In fact, the biggest romance of mechanical keyboard is customization, or completely customization. In addition to the subtle hand differences in the composition of different types of shaft bodies, springs, shaft covers, lubricants and other parts, there are also various customizations of fully programmed keyboards, which are all fascinating places for customization.

Smart68, FaceU, and GH60, which were introduced before, are all outstanding examples of customized keyboards. What we want to talk about today is not just customized keyboards, but packages launched by manufacturers, and then customized. The main body of this kit is Leopold FC210TP, which is a small number keyboard. Kit includes housing, locating plate PCB、 A series of small parts, such as the satellite shaft, are a complete keyboard in addition to the shaft body and key cap.

There is no need to introduce the positioning plate and PCB. Leopold FC210TP does not have open programming and customization functions, nor does it have a complete light path. So this article mainly introduces some details in the welding process, as well as some parts. The corresponding satellite axis has been installed on the positioning plate, which also avoids self purchase and debugging.

The tools for customizing the keyboard are roughly as shown in the figure above, including electric soldering iron, rosin and soldering tin. As for the welding skills, they are very simple. You only need to be familiar with them to complete the overall welding. (Of course, whether the welding is good or not is another matter.)

Of course, the most important part of the mechanical keyboard is the axis. Cherry red axis, green axis, and special axis are on hand. This time, Cherry axis is used for demonstration.

Other gadgets, such as LED, axle paper and axle cover. It seems that the axle paper was first created by South Koreans. The main reason is to prevent the lubricating oil inside the axle body from volatilizing too quickly and prevent dust from entering. Of course, my personal more important thing is to look good.

The shaft cover is from aboStudio, which has a variety of options such as colorful and transparent. In fact, the shaft cover should be the first similar product made by Cherry. For example, Cherry had customized a small number of transparent shafts a long time ago, and this small number of original transparent shaft covers and shafts attracted many people. Of course, as far as the shaft cover is concerned, it will not affect the hand feel. The main thing is to make the LED have better performance, which is actually more cool.

Here, Cherry green shaft is taken as an example to replace shaft cover and install paper between shafts. It is very simple to open the shaft cover, which can be opened with tweezers. In fact, there are more detailed modifications and adjustments for the shaft body, such as replacing the spring to obtain a different feel, and adding lubricating oil to make the feel more lasting.

After installing the inter axle paper and transparent axle cover.

Install the shaft on the locating plate and PCB before welding.

After welding.

Details after welding.

After complete assembly. In fact, Leopold FC210TP is a mass production keyboard, which has a variety of colors to choose from. The suite version that will be launched is mainly targeted at 60% of the current popular players as a supplement. In addition, the customization in various aspects such as the shaft body adds a lot of charm. Of course, the welding process explained this time is slightly simple, and more detailed customized keyboards will be introduced later.