I love the science segments in your videos. As a student who is going into engineering, it makes it super interesting to learn concepts related to hobbies I have. I hope you continue to make some more.
this channel is truly the peak of keyboard channels. as someone who is going into physics/engineering and music, your explanations for things is one of the best parts of your videos!
The difference that the UHMWPE makes is CRAZY. I knew it would probably help, but it's crazy how drastic of a difference it made. I ordered a Zoom TKL and I'm tempted to give it a try when it arrives!
100k well deserved! Hopefully people either start to move on from the flex cut trend with newer boards, or they offer an alternate pcb with no cuts when running new boards
This is why I like your content. You come up with smart/interesting ways to go at boards. You did the thin vs thick foam video when everyone else was just stuffing it with whatever they could and now this. Like your stuff a lot man
Providing scientific explanations behind the way these keyboards sound really helps out with building your own sound signature for your keyboard. Thank you for taking the time to provide us such info. Congrats on 100k subs!
Congratulations on 100K! You do an amazing job and due to you I have bought 5 keyboards in1 year...all good. It's a great hobby. Keep up the great work and thank you for all you do
I sometimes literally forget if I am watching a keeb vid or I am in a science class with an incredible and passionate teacher! Thank you for providing with these amazing resources to us the small content creators!
I think it would be really cool if manufacturers could include flexible silicon pieces that could be inserted into the flex cuts to fill them up. Having an I shaped cross section so it could stay locked in place.
when you said 100k I threw my hands up to celly irl. You make videos so good I am now emotionally invested into the wellbeing of your channel. thank you so much for the amazing content scott, the science segments are GREAT!
Huge huge congrats on 100K, it is very well-deserved!! Always really enjoy the science segments, great to hear more about why things are working a certain way! I would be curious to get your take on if/why long pole stem switches can help with the hollowness/thinness of boards. I actually built my thera plateless with only the bottom foam and some Namazu switches (SP Star manufacturered long poles), and I don’t think it sounded as thin/resonant as your initial build. definitely agree with doing the force break on this one!!
Thanks for hearing the Anti-Flexcut gang. The UMWHPE tape was an interesting take. I'm sure there's a bit of frequency "shaping" as sound travels through the tape used. Did you try with regular masking tape to see if it influenced the final sound? I think the Scott build sounds so much better than the straight no-frills build.
@@figgletinkle They are cheap plastic junk, with a thin fillet of aluminum or other material on the outside. In reality, they should cost about fifteen bucks. But, with the power of lies! They can sell them at a massively inflated price.
"Channel hit a hundred thousand subs" I'm always caught off guard when I hear this, because I always just assume the channel already had more. You've always done quality videos, it's well deserved.
😆 am I the only one seeing faces and the "clown" one (3:09) printed on the board ? 🤣 Anyway, always a pleasure to listen and being able to understand those well explained sound behavior !! Thank you !
that demonstration really put into perspective how bad flex cuts "air out" the sound. personally i think the flex thing has become a meme, it started out as people wanting a soft feel to folks wanting the board to collapse on itself while they're typing. off topic but i hope you get your hands on that tofu jr coming out soon
Was thrilled with flex cuts in its early stage(for the soft typing feel) until i had space80 where flex cuts on the alphas made the sound muted. Tape modded then it felt premium again. Will try this kind of tape mod. And yeah, massive congrats on the 100k!
That’s exactly how I’m planning to build my Hope75, tape up flex cuts, thin case foam and mid plate foam. I have the FR4 plate coming with it. I didn’t know about the UHMW pe tape so thanks for that one.
Great video Scott! I've used UHMWPE Tape before to holee mod some stabs, but never thought to use it to seal up flex cuts. Your explanation of the science behind really helped contextualize why without the sealed flex cuts the boards sounds so "thin". Also the ping on that board before the Force break mod was crazy! Congrats on 100k man, can't think of anyone more deserving. You'll be at a million before you know it. Thanks for all you do.
I never comment on videos but I had to on your channel you are the only person that edits their videos like they themselves are a viewer you take everything into account and always keep a baseline for your switch tests etc. most helpful and informative keyboard RUclipsr out there. Keep the great content up
The reason kelvin is prevalent in vibrations is due to temperature being directly related to the vibration of atoms. It may not be the only reason but they are overlapping fields
i find it interesting everyone was going for thoc for the last year, and now people are starting to tune for clack instead lol. good thing we have options to shape any way we want.
