Ironically enough, talking about cutting expenses, the keyboard in the photo could easily cost 10 times more than the typical 100% keyboard you'd find in a corporate office.

[–] FleetingTit@feddit.org 1 points 6 days ago (2 children)

A typical office keeb is around $15. If you can build this for anywhere close to $150 I'm gonna take 2, please!

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago

I wrote "could easily cost 10 times more", which doesn't exclude an even higher price. $100-$150 for just the case (I couldn't find the exact one) is what I'd expect.

[–] SynopsisTantilize@lemm.ee 1 points 5 days ago

They're free with the shit boxes we hand out at work lol.

[–] Crafter72@lemmy.dbzer0.com 35 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Especially when they have luxury of lubed switches, foam, dampeners/stabilizers, custom case material (that keeb def. Custom one).

[–] derfunkatron@lemmy.world 17 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Don’t forget keycaps! It’s where the real money is lost.

That set looks like GMK Blue Samurai, which sells new for $150.

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Looks like a knockoff to me. Look at the "Backspace" lettering up close for example.

[–] derfunkatron@lemmy.world 2 points 5 days ago

You’re right. No shame there, but definitely knocks a $100 or more off the price.

[–] Crafter72@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 6 days ago

Keycaps is where I always avoid because that's what makes keyboard standout other than the overall produced sound.

~~Still saving for my keycaps sets~~

[–] kogasa@programming.dev 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Keycaps are expensive but you can easily spend $500 on a keyboard chassis/plate/pcb alone

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Have you seen how metal keycaps are priced?

[–] Crafter72@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

They def pricier on chassis, plate (foam too!) and ready-to-use designed pcb with components. However from my own experience building your own keyboard is fun especially when the result is as good as you expected from planning stage. Pure bliss.

~~Hello fellow 2hu youkai~~

[–] derfunkatron@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

True. I was mostly thinking about having to buy keycaps aftermarket when the prices double/triple and having to source all the different kits.

Personally, I think I have three times as many keycap sets than I do keyboards.

[–] BeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uk 1 points 6 days ago (1 children)

This might be controversial, but at some point just buy a decent repro on AliExpress.

[–] derfunkatron@lemmy.world 1 points 6 days ago

Scandalous!

[–] kamen@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

I was even thinking just about the case - good CNCd aluminium has come down in price, but it's still expensive. You also have a point, I agree.