will drive one to do

Thanks for the gracious answer. I'm aware of how this generally works, and I guess I was just being dramatic. This kinda stuff always blows my mind, and I know I would never have the courage to try this myself.

I recently moved to 36 keys and I am super happy with this. At some point I will get board and have to try something New.

I think even he has backed off that one lol

If you're asking how the 5-way switch joysticks are added, each direction just acts like a normal keyswitch, so they are just wired into the regular key matrix as if it were 5 regular keys (this is a hand-wired build , no PCB). The are mainly used for Modifier keys and Layer keys (switching to the number layer, etc)

Here is a guide to the key layout and layers

https://imgur.com/a/CRcHTBl

This is awesome. I will definitively try to build this one day. This is not as scary as the 18 key Board Vallack uses

It's my favorite of the bunch as well! Also the one I got first, like 2 years ago

Hop on the Keychron Discord. Someone there may have a build of VIAL for that keyboard.

Yes

same - thanks u/Ctrl-C-C-C-C for the detective work

I also have the Gengar and it is the highlight of my keyboard.

Well I already was a Colemak-DH user, and the layout is very loosely based on that. So that helped. Plus, I find that once you learn one alternate layout, it's a lot easier to learn another. YMMV!

But I highly suggest doing it. One thing haven't really mentioned is how this board made my RSI (a serious issue for me) completely disappear. So it's worth is for that alone imo

If you do pursue it please lmk know how it goes! Join us on r/ergomechkeyboards and tag me when you post ur build :)

Ooh, the Bianca is a gorgeous machine! And your board is a lovely accompaniment!

Dang, that is really fast, did you just full convert to try and learn?

I appreciate you taking the time to give me a very helpful response. I am already on the way to this video ;)

This is absolutely happening this year! I might not be good at it this year, but dang it this is just too cool to pass up.

how to use alt f4?

you can do it, new year new you

I'd say it took me about a month to become efficient, and about two months to surpass my typing speeds with old boards. At this point my avg speed is now higher that my previous all-time highs.

And yeah, I think the github should have basically all the info you need to get started! If you look up "Ben Vallack Too Many Keys" on youtube, you will find a solid intro to the topic of boards with very few keys like this and how they work - he makes really solid content