Okay can we just talk really quick about how these flex cuts with tape on the underside just leave open channels for dust and shit to collect and get stuck on the exposed adhesive though… like yeah it’s under a plate but still, many plates these days also have flex cuts so 🤷♂️🤷♂️ idk something to consider at least
My guy, you are truly a keyboard god. You've been able to take the indescribable feelings and instincts that come with experience, and actually teach this to others, the mark of a true master. Congrats on the 100k and many more to come!
hey scott! i had an idea for a keyboard. (not sure if this has been done before) i was thinking how two of the same sides of a magnet repel from each other, and i was wondering if that would work as a mount for a keyboard!
I had this exact same issue with my Tiger80 ALU. Amazing looking and feeling board stock, but the alphas were lacking like in the video, thin and weak. Some thin strips of duct tape on the flex cuts completely changed the board. Alphas are loud and proud now. Might want to try the UHMWPE tape though
i want to thank you for giving me so much knowledge outside of just keyboards (kind of funny since this is a keyboard channel) but it made me understand how to get the exact types of sound i like. congrats on 100k, 1 million soon?
I would love to see more all out technical talk about more aspects of the keyboard. I enjoy it so much and it helps way more than just taking someones subjective word for things. And I feel that also leads to so much ignorant gatekeeping in this hobby.
I just had this weird idea. We all know what a PE foam layer would do to sound, but what if we cutout the part where the switches lie? Basically covering flex cuts but not where the switch are inserted. I have the link65 with the sushi roll and the way to cover the flex cuts was to use the pefoam, but now I was wondering if cutting out the switches part would affect sound differently.
I feel like I'm the only one that likes the thin sound! But I think I'll have too many flexy boards with the JRIS and Tiger80 in my collection, so I'll definitely try taping the flex cuts on my Thera. But I'll be going plateless lol
How do you think a thicker 4mm or 5mm plate would affect noise? It might be an easy way of altering the sound by adding more material, like getting rid of some of the noise cancelling rarefactions.
not only am I learning about keyboard (which Scott inspired me to do mods in my keyboard), im learning science stuff too! Another great build and really really sounds satisfying on the end build. I do wonder tho if the UHMWPE tape would do better than the normal tape mod for no flex cut pcbs? or would the painter's tape/masking tape still be better for those kind of pcb overall.
Hey off topic question but is keebs for all a reliable site because I bought some jwicks in October and still haven’t gotten them sent a email and they never replied
Im still very confused... Other than the sound what is the reason behind doing flex cuts. Why would we want more flex? I hear non flex sounds better to some ppl and flex sounds better to others...
hey scott k whos sponsoring your hair? just kidding, but just wanted to mention specifically how damn good your hair is lookin in this video, u handsome sonofagun
Thank you Ridge for sponsoring this segment! Check out Ridge.com/keybored for up to 40% off before December 22nd!
I love the science segments in your videos. As a student who is going into engineering, it makes it super interesting to learn concepts related to hobbies I have. I hope you continue to make some more.
Glad they're helpful and I hope the content helps with keyboard modding too,
this channel is truly the peak of keyboard channels. as someone who is going into physics/engineering and music, your explanations for things is one of the best parts of your videos!
I'm glad! I will keep trying!
As a a sound tech, who dabbles in acoustics as well - crafting the best sounding keyboard is a hella fun project.
The difference that the UHMWPE makes is CRAZY. I knew it would probably help, but it's crazy how drastic of a difference it made. I ordered a Zoom TKL and I'm tempted to give it a try when it arrives!
same I might tape mod it as well
Did you try it?
100k well deserved! Hopefully people either start to move on from the flex cut trend with newer boards, or they offer an alternate pcb with no cuts when running new boards
I think they can also offer little silicone slits you place over it... It just makes a lot of sense and makes it super easy
Oh no... I just gave akko another idea...
