SPRING Mount Keyboards = Future - Featuring Epomaker Type 65

Out of the many keyboards you’ve built and typed on which one is the one you keep going back to?

Finally, a board that cares a little about your wrists. Still going to use a wrist rest though, because that completes the look.

Custom keyboard features are becoming like Linux. Too many choices.

THE formula: Isolated flux cut, black 1.2PCB, Leaf spring mounted and the 8x bubble rate IXPE sheet. Thanks owlab

I must have this....I load up my Bakeneko with polyfill to make it bouncier. This would be perfect for me..

So there's a Type 65 and a Typ65 now?

I'm curious if there's going to be any issues with metal fatigue or "sag" over time. In cars, they've even used composite materials for leaf springs to avoid such issues. I wouldn't mind a FR or CF plate that has a the spring integrated

Make the Yunzii KC68 or something similar have leaf-spring gaskets please!!!

The production now Tofus suffer from slightly bigger housings which makes them harder to seat into plates and a nightmare to pull out without mangling a few switches, other switches by KNC keys manufactured by Tecsee have this issue as well such as the Green Jackets and the Red Jackets 2.0.

YES I would definitely love to see a POC of how you'd mod your own spring leaves to a gasket mount board, like how you converted your OG tofu to a spring mount! I'm currently using a gasket mount board and all these newer, more bouncier mounting solutions have definitely made me hella jealous.

Wow, budget keeb manufacturers are really stepping up their game!

As a tofu enjoyer, I can confirm that the stems on the production units do not fly off with your keycaps. Great video!

I'll be honest, I think that the flex cuts are not only unnecessary, but are actually detrimental to this keyboard. It's already so bouncy that the flex cuts don't really do anything to provide any additional flex. It just made the sound super thin for the no foam build, and even the full foam didn't sound that great to my ears. I just don't understand why they were included considering the already insane amount of bounce provided by the spring mounts.

Spring up the gasket boys let's see

Absolutely would love to see you engineer a similar mounting in another gasket mounted case! It’s too bad epomaker’s almost surely using a proprietary daughterboard. I feel like a no flex cut PCB in this would be great, and given that it’s plate mounted, presumably the type c daughterboard is the only thing standing in the way of swapping out the PCB.

try using less leaf springs. the flex will be insane

yes try it out on your other boards

Tofus have been in production for awhile

honestly ive seen the whole flexcut gimmick (if you can call it that) falling out of style recently i think my personal config would be tape modded, no foam, and an alu plate. I wonder how that would sound

Retrofit spring mounts for poron gasket boards: Could this be the much anticipated Keybored keyboard? (brought to you by PCBWay)

Production tofu are definitely fixed! Although they do fit tight in the plate. Really good switches

With matcha and mushroom, I think the magicmind contains a fair amount of l-thenanine. So if you need some thing a bit stronger, try taking l-theanine + caffeine, 2:1 ratio. Nice video btw, I like the idea of adding spring to gasket mounted keyboards. Let's see if I can find some thin piece of metal for that.

Nice vid

The leaf spring mounting concept is a really good one, and I think that's the way forward for anyone going for a deeper sound profile. I already submitted the interest check form at Epomaker.

Nice to see more manufacturers going for THICC bezels on keyboards

only a matter of time before we start getting keyboards with coilovers lol

Make the QK65 a leaf spring!!

Yes! I’d love to see you attempt springs on a gasket board - that would be awesome

Would love an option for stiffer spring gaskets (not a fan of super flexy keyboard, tbh) and more importantly, no flex-cut PCBs because they kill the sound so much.

Please do! I tried 3D printing some leaf spring blocks to replace the poron foam pads in my Keychron Q6, didn't quite get the dimensions right the first try but I'm really interested to see what this mod could do in terms of sound and feel.

Man, I really hope either this gets a 60% version, or the CK Bakaneko60 gets a Silver edition, because I really liked the sound/feel of both, but unfortunately theres no Silver colorway with 60% 🥺

I say go for it!

