As someone who used the Giant Keyboard at the Tech Expo, I must say it felt a lot more polished than the video makes it seem! Didn't realize it was so stressful, great job telling the story as well.
Man, Glarses doesn’t deserve multiple sponsor brands pulling out like that. This man has never failed to make encouraging, entertaining videos that push the limits of custom keyboards. I always get a laugh out of it, and some hype like some shonen anime.
@@YallSuckLMAO I guess the fact that it's all being done on an ironing board and a dremel in an appartment with failing electricity..? Solely based on that description, would you trust someone with 12k?
@@RacingPepe The world first Macintosh was built in Steve Jobs garage in 1976, in Cupertino, California. 😅 I’d say if he ever moved to an actual office he could probably retire the iron board for a set prop.
I'm not even particularly passionate about keyboards (I use a mechanical keyboard but I'm not a hobbyist) but when youtube suggested this video going "Hey you wanna watch a man build a big ass keyboard?" I couldn't not answer "yes please".
I'm an engineer and I've been cracking up through this whole video. This is how every project I ever did during college went, including the shrug when the 1.5 spring spacebar was like... good enough? Also PLA and ABS is basically what super glue is made for. Cyanoacrylate should always be your number 1 go-to for anything plastic that needs to be fixed.
Cyanoacrylate is okay, but Weld-On is much better and creates a weld between materials that is as strong as the material itself Edit: Caveat to this, it only works with certain types of polymer materials, like PLA and Acrylic, and will even join dissimilar materials it works with. It's less of an adhesive and more of a solvent, and unlike CA glue, it doesn't leave any of itself behind once set.
for pla, ditch the glue entirely and use a woodburner/soldering iron (with a sacrificial tip) to weld the parts back together. you'll warp the surface unless you get good at it, but it's WAY stronger than glue. for abs, just use acetone. melting plastic together is always better than glue
@@merlindraws3616 No reason to use heat when a chemical solvent like Weld-on will actually weld the pieces of plastic together with no risk of warping or burning.
I break too many parts cos I'm a monkey brain designer that thinks 3dprint plastic is as good as injection moulded shit, one thing I always do is friction welding; using the Swiss army knife of jank, the dremel. Get some pla or abs or whatever the 3dprint was made of, put an end into the dremel and tighten and cut about 4cm sticking out the top and use it like a welder. Turn it on and put it on the plastic surface and let it melt, then just move it around and just move it around the crack, shit will be as strong or stronger than the print. Sand down and your good
Just a tip: when something 3d printed breaks you can put a soldering iron on ~200C and more or less “weld” the two bits together. Holds really strong as well
This story brought tears to my eyes. It hosted the perfect amount of will, determination, anguish, failure, and keyboards. Truly one of the best videos ever.
Could have just used one small one and wired the switches which would have been a pain but this pcb probably cost like 2k lol. Still infinitely cooler though
I'd like to think that this rivalry will eventually spiral out of control. "Razer announces that ground has been broken on their latest project. 'Megalopolis' The keyboard the size of a city."
I walked into this expecting a little clip of an above average keyboard, but this has been one of the most anxiety inducing 19 minutes I've seen in a video, nice job on the video and the keyboard!