This is why I like your content. You come up with smart/interesting ways to go at boards. You did the thin vs thick foam video when everyone else was just stuffing it with whatever they could and now this. Like your stuff a lot man
Thank you so much! I appreciate the kind words man
100k! congrats, here's to a million :D
Thank you so much, let's go!
Providing scientific explanations behind the way these keyboards sound really helps out with building your own sound signature for your keyboard. Thank you for taking the time to provide us such info. Congrats on 100k subs!
Congratulations on 100K! You do an amazing job and due to you I have bought 5 keyboards in1 year...all good. It's a great hobby. Keep up the great work and thank you for all you do
Hahaha so sorry for that! Don't mean to make people spend all their money on keyboards. :)
I sometimes literally forget if I am watching a keeb vid or I am in a science class with an incredible and passionate teacher! Thank you for providing with these amazing resources to us the small content creators!
I think it would be really cool if manufacturers could include flexible silicon pieces that could be inserted into the flex cuts to fill them up. Having an I shaped cross section so it could stay locked in place.
damn they probably would knowing how fast this hobby innovates
Scot: Wake up honey, it's time to over explain mechanical knoweledge for keebs
Keebs: Yes, honey.
when you said 100k I threw my hands up to celly irl. You make videos so good I am now emotionally invested into the wellbeing of your channel. thank you so much for the amazing content scott, the science segments are GREAT!
Huge huge congrats on 100K, it is very well-deserved!! Always really enjoy the science segments, great to hear more about why things are working a certain way! I would be curious to get your take on if/why long pole stem switches can help with the hollowness/thinness of boards. I actually built my thera plateless with only the bottom foam and some Namazu switches (SP Star manufacturered long poles), and I don’t think it sounded as thin/resonant as your initial build. definitely agree with doing the force break on this one!!
Thanks for hearing the Anti-Flexcut gang. The UMWHPE tape was an interesting take. I'm sure there's a bit of frequency "shaping" as sound travels through the tape used.
Did you try with regular masking tape to see if it influenced the final sound? I think the Scott build sounds so much better than the straight no-frills build.
What kind of tape material do you usually prefer for taping Flex cuts? Regular masking tape?
QK75 vs Zoom TKL
I would love to know which one you find better and the differences
Congrats on 100K!!
I would go QK :)
The best part of Ridge Wallets is, the successful false advertising!
@@figgletinkle They are cheap plastic junk, with a thin fillet of aluminum or other material on the outside. In reality, they should cost about fifteen bucks. But, with the power of lies! They can sell them at a massively inflated price.
@@figgletinkle I've seen a few among my friends. They are nothing special, in fact, some of the knockoffs are better made.
"Channel hit a hundred thousand subs" I'm always caught off guard when I hear this, because I always just assume the channel already had more. You've always done quality videos, it's well deserved.
gz on your milestone, many more to come!
Thank you so much! I hope so too!
😆 am I the only one seeing faces and the "clown" one (3:09) printed on the board ? 🤣
Anyway, always a pleasure to listen and being able to understand those well explained sound behavior !!
Thank you !
that demonstration really put into perspective how bad flex cuts "air out" the sound. personally i think the flex thing has become a meme, it started out as people wanting a soft feel to folks wanting the board to collapse on itself while they're typing.
off topic but i hope you get your hands on that tofu jr coming out soon
Was thrilled with flex cuts in its early stage(for the soft typing feel) until i had space80 where flex cuts on the alphas made the sound muted. Tape modded then it felt premium again. Will try this kind of tape mod.
And yeah, massive congrats on the 100k!
That’s exactly how I’m planning to build my Hope75, tape up flex cuts, thin case foam and mid plate foam. I have the FR4 plate coming with it.
I didn’t know about the UHMW pe tape so thanks for that one.
Hey congrats on 100k well deserved
Thank you so much!
I know I am late, but congrats on 100k. Legit can't think of a more deserving channel.
12:30 I wonder that does the open-back headphones create this phase-cancellation effect as well?
congrats on 100k. great vids, great for technicals and also entertaining when you do the skits before the videos. love the knowledge you are sharing
Great video Scott! I've used UHMWPE Tape before to holee mod some stabs, but never thought to use it to seal up flex cuts. Your explanation of the science behind really helped contextualize why without the sealed flex cuts the boards sounds so "thin". Also the ping on that board before the Force break mod was crazy! Congrats on 100k man, can't think of anyone more deserving. You'll be at a million before you know it. Thanks for all you do.
