Detailed breakdown of video. 0:00 to 1:32 Make mold to duplicate basic key shape. This step only needs to be done once per basic key size. 1:33 to 1:46 Duplicate basic key shape (need to do this for each unique keycap glyph). I would suspect one would make a hundred or so ahead of time. 1:47 to 1:57 Mount key shape into machining fixture. Notice that fixture allows for minor variations in base thickness, yet will result in exact placement of the key top itself. 1:58 to 2:51 Machine entire surface of key shape, leaving only desired glyph intact. This will represent shape of the first shot of resin for a new keycap. 2:52 to 3:35 Make four mold halves. Those being 1 Top half of glyph (1st shot). 2 Top half of full key shape. 3. Bottom half of glyph (1st shot) 4. Bottom half of full key shape. Includes stem to mount to key switch. Wooden dowels are for alignment and to provide an escape path for air while injecting resin. 3:36 to 3:43 Top half of mold for entire keycap (2nd shot) 3:44 to 3:50 Top half of mold for glyph (1st shot) 3:51 to 4:09 Bottom half of mold for entire keycap. Notice cavity for key stem (2nd shot) 4:10 to 4:19 Bottom half of mold for glyph (1st shot) 4:20 to 4:32 Assembly of mold for glyph. 4:32 to 4:35 Filling of mold for glyph (1st shot). 4:36 to 4:44 Removal of 1st shot from mold. 4:45 to 4:50 Placing glyph into fixture for drilling. 4:51 to 5:04 Drilling of 1st shot for flow and anchor holes. These holes will permit the flow of resin to reach all areas around the desired glyph and mechanically anchor the 1st and 2nd shots together. 5:05 to 5:09 Assembly of final mold with 1st shot inside. 5:10 to 5:11 Injection of resin for 2nd shot. 5:12 to 5:13 Removal of keycap from mold. Overall, a very nice little process. The making the molds only needs to be done once and the molds could then be reused many times until they wear out. Only the steps from 4:20 onwards needs to be done for each individual keycap.
First, awesome keycaps. But I was asking myself, if it wouldn´t have been easier to do the keycaps almost completely with the cnc instead of the molds. Is there a benefitial treat to do the molds?
@@markussteinbach8842 There's two critical issues to deal with. 1. The key stem that has to fit on the key switch. Effectively invisible, but critical for the keycap to be functional. 2. The keycap top. I could see him using CNC on white plastic and do everything about the keycap, then overcast in resin to get the double shot appearance. But in doing so, that would leave the key step in an unusable state. And hence, the keycap would be useless. If he has a 5 axis machine, it may be possible to CNC the inner white plastic if it's on its side instead of simply upright. That would allow access to both the top and bottom of the key insert. But it would be difficult, and I don't know how the side of the insert that the insert was supported by could be removed to make it invisible on the finished keycap.
@@johncochran8497 thanks for the replying. The argument for doubleshot makes sense. But what ist your opinion, If you do a sublimated keycap with a single color? My idea was to CNC the keycap in two passes. From top and from the bottom. I don't See anything where a 5 Axis CNC would bei needed. Is the surface Clean enough?
@@johncochran8497 valid question. If I want to stay OEM, that ist far easier. Other than that, would the finish of the keycap with a CNC be on par with your molding. For example, If you would want to make your own keycap design.
Congratulations you have achieved my highest applause a thumbs up and IV subscribed and left this comment at times I thought I could do this at home DIY but your skills are beyond that WELL DONE MISTER
not gonna lie, this is art. this is different from industrial process, this is how to impress and present to us, about making, crafting, and processing an art from a keycaps.. hands down
Love watching a video and thinking: "OK, I can do that. I can do that. I can do that. Shit CNC. And now there are parts he didn't show the making of, are they 3d printed? Those look like toothpicks I can handle tha... wait. Is that milled block just for pushing the toothpicks out? Do I need to buy needles?! Can you just BUY needles?! Where did this metal plate come from?! Another one?! IT'S PART OF A MOUNT FOR THE CNC?! Ugh, guess I'll have to keep buying my keycaps like a chump."
