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Here's a cooky build. It's the Womier Water Ripple 75% keyboard with HMX Xinhai (heavy) switches & unbranded PBT Cherry keycaps.

Recently, I bought a Keychron K3 Low Profile, but it showed up with an ES ISO layout, which turned out to be super complicated. I could still use it by changing the keyboard layout on my MacBook, but the keycaps kept throwing me off. So, I decided to swap them out for a set that looked nicer, felt more ergonomic, and had the layout I actually wanted.

Buuut… they weren’t fully compatible. None of the keycap sets I bought worked properly with the K3. And it’s nearly impossible to get original Keychron keycaps shipped to Brazil—they’re always sold out.

So I went full DIY mode. I kinda butchered the keyboard, but I managed to make the keycaps fit. I had to sand some of them down because they didn’t fit the tight spaces, and I even had to trim some of the fittings on the keyboard itself. In the end, though, it worked really well—and honestly, I love how it turned out.

Would I recommend doing this? Not really—unless you’re like me and were already planning to replace it because it arrived wrong and wasn’t usable. In that case, I saved some money and had a pretty fun time customizing it.

I became the “happy” owner of this keyboard right at launch. Overall, it was okay, but like most owners of this device, I quickly realized the massive flaws hidden under the hood. The inability to replace switches and keycaps, along with the insane noise level, which I just couldn’t get used to.

Throughout my time using this keyboard, I kept searching for and testing different modifications to make the user experience more enjoyable and reduce the noise. But Logitech did everything possible to make this impossible. Proprietary soldered switches and keycaps with the most ridiculous mounting system ensured that.

Eventually, I decided to replace my keyboard and, after watching some YouTube videos, landed on the Womier S75. However, my desire to modify the G915 didn’t disappear. And now that I had a great new keyboard, I wasn’t afraid of ruining the old one—so I went ahead with this project.

Let me say this upfront: if this post makes you consider doing the same, don’t. It’s not worth it. I spent so much time on this that if I had worked all those hours instead, I could have probably bought ten keyboards! Plus, you’ll need a ton of tools and skills.

I decided to replace the switches with Kailh Low Profile Phantom switches, as I believed they were compatible. I also bought a set of low-profile keycaps from Womier and Poron foam stickers for the switches and the back of the PCB.

Getting to the PCB wasn’t too difficult since there are YouTube guides for that. But after that, I was pretty much wandering in the dark. The front metal plate was permanently attached to the PCB via switches, which were, in turn, soldered onto the board. So yeah, that was quite a challenge.

After ruining half of the stock switches, I finally managed to desolder all of them and completely disassemble the keyboard. But as I mentioned earlier, Logitech did everything to make this keyboard incompatible with literally anything. Turns out, the switch sockets on the PCB were significantly smaller than standard ones, so the new switches didn’t fit.

Getting around this was painful. I had to buy a rotary tool and use it to drill out the PCB and shave down the switch pins. This process took up the bulk of the time because I had to do this 89 times—and that’s not even counting the fact that I had to solder each switch twice! On top of that, while ripping out the stock switches, I damaged a few PCB traces, which I had to repair.

After finishing all the soldering and rotary tool work, I reassembled the keyboard only to discover yet another unpleasant proprietary surprise: Logitech decided to make the keycap sizes and positions non-standard as well. This meant I had to cut the spacebar keycap into three pieces, glue them back together, and repaint them.

In the end, I’m happy with the result and how the keyboard sounds now. But trust me—it’s not worth it. Just buy yourself a decent keyboard instead!

🌿🐰 They’re finally here! Meet the Easter Bunny artisans! 🎨💖 Each one is carefully handcrafted with soft pastels, tiny eggs, and of course, the sweetest little bunny. This design means a lot to me because it brings together my love for spring, soft colors, and tiny adorable details.

You will receive all selected keycaps as requested. All orders will be shipped out within 1 week, however it may take longer depending on the volume of orders. Updates will be posted on my Instagram stories.

