Atreus Build

jabbajac

1349

Completed keyboard

Completed keyboard using relegendable keycap drop from massdrop

Soldering the first diodes....

Soldering the first of the diodes as instructed in the build guide.

First row in place

First row of diodes in place getting ready for soldering.

First row soldered

Rusty soldering skills

Second row

Working on the second row

Half the diodes in

First half of the diodes are in

Other half of the diodes

ALL THE DIODDEEESS

Full board with all diodes soldered in

The fantastic mess that is the underside

All the legs cut off

Cutting off all of the legs were kind of difficult, makes me wonder if it would have been easier if I had cut them one row at a time while soldering

Putting my name on the back plate where it will never again see the light of day

Felt like making sure that I had tagged it somewhere

The lacquer I used to finish the case with

Spraying the case

Spraying the case, testing on an inside surface in case it does not end up smooth

Spraying the switch plate

Found that the spray lacquer works really well, so every piece got a few layers, the outside pieces got 8-9 layers with 6 layers for the inside pieces.

Soldering the board

This was a pain, and hard to do if you don't follow directions. If you start with the four legs first this is not so bad. Don't do what I did and solder all of the legs in before trying to fit the board on.

Board soldered on

Finally!!

Test fitting a switch

Soldered the four corner switches

Soldered the first row

Soldered the first row and two columns

Soldered the first row and two columns and tested the board. The keys all lined up and pressing the keys corresponded to the right letters showing up.