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Made a custom Aluminum base (discuss.online)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The only real complaint I have had for my Keychron K4 has been the plastic case, so yesterday I decided NO MORE!

I took some aluminim stock plate I had left over from another unrelated project and trimmed it down, tapped and countersunk mounting holes, and give it a hand brushed look with some 80 grit sand paper.

So far it feels solid, and I love the diffuse reflections from the key illumination. Combining the open sandwich plate with low profile caps gives it a really cool "exploded" or raw look.

I also added some silicone rubber to some of the larger keys to tone the "ping" down and give them a heftier feel and sound.

I dont love the stock stabilizers that come with this board so they may be the next update. Switches and Firmware are already all custom.

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[–] funkyfourier 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks a bunch!

Another question: What did you do with the battery? Just discard it?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

yep, I run SonixQMK which still does not support Bluetooth and I hate wireless anyway, charging sucks!