@@keymacs Ikr, that makes you understand why the food delivery business is huge, why make when you can order, or why clean when maids exists, etc. Whats the point of having unique things when you can have a bunch of generic ones with 2 clicks.. Btw, nj! was cool to watch the process, had no idea.
In the beginning I was like "Legos? Wow maybe I can do this." Then they pull out the million dollar automated drill scribe and I'm like "maybe not..." 🥺
The whole video shows a method of creating keycaps called double shot. Basically you have two sets of materials, one for the legends (in this case it's the custom logo) and then the base. It creates a very durable and smooth keycaps which legends wouldn't wear with time unlike legends that are printed or painted into the keycaps (though nowadays people have discovered very good printing that's very durable too). It also takes much longer process, like these three keycaps took him three days to make. So he first created the custom logo legend sculpt (the whole process of the first half of the video with the machine cutting), then he created a mold for the custom logo legend (the thing with the wooden pins) so it can be fit into many keycaps molds afterwards. After that, he uses the freshly made legend mold to make the actual legend for the keycap (where he shot white liquid into the mold) and cleaned it up after it dries (the machine cutting in latter part of the video). Finally he put that cleaned custom legend into an actual keycap mold, shotting inside it with black liquid, which hardens and wraps the legend snugly and beautifully. Thus, the method being called double shot. One shot for the legend, and one shot for the rest of the keycap.
Very elaborate process and incredibly educational!!! Thanks for this masterclass! (having that under "The ride of the Valkyries" soundtrack didn't hurt either :)
My mind: What the F*** is he doing? Me: I have no freaking clue! mind: Then why are you still watching it? Me: I'd like to know where this shit leads to! mind: 😒 after the video: mind: Damn! That was cool.
In our next video, we will be donating a significant portion of our lives to make the numlock key. Quite an exciting key. When you press it,the number keys don't work.
@@yevgeniygorbachev5152 Yes, that is certainly an option. I usually mould several stocks at the same time, in the end it is perhaps a bit faster and it reduces the tool wear.
Not that you hadn't demonstrated it already at this point in the video, but when I saw you do the final machining in that metal fixture plate I blurted out loud, "yeah, this guy is legit." That was so impressive (and I'm a hobby CNC router owner, thinking of all the ways that what did was super difficult with respect to accuracy and repeatability). Amazing work!
To anyone saying this is a waste if time. Have you never heard of a hobby before? Absolutely no one is forcing you to build your own key caps, this guy is doing it just because he LIKES doing it. Just like how some people likes to play games, do sports, work on cars, or literally anything else.
As an 'I must do every step of the process for myself' type of diy person this is exactly the thing I was looking for to figure out what I would need for this process - only tens of thousands of dollars to go and then I can make my own double shot keys!
Totally agree with you, I don't understand why everyone one is so negative and only talk about a "waste of time" if he's doing what he love, then I don't understand how this can be a waste, I think we've all already did something where everyone else though it was a waste but if it is a hobby or something similar, I don't thing a waste of time is the good thing to say (sorry English isn't my native tongue)
For sure, I was actually thinking how cool this is that he made reusable molds unlike some of the other channels that make key caps. If it wasn't so many steps and I had the machines he has, I would definitely make neat custom caps.
"Double shot" means the keycap is made in two pieces that fit together. This video was about the process for the inside bit that makes the legend for one keycap.
The first blue positive is made from a mould that is going to be used to cast the outer shell of the cap. By casting it and then machining it down to make the mould for the legend insert, he's probably saving a little bit of time and also testing the tolerances of his mould for subsequent castings. I see it as a two bird, one stone exercise. Probably not a huge time saving overall, but since you'll need to use the mould to cast the complete keycaps anyway, why not make an extra one to machine the legend preforms from?
You ever just completely zone out while reading a book and by the end of the chapter, you have no clue about what the crap you just read? Yeah. That was me about 30 seconds into this video.