I like alu plates, because they distribute flex more evenly and sound very similar whereever you are on the board. You can still make the sound deeper in other ways.

Clacky switches with alu plate and pe foam are a really underrated combo.

Wrist rests are bad for ergonmics, because you are pinching the nerve in the carpal tunnel when you wrist is lieing straight on it. Eiterh don't rest it, or rest it on the table in front of the keyboard and prop up your elbow so that you are not hurting the nerves.

I've hit a certain point in the hobby where I don't want to follow the latest never ending trend of this hobby like the newest mount style to the vast amount of similar mx style switches. I just use my hhkb nowadays and for custom builds I just whatever case that looks good and buy some gateron yellows to lube for it.

You should try Akko SPR67. It is spring mounted and it looks very soft...

Hey keybored, can you make a video on case swapping the halo65, to an aluminum case. I have been looking, for a tutorial everywhere but can't find one.

Foamless sounds 1000x times better I can't believe people are still using foam in 2023 smh

Hmmm. Spring gaskets on budget boards like the GMMK Pro would be cool but I doubt there is enough room for those without heavy modding

Yes! I want to see more experimentation with springs! 😮

Has no one else realized that Magic Mind is literally Brain Max from Regular Show, it's the same color and everything.

It would be great to see a bridge spring replacement for a typical poron gasket mount 😁

I’ve been going down the rabbit hole of mechanical keyboards over the past few weeks and you seem to be one of the more technical, and methodical, and one of the go-to creators when I want to understand the science behind the different keyboard components.
I’m not sure if you or other content creator has experimented with AI to test some new ideas. I was chatting with the gpt4 and I asked it for some untested Frankenstein switch combinations. Was wondering if you were open to test some of these or others you ask it to see if these recommendations are legit or bs. This is what chatgpt came back with after I asked for 3 switch combinations that have not been tested before:

1) Cherry MX Black stem with Kailh Box Navy housing and spring: This switch would combine the smooth actuation of Cherry MX Black switches with the unique thocky sound profile of Kailh Box switches. The heavy spring from the Kailh Box Navy switch would create a satisfyingly tactile and premium feel when typing, while the MX Black stem would provide a consistent and smooth actuation.

2) NovelKeys Cream stem with Zeal PC housing and 78g spring: This switch would combine the smooth and creamy feel of NovelKeys Cream switches with the premium sound profile of Zeal PC switches. The heavier spring would create a satisfyingly tactile and premium feel when typing, while the Cream stem would provide a smooth and creamy keystroke.

3) Gateron Yellow stem with Tealio housing and JWK 62g spring: This switch would combine the smooth and consistent actuation of Gateron Yellow switches with the premium sound profile of Tealio switches. The lighter JWK spring would create a satisfyingly tactile and premium feel when typing, while the Gateron Yellow stem would provide a smooth and consistent keystroke.

These combinations are hypothetical and have not been tested, so the results may vary depending on the specific parts used and how they are combined. However, by combining the qualities of each switch, it is possible to create a unique Frankenstein switch with a thocky, premium feel. It's worth noting that creating Frankenstein switches requires some knowledge of how switches work and some skill in disassembling and reassembling switches.

Thanks and keep up the good work!

Flex 10/10
Looks 8/10
Sound 3/10

Just found your channel and the science based approach really speaks to me. You're basically a keyboard wizard; thank you for sharing your knowledge!

This is the nicest sounding keyboard I've ever heard.

i really hope this becomes the new standard mounting style because this way you don't have to use a softer plate material to make your keyboard bouncier

yo any tips on how I can make my space65 rIII more bouncy?? even with no foam and the pom plate it is not very flexy as it is a really shallow case and the silicone gasket socks are quite hard.. like are there softer gasket socks or should I get some other kind of gasket or ????

Would love to see spring gaskets replace the poron! Thanks for everything you do for this community!

no pain no gain right lol ....that was ridiculous and i certainly hope that they fix that issue as i dont want bleeding fingers from my Keeb man..thanks for the review and i look forward to watching more of you content.