goofy s word in ur post. pls remove it. the bbt (bigbang theory) is a manmade construct. How insane the chances must be for mill's of plants and animals to magically mutate over ludicrous spans of time. We should find missing links. However we dont, we only find Fully Formed animals. If animals could evolve into totally new animals, there should be a chance we find missing links. ONLY THE SIMPLEST LIFE FORMS SHOULD BE ABLE TO EVOLVE INTO EXISTENCE. GENETIC ENTROPY WILL UNDO WHATEVER BENEFITS THE ORGANISM MUTATED, FASTER THAN THE ORGANISM WILL MUTATE BENEFICAL TRAITS. EVEN THEN, THE CHANCES OF ANY ORGANISM MUTATING A BENEFICIAL TRAIT ARE NEXT TO NONE. HOW MUCH MORE CRAZY IS EVOLUTION, WHEN APPLIED TO MILLIONS OF PLANTS N ANIMALS?? FOR THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE.... DEBUNKING BIGBANG: if the bigbang was real the 2nd planet's orbit would be normal and sat turns ring particles should've moved too fast for ANY gravity to pull them towards the planet. And thats not even taking into account the bigbangs hot temprature which shoulda vaporized anything. also there is too little antimatter in universe. if bigbang was real 99.999999999999999999999% of our universe should Not exist because antimatter destroys matter when it make contact with matter. the bang wouldve made much of it touch matter. so we see far less stars n stuff bc the so called bigbang wouldve destroyed nearly all of it. . READ THIS VERY CAREFULLY!! ----> this should prove that Jesus is Real: JESUS CHRIST will Not make you take any mark, and He will punish the tyrannical ANTI Christ. The ANTI Christ will get a terrible wound, but cure himself to reinforce his deception to decieve the non-Christians and the lukewarm Christians. (look up lukewarm Christians on Christian websites and/or the Bible.) the AC will be world famous and very popular. he will make people take a mark on r hand or forhead. there will be a severe punishment for not taking it. The ANTI-Christ is a control freak, the opposite of Jesus Christ. However, this AC will act all nice and cool for 3 years and 6 months, and then he will make a tyrannical dystopia. for another 3 years 6 months. Jesus uses His power for GOOD, NOT EVIL. This is BIBLE PROPHECY. Dont trust the false god, his goal is to get people into the lake of fire. he will go there too, despite all the FALSE MIRACLES HE WILL DO! Repent of your sins to Jesus Christ before its too late, you could die today!
goofy s word in ur post. pls remove it. the bbt (bigbang theory) is a manmade construct. How insane the chances must be for mill's of plants and animals to magically mutate over ludicrous spans of time. We should find missing links. However we dont, we only find Fully Formed animals. If animals could evolve into totally new animals, there should be a chance we find missing links. ONLY THE SIMPLEST LIFE FORMS SHOULD BE ABLE TO EVOLVE INTO EXISTENCE. GENETIC ENTROPY WILL UNDO WHATEVER BENEFITS THE ORGANISM MUTATED, FASTER THAN THE ORGANISM WILL MUTATE BENEFICAL TRAITS. EVEN THEN, THE CHANCES OF ANY ORGANISM MUTATING A BENEFICIAL TRAIT ARE NEXT TO NONE. HOW MUCH MORE CRAZY IS EVOLUTION, WHEN APPLIED TO MILLIONS OF PLANTS N ANIMALS?? FOR THEY ARE WITHOUT EXCUSE.... DEBUNKING BIGBANG: if the bigbang was real the 2nd planet's orbit would be normal and sat turns ring particles should've moved too fast for ANY gravity to pull them towards the planet. And thats not even taking into account the bigbangs hot temprature which shoulda vaporized anything. also there is too little antimatter in universe. if bigbang was real 99.999999999999999999999% of our universe should Not exist because antimatter destroys matter when it make contact with matter. the bang wouldve made much of it touch matter. so we see far less stars n stuff bc the so called bigbang wouldve destroyed nearly all of it. . READ THIS VERY CAREFULLY!! ----> this should prove that Jesus is Real: JESUS CHRIST will Not make you take any mark, and He will punish the tyrannical ANTI Christ. The ANTI Christ will get a terrible wound, but cure himself to reinforce his deception to decieve the non-Christians and the lukewarm Christians. (look up lukewarm Christians on Christian websites and/or the Bible.) the AC will be world famous and very popular. he will make people take a mark on r hand or forhead. there will be a severe punishment for not taking it. The ANTI-Christ is a control freak, the opposite of Jesus Christ. However, this AC will act all nice and cool for 3 years and 6 months, and then he will make a tyrannical dystopia. for another 3 years 6 months. Jesus uses His power for GOOD, NOT EVIL. This is BIBLE PROPHECY. Dont trust the false god, his goal is to get people into the lake of fire. he will go there too, despite all the FALSE MIRACLES HE WILL DO! Repent of your sins to Jesus Christ before its too late, you could die today!
I used to be in a competitive cosplay group, and man, the sense of con crunch in this video is such a good encapsulation of the feeling. I almost miss it, emotions all running high and frustration even higher, but you’re surrounded by your best friends
It's insane that you were so mad that Razer wouldn't sell you their giant keyboard, that you went and custom made your own even bigger one. Props to you my man!
