Blue Alps 60%

with Apple keycaps and a dream.

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After a long time of staring at this collection of parts, I finally got the time to put everything together. I couldn’t be happier with the results, and I took a few pictures to share with everyone here. My Blue Alps 60%:

Blue Alps keyboard

Blue Alps keyboard

Blue Alps keyboard

Blue Alps keyboard

Blue Alps keyboard

I got parts from all around.

Keyboard parts

Specifically the PCB is from Hasu’s 60% Alps PCB Group Buy

Keyboard PCB

The plate is an AEKII plate, cut by Nubbinator

Keyboard plate

The keycaps are from an AEKII bought from XMIT

Keyboard keycaps

The case is a TEX Acrylic I bought from Massdrop.

Keyboard case

And finally the switches are Blue SKCM also purchased from XMIT.

blue alps switches

I am incredibly happy with the board. The Blue Alps are fantastic to type on. They have no comparison to a lowly Blue MX switch. The click is perfectly aligned with the actuation, they are smooth, and the sound is incredible. I am currently just running the stock flashed TMK firmware on the keyboard, so I still need to adjust the board for FN layers and my preferred layout. I have yet to tinker with TMK firmware, so I imagine it will be a little while before I can take the time to get to it.