Guides – Page 3 – MechKey Foundry

#First Custom Board 8 min Read

For your first custom keyboard, do not wait for a group buy — buy in-stock. A group buy is a…

#First Custom Board 7 min Read

A complete budget custom keyboard build costs about $130 all-in: roughly $70 for a hotswap barebones board, $30 for a…

#First Custom Board 7 min Read

For a first custom keyboard, choose a 65% if you want the most compact board that still keeps dedicated arrow…

#First Custom Board 7 min Read

For a first custom keyboard, a barebones kit is the better choice over a prebuilt: it ships the case, plate,…

#First Custom Board 7 min Read

The best hotswap keyboard under $100 for a first build is a 65% or 75% barebones kit in the $60-90…

#First Custom Board 15 min Read

To build your first custom keyboard, start with a hotswap barebones kit in the $60-110 range, add a 90-pack of…

#Switch Lubing & Filming 8 min Read

Factory-lubed switches have gotten genuinely good — good enough that for most people, hand lubing is now optional rather than…

#Switch Lubing & Filming 8 min Read

The difference between enjoying a lubing session and abandoning a half-done board isn’t skill — it’s workflow. Lubing one switch…

#Switch Lubing & Filming 9 min Read

Spring ping is that thin metallic “boing” ringing under your keypresses — and you fix it one of two ways:…

#Switch Lubing & Filming 8 min Read

Switch films make a small, real difference — and the honest answer to “are they worth it” is almost entirely…

#Switch Lubing & Filming 8 min Read

Krytox 205g0 is the linear lube; Tribosys 3203 is the tactile lube. That’s the whole answer compressed into one line…

#Switch Lubing & Filming 8 min Read

Lubing switches is worth it for the right switch and the right person — and a genuine waste of an…