“Japanese” duplex

No, lol! I wish I had known of this or would’ve been clever enough to come up with something similar. I basically just yolo’d it the best I could. It was a torture.

I’ve put everything up on github: V6 conversion. Have fun. If you are going to get into this adventure, this might come in handy (it helped me): How to Build a Custom Keyboard From Scratch

That’s a nice board!

Yes, I got it made at jlcpcb. It’s a big board, so it wasn’t as cheap as a small prototype board. But not unreasonable. A good price per board, but a bit of a waste because I now have 4 more that I will never use.

Yes, I want to, just haven’t gotten around to put it all together yet. But it’s on my to do list.

It was a fun process, much recommended. I’ve got an extra 4 pcbs that require a few bodge wires if you’ve got a V6. :D

I don’t know if this will help, but I had to resolder the cables to the bed of an old printer and the iron I had just couldn’t put out enough heat; the bed sank it all. I put it in the oven for a while, so that it was pre-warmed and the iron could melt the solder.

Probably using the kitchen oven where I cook wasn’t a very good idea, but hey, I’m still alive.