That was a ride that I was not ready for, the result might not have seemed to be worth the effort for y'all but, maybe that was never the point of the experience.
Thanks! All materials are by Smooth-On. Smooth-Sil 945 for the moulds and Smooth-Cast 310 for casting the keycaps. The silicon is degassed and both the silicon and PU are cured in pressure chambers at 60 PSI.
I don't really know about this stuff, but looking at it, just seems like a bit of a waste of time to go through all of these steps when you could just 3D print it? gotta admit I love the way you use the legos for the mold tho.
GMK uses ABS and not PBT and they shine pretty quickly. also, doubleshot keycaps arent expensive, it's only GMK sets that are. you can get perfectly fine doubleshot PBT sets for
@@PhantmZero JTK and ePBT ABS are just as expensive as GMK. And the sets you can get for sub $50 on aliexpress aren't exactly "good" quality tbh... Of course they are fine for most people but if you compare them to other high quality keycaps by JTK, ePBT, KAT or SP SA they usually look pretty bad.
The use of Lego here makes me feel dumb for building things out of Lego as a kid when all the while I could have been using it for practical things like this.
That is a shit tonne of work, for every single cap, but after that you can probably make them quite easily. But man is it a lot of work. The end result does look fantastic though.
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Detailed breakdown of video.
0:00 to 1:32 Make mold to duplicate basic key shape.
This step only needs to be done once per basic key size.
1:33 to 1:46 Duplicate basic key shape (need to do this for each unique keycap glyph). I would suspect one would make a hundred or so ahead of time.
1:47 to 1:57 Mount key shape into machining fixture. Notice that fixture allows for minor variations in base thickness, yet will result in exact placement of the key top itself.
1:58 to 2:51 Machine entire surface of key shape, leaving only desired glyph intact. This will represent shape of the first shot of resin for a new keycap.
2:52 to 3:35 Make four mold halves. Those being
1 Top half of glyph (1st shot).
2 Top half of full key shape.
3. Bottom half of glyph (1st shot)
4. Bottom half of full key shape. Includes stem to mount to key switch.
Wooden dowels are for alignment and to provide an escape path for air while injecting resin.
3:36 to 3:43 Top half of mold for entire keycap (2nd shot)
3:44 to 3:50 Top half of mold for glyph (1st shot)
3:51 to 4:09 Bottom half of mold for entire keycap. Notice cavity for key stem (2nd shot)
4:10 to 4:19 Bottom half of mold for glyph (1st shot)
4:20 to 4:32 Assembly of mold for glyph.
4:32 to 4:35 Filling of mold for glyph (1st shot).
4:36 to 4:44 Removal of 1st shot from mold.
4:45 to 4:50 Placing glyph into fixture for drilling.
4:51 to 5:04 Drilling of 1st shot for flow and anchor holes. These holes will permit the flow of resin to reach all areas around the desired glyph and mechanically anchor the 1st and 2nd shots together.
5:05 to 5:09 Assembly of final mold with 1st shot inside.
5:10 to 5:11 Injection of resin for 2nd shot.
5:12 to 5:13 Removal of keycap from mold.
Overall, a very nice little process. The making the molds only needs to be done once and the molds could then be reused many times until they wear out. Only the steps from 4:20 onwards needs to be done for each individual keycap.
First, awesome keycaps. But I was asking myself, if it wouldn´t have been easier to do the keycaps almost completely with the cnc instead of the molds. Is there a benefitial treat to do the molds?
@@markussteinbach8842 There's two critical issues to deal with.
1. The key stem that has to fit on the key switch. Effectively invisible, but critical for the keycap to be functional.
2. The keycap top.
I could see him using CNC on white plastic and do everything about the keycap, then overcast in resin to get the double shot appearance. But in doing so, that would leave the key step in an unusable state. And hence, the keycap would be useless.