I never comment on videos but I had to on your channel you are the only person that edits their videos like they themselves are a viewer you take everything into account and always keep a baseline for your switch tests etc. most helpful and informative keyboard RUclipsr out there. Keep the great content up
The reason kelvin is prevalent in vibrations is due to temperature being directly related to the vibration of atoms. It may not be the only reason but they are overlapping fields
Congrats on 100k :)
Thank you so much!
i find it interesting everyone was going for thoc for the last year, and now people are starting to tune for clack instead lol. good thing we have options to shape any way we want.
Congrats on hitting 100k! you totally deserve it and I love the content, keep it up!
I love that you add explanations about the keyboard mods. I always learn when I watch your vids
Okay can we just talk really quick about how these flex cuts with tape on the underside just leave open channels for dust and shit to collect and get stuck on the exposed adhesive though… like yeah it’s under a plate but still, many plates these days also have flex cuts so 🤷♂️🤷♂️ idk something to consider at least
My guy, you are truly a keyboard god. You've been able to take the indescribable feelings and instincts that come with experience, and actually teach this to others, the mark of a true master. Congrats on the 100k and many more to come!
Congrats on the 100k, also would it be possible to do a review/improvement of the Next time 75 board
Thank you! I'll have to see what that is haha
@@Keybored thankyou very much sir, much love
hey scott! i had an idea for a keyboard. (not sure if this has been done before) i was thinking how two of the same sides of a magnet repel from each other, and i was wondering if that would work as a mount for a keyboard!
I had this exact same issue with my Tiger80 ALU. Amazing looking and feeling board stock, but the alphas were lacking like in the video, thin and weak. Some thin strips of duct tape on the flex cuts completely changed the board. Alphas are loud and proud now. Might want to try the UHMWPE tape though
Scott!! Congrats on your 100K, absolute favorite keyboard RUclipsr in the game
i want to thank you for giving me so much knowledge outside of just keyboards (kind of funny since this is a keyboard channel) but it made me understand how to get the exact types of sound i like. congrats on 100k, 1 million soon?
Haha thank you chonglin! I appreciate that and let's go for million!
Brother you deserve a lot more than 100,000 subs, if you don't put out a keyboard video then I don't buy it.
Awesome work with the technical deep dive!
Thank you so much!
I would love to see more all out technical talk about more aspects of the keyboard. I enjoy it so much and it helps way more than just taking someones subjective word for things. And I feel that also leads to so much ignorant gatekeeping in this hobby.
12:09 someday we might see scott in this picture lmao
Congratulations my dood! Big kudos from Brazil, we love you!
Thank you Matheus! I really appreciate it! Good luck world cup 2022 Brazil!
@@Keybored ohh! Thanks man! We gonna take this world cup in the honor of the your sketchs! lol!
I just had this weird idea. We all know what a PE foam layer would do to sound, but what if we cutout the part where the switches lie? Basically covering flex cuts but not where the switch are inserted. I have the link65 with the sushi roll and the way to cover the flex cuts was to use the pefoam, but now I was wondering if cutting out the switches part would affect sound differently.
100k is so deserved. Science Scott rules!
what an awesome bday gift, having u upload today
Happiest birthday to you!
Love the engineering segment as always, I love engineering and keyboards so mixing the 2 is always fun 😊
Congrats on 100,000! I bought the jris65 and I think this will help out a lot!
Grats on the Jris! It's a great board!
The tape looks so powerful.
Is it possible to remove the tape later?
I'm pretty curious about the durability of pcbs with flex cuts, say for heavy typers and those in the moment hard presses 🤔
Nice to see you're no longer sick!
May I ask what's your deskmat? The one with the moon and stars
Great video as always and I love you bring the science back.. also congrats on the 100k
Thank you! I'll try my best to incorporate it as much as possible!
That's what I'm talking about! Niiiice video. Always love your scientific breakdowns of sound, Scott. Final results were on point. Nicely done!
ai03 had advised to do this on the Polaris v1, like 4 years ago lol
Great video. Kudos.