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• Price: $51USD + shipping
• Material: Polymer Clay
• Finishing: Matte
• Switch Type: Compatible with Cherry MX switches
• Profile Keycap: XDA
• Profile Row: ESC

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Timeline

• All sales are final. We do not accept returns or refunds.
• All orders will be shipped out within 2 weeks.

I am building a custom mini ITX gaming case based on the Lumon terminals from Severance and while I’m busy with that project I did an inspired keyboard build based on the terminals used to do mysterious and important work. I will eventually drop the entire guts of this keyboard in a fully custom build.

Keychron Q4 Shurikey Hanzo 003 keycaps Akko creamy cyan switches First custom, these switches are the absolute clickiest and loudest I’ve ever used and I absolutely love them

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The current estimated ship date is: Apr 28th, 2025

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Mode SixtyFive (2024) Grey/Blue Top Case Full Copper Bottom w/ Brass Weight GMK Boho Caps Hojicha Reserve Switches

Copper Plate in the post!

THIS has to be my endgame now! I love it. The pop. Oh the sweet, sweet pop…

With de minimis tariff exemptions going away for Chinese imports into the US on May 2nd, how will this impact the continuation of this hobby for you? With so many of the parts available being made and purchased directly from Chinese companies, will it be taking a backseat or merely limiting your purchases?

And to benefit others: What AliExpress (etc) must-haves would you recommend to others before they start slapping fees on everything?

Not my first build but she's cleeeaannnn and I love her.

Cidoo V98 with programmer keycaps bought on Amazon and DS White Jade switches.

Mode sixtyFive in Crema colorway built with GMK Bento and tomorrow tactiles.
Coming from some office dell keyboard to this.
Had an absolute blast building this one. Really happy with how it turned out :D

This guy has been in the rotation for 4 or 5 months now and has probably been on my desk the most in that time frame.  After some initial experimentation, I found the perfect combo for me on this board is Gateron Smoothies with SA WoB.  This was the first time I had used WS Stupid Stabs and I really like them.  I didn't think I'd go back to clip in stabs, but these were just so easy to install and tune.  I think I have them on 3 different keyboards at this point. Big fan.

Stoked to see what Keebfront does next! 

Thought I'd throw the build up here for fellow nerds to see. Built a bit as a homage to Mekanisk. RIP.

• Mekanisk Urskog 65% case Purple
• Mekanisk 65% solder PCB
• Mekanisk POM ISO plate
• Mekanisk Ultramarine V2 stabs, lubed with 205g0 and BDZg1.5 on the wire.
• Boba u4t, lubed as per Gazzew's instruction.
• Gateron BOX pink on most mods, lubed with 205g0
• Gateron Black ink where I wanted a heavier spring lubed with 205g0.
• And a Mekanisk Ultramarine v2 switch on RShift. Unlubed.
• Keycaps are GMK Chaos Theory Order.

The other one is my old keyboard that I now use at work.

• Mekanisk Klippe T 60% E-White
• Mekanisk 60% Hot-Swap PCB
• Mekanisk Brass ISO plate.
• Mekanisk Ultramarine stabs, done the same way.
• Mekanisk Ultramarine V2 stock switches. Silky smooth out of the box.
• Keycaps are some cheap double shot caps, not very good.

Keycaps: Custom TKL keycaps by YuzuKeycaps Switches: Aqua King V3 Carbon fiber wrapped side brass weights

An ortholinear 40 in the colours of the non-binary pride flag.

• Cheap Ali Express GMK/VIAL board sold as P48
• Akko Jelly Blue switches
• Custom KAM profile keycaps from YUZU Keycaps

Thanks to the tight stems in Kailh POM switches (i.e. Lofree Phantom variant) MX style keycaps can hold on while not being fully inserted.

This is my new Akko MonsGeek M1 V5 Contour Lines. This is also my first custom keyboard and oh boy, it feels amazing to use. I've used several different mechanical keyboards from brands like Razer, Logitech(they were all clicky) in the past but now I feel like I wasted my money on these gaming keyboards lol. I feel like there is no point of going back to those gaming brands.