If he has a 5 axis machine, it may be possible to CNC the inner white plastic if it's on its side instead of simply upright. That would allow access to both the top and bottom of the key insert. But it would be difficult, and I don't know how the side of the insert that the insert was supported by could be removed to make it invisible on the finished keycap.
@@johncochran8497 thanks for the replying. The argument for doubleshot makes sense. But what ist your opinion, If you do a sublimated keycap with a single color?
My idea was to CNC the keycap in two passes. From top and from the bottom. I don't See anything where a 5 Axis CNC would bei needed. Is the surface Clean enough?
@@markussteinbach8842 If you're going to do dyesub for the legends, why not simply start with easy to purchase blank keycaps?
@@johncochran8497 valid question. If I want to stay OEM, that ist far easier. Other than that, would the finish of the keycap with a CNC be on par with your molding. For example, If you would want to make your own keycap design.
DUDE, how much effort do you want to put into making keycaps ? Keymacs : "YES"
Maximum Effort
channel shouldve been called keymax
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Congratulations you have achieved my highest applause a thumbs up and IV subscribed and left this comment at times I thought I could do this at home DIY but your skills are beyond that
WELL DONE MISTER
YES
very cool
this was the coolest thing i have seen in the keeb world hands down.
How do you watch every keycap or keyboard related video on youtube?
Keyboard
@@lilrowbear With his glarses
I love how this video quickly goes from "huh this could be a diy" to "ok way out of my league and budget but I'll still watch"
Really once they pulled out the cnc shaper I was just like "And you used LEGO in the last part *why* ?"
@@andrewcleary9952 because legos are neat
@@andrewcleary9952 the eject technique was mind blowing are you kidding
Cncs aren't that pricey, this is surprisingly easily diyable
95% of the video I didnt know what was going on...
still faster than waiting for GMK Groupbuy sets lol
truer words have never been said
Me : why are we watching this ?
My brain : shut up! Just keep watching...
Imagine just how much lego these big keycap factories must have!
Meanwhile in China some child is stamping out 5000 an hour of these for 9c a day.
"I get paid by the hour"
Me during the first half: wtf is he doing
Me during the second half: wtf is he doing
Me at the end: wtf was the point.
@@anthonyellison4737 after hours of binging on his channel: wtf is he doing
wtf
Ahh so this is why these keycap group buys are taken 2 years. MFers are making the key caps one by one with Legos!
Me : hmmm maybe I can learn on how to make keycaps
Also me a minutes later : ayo wtf
There are easier ways
Wait im confused.. did u make a mold to make another mold to make another mold to make another mold to make a keycap?
Wait, I am confused, … another ‘mold to make another mold’ comment-seriously?
As a former toolmaker, maintenance fitter, industrial manufacturing and electronics engineer; I approve! Very impressed!
Did you have Ride of the Valkyries playing for every tool change?
Thank you!
Why is the whole process so overly complicated? Why is the music so unnecessarily intense? How did I even get here in the first place?
Box of chocolates?
Popcorn
not gonna lie, this is art.
this is different from industrial process, this is how to impress and present to us, about making, crafting, and processing an art from a keycaps..
hands down
i had no idea what was going on and then it was suddenly done
Love watching a video and thinking: "OK, I can do that. I can do that. I can do that. Shit CNC. And now there are parts he didn't show the making of, are they 3d printed? Those look like toothpicks I can handle tha... wait. Is that milled block just for pushing the toothpicks out? Do I need to buy needles?! Can you just BUY needles?! Where did this metal plate come from?! Another one?! IT'S PART OF A MOUNT FOR THE CNC?! Ugh, guess I'll have to keep buying my keycaps like a chump."
😅 All parts are machined. Some of them are manufactured in other videos on my channel.
