How to build a customizable 60% mechanical keyboard

A slight improvement can give you lots of benefits; it may be your new mechanical keyboard through which you can avoid mistaking faults and maybe your sitting arrangement while planning for writing for hours. How can we build our own custom wireless mechanical keyboard? How can writing properties be improved? How much time does it take to make a mechanical keyboard? And other all the questions are discussed below,

But why a mechanical keyboard? Why not membrane?

Mechanical keyboards and membrane keyboards are the same by their appearance, while the difference occurs in their buttons. But when talking about its functionality and being used staff, huge differences are seen. In which switches, lights, buttons, and metals are included. Depending upon different-different keyboards like 40%, tenkeyless, 60%, 75%, 80%, 90%, and 95%, their respective materials and appearance varies.

As a mechanical keyboard user, let me tell you honestly, it is too interesting to arrange and build keyboards again and again. Especially when you are eager to play games with new keyboard commands, that’s why mostly all the gamers use customizable 60% mechanical keyboard, and it doesn’t only bring interest but also different ways to enjoy in the same game. Let’s take a look building procedure of a custom wireless mechanical keyboard.

Building custom wireless mechanical keyboard

Building a new customizable mechanical keyboard can be very interesting, but there are some steps that must be followed to avoid mistakes and maintain safety. During all the procedures, the thing which must be kept in mind is safety while plugging in and plugging out keyboard pins. Along with few tools are also vital for checking and repairing purposes like,

• Current tester
• hand gloves
• polythene for storing switches and buttons
• table lights

Which size of keyboard do you want?

As discussed above, there are various sizes of keyboards available like 40%, 60%, tenkeyless, 95%, and 90%, and people’s uses depending upon their own interests.

• The keyboard without arrow keys and functional rows are known as 60% keyboard.
• The tenkeyless keyboard has no ten numbering keys
• No navigation cluster and no ten numbering keys make 75% keyboard
• 60% keyboard without numbering keys makes 40% keyboard

The keyboard that content writers used to prefer is a 60% mechanical keyboard; did you know why? Because these keyboards are easy to carry while traveling and provides an excellent space for movement of your mouse and other storage drivers.

Along with that, reducing non- usable buttons and replacing them with a great look improves not only appearances but also increases your writing capabilities. Sometimes it takes time to be free with your own things and let them work for you, especially when the thing you are using isn’t good enough to adore you. While the other side, it is so easy to fall in love with your favorite, something like decent and good-looking keyboards.

Lights in keyboard

You can also make your custom wireless mechanical keyboard more decent and adorable with the help of RGB lights. There are different patterns of RGB lights are available in which programming part you have to handle, like which way you want on which sort of key, like I used to keep one ordinary light with numbering keys, another standard light with ASDF and JKL, which really helps me to make my computer writing skill improve.

You can use various lights with the same color and different lights as per your requirements and wish.

Which parts are required to build a mechanical keyboard?

1. Keyboard plate

Choose the best keyboard plate from aluminum, brass, steel, and fiber, depending upon your wish

1. Keyboard body/ case

There are various keyboard bodies are available, including metallic-like, aluminum, brass and plastic, fibers acrylic, and polycarbonate material.

1. Switches

Selection of switches can be a bit tricky if you want a selective sort of switch with clicking clacking sound and without sounding qualities, in which novel keys, Cherry MX, and others are available.

1. Stabilizers

What makes your keyboard more adorable? The first thing everybody wants to press and play while the keyboard is in front is a spacing button; a wide spacing button makes our keyboard more adoring.

Stabilizer requires in large size keys like spacing, tab, caps lock, and backspacing.

1. PCB

PCB stands for printed circuit board which is also known as the heart of your customizable mechanical keyboard; the primary function of PCB is to connect switches buttons and letting them communicate with your computer.

Arranging keyboard components

Along with testing, PCB is also necessary before setting into it. Antistatic tweezers are required to test the PCB and verify all the buttons and switches. After understanding all the primary functions of components, assembling, installing, and setting of elements are done.

Before lubing switches and assembling stabilizers, checking all the components are essential. Along with that, a note must be prepared separately for customizing each key. Usually, peoples take time in the customs process, thinking about keys, color, ideas, and their ease while according to me, standard critical orders must be kept the same as it happens, but we must focus on customizing gaming keys and one of the most usable keys. Then installing stabilizer and switches should be done. Assembling the case and installing the key case would complete your building process. The last step that can bother you a lot is the programming of your keycaps.

There is no secret that building a new customizable mechanical keyboard can take lots of time and effort but yes! There is always a proud feeling when you sit to type any new article and play a game against your sister. At least we peoples must know, that the thing which we use and presses thousand to two thousand times have created by us, yes, maybe possible that it may take more time than it usually takes but it gives a complete idea about each component of keyboard and its functionality from keycaps to PCB.