I feel like I'm the only one that likes the thin sound! But I think I'll have too many flexy boards with the JRIS and Tiger80 in my collection, so I'll definitely try taping the flex cuts on my Thera. But I'll be going plateless lol
Thank you Scott for the lesson... priceless
:) thanks!
Can you use tamiya tape instead of uhmwpe?
How do you think a thicker 4mm or 5mm plate would affect noise? It might be an easy way of altering the sound by adding more material, like getting rid of some of the noise cancelling rarefactions.
That no foam space bar is still echoing to this day
Are you going to look at the kbdcraft project adam?(really cool lego kb)
Is there any other tape other than UHMWPE that I could use? Just found out that this tape is extremely expensive where I live.
congrats! I bought a bakeneko and convinced my friend to buy a zoom TKL baecause of your reviews
Both very solid choices!
Hmm, what tactile sounds the creamiest and deepest in your opinion?
as expected from an aerospace engineer. well done
Haha the best use of my degree
Congrats on the achievement! Well deserved
Thank you so much!
That has to be the most beautiful knob on any keyboards and yay finally another physics lesson!!!
Also congrats on 100k subs
Thank you so much! Hope the physics content wasn't too boring lol
not only am I learning about keyboard (which Scott inspired me to do mods in my keyboard), im learning science stuff too! Another great build and really really sounds satisfying on the end build. I do wonder tho if the UHMWPE tape would do better than the normal tape mod for no flex cut pcbs? or would the painter's tape/masking tape still be better for those kind of pcb overall.
Haha I wouldn't put Uhmwpe tape behind the entire pcb. It's actually pretty strong tape haha
VTubers and mechanical keyboards... Of course, it makes perfect sense.
What do u think about a rubber spray like plasti dip on the underside of the keycaps and outside the board
Hmmm my experience with that on cars and bikes... I wouldn't haha
Cool wallet and KeyCase 🙌
Hey off topic question but is keebs for all a reliable site because I bought some jwicks in October and still haven’t gotten them sent a email and they never replied
Im still very confused...
Other than the sound what is the reason behind doing flex cuts. Why would we want more flex?
I hear non flex sounds better to some ppl and flex sounds better to others...
That sound at the end 🤩👏👌
It turned out nice! Especially the space bar :)
Can you do more switch review I suggest Jwk queen, tecsee Oreo, SOTC or red jacket so ye and congrats on 100k
Thank you! Yeah I'm a bit overdue on switch reviews! Need to find one worthwhile to do a full coverage on
@@Keybored cool
hey scott k
whos sponsoring your hair? just kidding, but just wanted to mention specifically how damn good your hair is lookin in this video, u handsome sonofagun
Hahaha thanks! I'll share what I use lol
Man, this makes me want to tape my JRIS65 😂
Do your KTT switch have the inconsistent issue? I purshed some from AE but some of them sound different
I have issues with ktt darlings
some are scratchy some are not, even with lube
I know CF plates make high pitch sounds but how about alu plates? I guess they make a lower pitch sound (compared to CF) but am I right?
Yup! Aluminum plates are a good middle ground. Check out my video on the budget bakeneko and it explains all the plate properties!
@@Keybored The budget bakeneko vid was sooo helpful omg. Your channel is the best!
OMG this could save my Odin. tyty.
:) hope it helps out!
Halu Halo switches. Wonder who made these. We just had some halo halo last night
I am a simple woman. I see a new Keybored video, I click!
100k! Let's goooooo!
Let's go!
Meanwhile all I can hear is that space bar ringing like a bell.
Please make best keyboard video for 2022
Ok UHMWPE tape I see you...
Scott K is my fav
Haha thank you! I appreciate!
You teach better than my professors
vibrating bodies huh? so they did have brothels way back in them days!!!!
Hahaha
and 102K in less than 12h 🏅
ight, im boutta seal my flex cuts aswell
:) hope it works out!
@@Keybored it worked on a small scale, sound does feel fuller, not by a lot, but enough to be recognizeable!
And we have a QK75 ...
ok professor.
As a student who into biology,thing change from understandable to wtf is dis real quick
Still think its crazy you never had 100k till now
Hopefully, 100k more!
@@Keybored true
I like the fact that both of us have white hairs….👍