Exactly i was thinking
Still don't know which ones were moulds and which were the actual keycaps
I'll never complain about keycap prices again
Yall know hes a pro since he has that tool to pull lego bricks
No wonder they cost more than the keyboard
I don't understand what the heck is happening and yet I still watched the whole thing
Moral of story : Buy instead of make your own keycap
Or: Take the red pill and start appreciate fine things. ;-)
@@keymacs Ikr, that makes you understand why the food delivery business is huge, why make when you can order, or why clean when maids exists, etc. Whats the point of having unique things when you can have a bunch of generic ones with 2 clicks.. Btw, nj! was cool to watch the process, had no idea.
*cries in gmk group buys*
In the beginning I was like "Legos? Wow maybe I can do this." Then they pull out the million dollar automated drill scribe and I'm like "maybe not..." 🥺
The machine (Nomad Pro by Carbide 3D) is affordable (now starting at $2,800).
Oh wow! this looks pretty easy so far! *milling machine* fuck..
So that's why they made Legos pricier over about 10 years or so
Cool video but somehow feels unnecessarily complicated.
You demonstrated every step and I still don't understand LOL
The whole video shows a method of creating keycaps called double shot. Basically you have two sets of materials, one for the legends (in this case it's the custom logo) and then the base. It creates a very durable and smooth keycaps which legends wouldn't wear with time unlike legends that are printed or painted into the keycaps (though nowadays people have discovered very good printing that's very durable too). It also takes much longer process, like these three keycaps took him three days to make.
So he first created the custom logo legend sculpt (the whole process of the first half of the video with the machine cutting), then he created a mold for the custom logo legend (the thing with the wooden pins) so it can be fit into many keycaps molds afterwards. After that, he uses the freshly made legend mold to make the actual legend for the keycap (where he shot white liquid into the mold) and cleaned it up after it dries (the machine cutting in latter part of the video). Finally he put that cleaned custom legend into an actual keycap mold, shotting inside it with black liquid, which hardens and wraps the legend snugly and beautifully. Thus, the method being called double shot. One shot for the legend, and one shot for the rest of the keycap.
MAGIC, that's all.
Start off with everyday lego now lets all head over to our everday milling tools xD
Very elaborate process and incredibly educational!!! Thanks for this masterclass!
(having that under "The ride of the Valkyries" soundtrack didn't hurt either :)
Hi Sam
@@esra_erimez Hey Esra!!! Nice to bump into you around here! :D
This was sick! But consider adding captions next time, I barely understood what was going on, so a bit of explanation would be great.
My mind: What the F*** is he doing?
Me: I have no freaking clue!
mind: Then why are you still watching it?
Me: I'd like to know where this shit leads to!
mind: 😒
after the video:
mind: Damn! That was cool.
Right now my mind also on flight mode
I don't know what I am watching but okay.
In our next video, we will be donating a significant portion of our lives to make the numlock key. Quite an exciting key. When you press it,the number keys don't work.
This seams like he could have skipped a ton of the steps he took in the beginning by just going straight to the cnc.
Why go to so much effort when you can just mill it in the first place?
How exactly? Do you mean engraving into a keycap and filling the holes?
@@keymacs 2:00 It seems to me like starting with plastic stock would have been less time-consuming than molding that piece only to CNC it
@@yevgeniygorbachev5152 Yes, that is certainly an option. I usually mould several stocks at the same time, in the end it is perhaps a bit faster and it reduces the tool wear.
@@keymacs makes sense, thanks for answering!
Not that you hadn't demonstrated it already at this point in the video, but when I saw you do the final machining in that metal fixture plate I blurted out loud, "yeah, this guy is legit." That was so impressive (and I'm a hobby CNC router owner, thinking of all the ways that what did was super difficult with respect to accuracy and repeatability). Amazing work!
Thanks!
Meanwhile I use a 3D printer and a sharpie.
*starts with Lego*
*Ends with precisely cut metal piece out of a CNC made specifically to place Keycaps before milling them*
starts with "this looks easy enough to try at home"
ends with "nevermind, I don't own a production line"
This video is the epitome of “Now draw the rest of the ****ing owl”.
And now I will not ask why these keycaps are so expensive.