I've never seen a man who could run off of so much spite for Razer that he made an even bigger keyboard than their already comically large one, nearly didn't finish it, snuck into the venue where it was being presented and unpackaged the board to finish it on-site. All after recovering from COVID and having Murphy's Law kick in at every turn. Kudos to you and your friends.
man I saw the stabiliser pole break as you took it out the packaging bag and then your reaction after you snapped, I had such a big laugh hahahhahahaahhha. Looks amazing.
Wonderful! You already pointed out most mistakes. The one thing I would have started with is aluminum rod from the hardware store for the stabilizer bar. It's fairly soft, so easily bends around a table edge. In a pinch, I'd use a metal wire clothes hanger. That's my only suggestion, I'm very happy you went through with this.
Well done!!! I kind of tuned out of the mechanical keyboard hobby shortly after I finally achieved my personal "endgame" build along with making two other boards. But I love content like this, really keeps things fresh. It brings back personal memories of working on some crazy DIY projects (including my endgame keyboard) with all the various unpredictable setbacks and the different clever solutions you get forced to come up with on a pinch. That cardboard stabiliser shim idea was brilliant given the circumstances. Must be hard being a perfectionist and being forced to adapt like that. Cheesey as it sounds, this the sort of thing personal growth is made of. You've probably learned something about yourself along with the maker space and convention environment as a whole.
Great job! I loved how you all pulled together and used your skills to problem solve. One tiny criticism after getting sucked into the story of this build I would have loved to see some good footage of the final build and maybe someone typing on the final product. It just would have tied up this video so nicely. You could have even just put that footage over top of talking about the discord.
Hey Glarses! For future reference, a better way to "fix" a 3d printed part is to just melt the two halves back together with your soldering iron! I was yelling at my screen hoping you would think to try it through this crazy project, but :( Entertaining as hell either way! Never stop being you!
I've been waiting for your new video to drop for what feels like forever and this was so worth it! I hope we get to see your time at the Tech Expo too! Additionally, I'll be joining your highest tier available on Patreon. You've been one of the funniest and relatable MK content creators to me, so it's not even a question to give back. I'm planning to start my own channel here called "The Void" and who knows, maybe one day we can collaborate! Keep up the great work!
Great video. I'm sorry it was such a difficult journey relatively speaking, but I am impressed with the recovery processes you and your team performed.
I normally dont watch this kind of content but this was and is amazing, we should all support creators like you. The world is made a better and more beautiful place by people like you, thank you.
7:52 I was watching and I was like, "You just told us that it's made up of PLA.... Why are you dragging it through a tight tube instead of unwrapping it?!" *Snap*
Bro I watched one vid with you and KSI, I aint even a gamer nor can give a single toss about keyboards... but your persona got me hooked man lol - one of the top vids, you're doing a madness in a niche market, keep going king. Subscribed
You deserve so much more admiration than I could put in 1000 comments, but the fact that you got through covid with a week time limit where literally anything reasonable that I can think of went wrong actually makes this video way more inspiring than I ever thought a video about making a giant keyboard could ever be.
been watching you for quite a while man and this video was so fun to watch, honestly as a person who mainly browses youtube to get that dopamine high we're all addicted too but can never find it this was it. Anyways just wanted to say great job with the board and thanks for making my day! Hope to see more weird boards in the future and will go do my duty by donating a dollar.
I’m glad I found this channel today. Good vibes and relaxing even tho I’m the video you’re stressed but it was nice to watch you get to the end result.
Congrats on this build, seriously impressive. This is why you always do a test print! I admire the improvisation and working with what you had, but when the printed wired didnt fit why not go to a hardware store and get metal wires & bend them to size?
truly an amazing video, from the storytelling, to the stress, to the quick troubleshooting this video was an absolute masterpiece. Glad I found your channel when it was so young, you my friend are an inspiration
Man, I don't care about keyboard that much as long as they do the job and feel nice under the fingers. I usually don't get half of what makes a good feel, sound or whatever. But I am addicted to your channel now. You really share your passion in an awesome way !
Baking soda and superglue is the key to any quick PLA/ABS repair, touch of glue on each side, hold together for a few seconds and then sprinkle on the bicarb soda, speeds the curing process.