To anyone saying this is a waste if time. Have you never heard of a hobby before? Absolutely no one is forcing you to build your own key caps, this guy is doing it just because he LIKES doing it. Just like how some people likes to play games, do sports, work on cars, or literally anything else.
This quickly went from, "Oh cool, maybe I could give this a shot..." to "Oh.".
As a keyboard enthusiast, I know my stuff. But tell me I’m not the only one who has no idea what they were watching until it was finished
As an 'I must do every step of the process for myself' type of diy person this is exactly the thing I was looking for to figure out what I would need for this process - only tens of thousands of dollars to go and then I can make my own double shot keys!
When gmk takes too long so you just make your own gmk sets
I dont know why the comments are so negative. This is really cool.
Totally agree with you, I don't understand why everyone one is so negative and only talk about a "waste of time" if he's doing what he love, then I don't understand how this can be a waste, I think we've all already did something where everyone else though it was a waste but if it is a hobby or something similar, I don't thing a waste of time is the good thing to say (sorry English isn't my native tongue)
For sure, I was actually thinking how cool this is that he made reusable molds unlike some of the other channels that make key caps. If it wasn't so many steps and I had the machines he has, I would definitely make neat custom caps.
this felt much longer than 5 mins
Agreed! By 28 seconds.
I have absolutely no idea what is happening but I like it
"Double shot" means the keycap is made in two pieces that fit together. This video was about the process for the inside bit that makes the legend for one keycap.
@@gyozakeynsianism My keyboard box says it's "double shot pbt" so it means it's like the one in the video but with different material?
@@DrinkWater713 I believe so. The ones being made in this video appear to be and sound like they are of amazingly job quality. Drool-worthy.
Geez, no wonder keycaps are $1-$2 per keycap, home boy gotta build a whole Lego set to produce em
lmao underrated
Well… that explains the price.
Why even bother casting the first blue positive if it's just going to be machined across all faces?
just a guess, maybe he wants the first positive to be made out of that material because it peels easily.
The first blue positive is made from a mould that is going to be used to cast the outer shell of the cap. By casting it and then machining it down to make the mould for the legend insert, he's probably saving a little bit of time and also testing the tolerances of his mould for subsequent castings. I see it as a two bird, one stone exercise. Probably not a huge time saving overall, but since you'll need to use the mould to cast the complete keycaps anyway, why not make an extra one to machine the legend preforms from?
Moulding a mould out of a mould and moulding thatvmold into another mould
That is a lot of mould, I agree. The good news is I am working on another process-this time with less moulds and more crazy machining.
@@keymacs Cant wait to see it
@@keymacs when will you be updating us about that?
A part two with more detail about the processes involved would be great.
I agree. The last few steps went by very fast.
yes please
I have NFI what the point of that was. You're spending so much time, effort and materials, just to make a keycap out of two pieces of plastic???
This is incredible. 👏🏻👏🏻
Why no check mark? Are you real or fake?
@@It_needs_to_be_said Channel has legit links to social media pages
@@RapidReelTV lol I never even looked, I usually just join a GB and leave, thanks.
That's a lot of steps but at least the symbols will never wear off, they're solid.
Really makes me appreciate how affordable a mass produced set of double shot key caps can be!
I have no idea what I watched and how we arrived at that keycap in the end but I watched the whole thing.
Exactly my feeling 😅
I thought only me didn't understand a thing
Yeah wtf
You ever just completely zone out while reading a book and by the end of the chapter, you have no clue about what the crap you just read? Yeah. That was me about 30 seconds into this video.
Oh hey cool I can do that at hom-
Oh. CNC machine. Nevermind.
Its interesting how lego is tight enough to not get solicon spill
The silicone I use has relatively high viscosity.
@@keymacs ah i forgot the vicosity part of liquids
did you have a stroke?
@@keymacs Hey, what resin did you use for the actual keycaps in the end?
@@anoopjayan2510 Smooth-Cast 310
That was a ride that I was not ready for, the result might not have seemed to be worth the effort for y'all but, maybe that was never the point of the experience.
Once you have them molds though you can reuse them over and over again
Incredible work! Out of interest, what casting material and resin are you using? It looks flawless!
Thanks! All materials are by Smooth-On. Smooth-Sil 945 for the moulds and Smooth-Cast 310 for casting the keycaps. The silicon is degassed and both the silicon and PU are cured in pressure chambers at 60 PSI.
@@keymacs Brilliant results. Thanks for the information! Excellent work
I feel like a lot of these steps could have been skipped with the use of a 3D printer 🤔
The main benefits with a machined/injection route like this is a much better surface finish and a much wider material selection.
NO, is just satisfying to watch these stuff.
Well you could always use like an SLS printer or polish the surface after printing
keycap lore
gmk still hasn’t shipped my set i bought over a year ago can i just make the set myself jezus
I don't really know about this stuff, but looking at it, just seems like a bit of a waste of time to go through all of these steps when you could just 3D print it? gotta admit I love the way you use the legos for the mold tho.
You won't get anywhere near this quality with 3D printing
What a cool mold making process, and such clean results. I bet you learned a ton making these. Thanks for sharing.
Cool let me fire up my CNC machine, 3D Printer and Chemistry set!
And this is why doubleshot keycaps are so expensive :'D
Are dye sub (ePBT for example) keycaps much cheaper than GMK or SP?
@@ruslankhalimon5591 usually yes but it depends a lot on the quality. ePBT is very high quality PBT and isn't that much cheaper than GMK
GMK uses ABS and not PBT and they shine pretty quickly. also, doubleshot keycaps arent expensive, it's only GMK sets that are. you can get perfectly fine doubleshot PBT sets for
@@PhantmZero JTK and ePBT ABS are just as expensive as GMK.
And the sets you can get for sub $50 on aliexpress aren't exactly "good" quality tbh...
Of course they are fine for most people but if you compare them to other high quality keycaps by JTK, ePBT, KAT or SP SA they usually look pretty bad.
@@PhantmZero also there are not common abs plastic but mix abs with other types.
Thank God i dont have enough skill, i just have money to buy the new keyboard 🤣🤣
the first thing that should tell you you are nuts if you are seeing someone making custom ALPS keycaps... what a madlad!
i just watched a 5 min vid wo even knowing what was i watching
I'm so confused now
I spent 5 mins 28 secs watching... and 0 seconds understanding.
The use of Lego here makes me feel dumb for spending ages making card boxes around my parts to be molded. Thanks for the idea.
The use of Lego here makes me feel dumb for building things out of Lego as a kid when all the while I could have been using it for practical things like this.
A mold from a mold from a mold - cnc - mold - inject - cnc - mold - mount 👍
This was truly exhausting to watch. And still not sure what the point was
Does Lego approve of this?
Who's gonna tell him about resin printers
His childhood was spent in a different zone with Legos.
I wish I had the same motivation and effort during my school times.
You sick bastard, I like it.
Thanks!
Dafuq did I just watch???
Alright, fine, I won't complain about keycap prices any more.
That's some steady hand pouring the red.
Screw your keycaps, it is the best way to create legos at home
That is a shit tonne of work, for every single cap, but after that you can probably make them quite easily. But man is it a lot of work.
The end result does look fantastic though.
Me: These keys are so expensive!
*watches this video*
Me: These keys are so cheap!
I was first wondering what is he doing and then thought that he is going to make huge keys. The end result...🤦♂️
i love things that are nearly impossible without cnc precision and pretty much trivial with it.
And for 5 min and 57 seconds I was completely and totally enthrawled.
It just keeps going and going and going and going...
Started watching for curiosity, stayed for the Valkyries.....
Im so high that i forgot what i was watching because of all the effort into making that
Jaw dropped seeing how much effort it takes for small-scale manufacturing! Thanks for sharing your craft!
"I used the mold to make the molds"
That's 100$ per keycap
Step by step by step by jump cut the end.