Keychron K2 Modding. Part 1

Quick introduction:

A few months ago I unexpectedly got carried away with mechanical keyboards. I spent some time in Google to understand what’s the right keyboard for newbies. The first thing I dig into was switches. I wanted to know everything possible to make the right decision not just throw money away. I explored dozens of websites and Youtube videos to get the best choice for me.

The most important conditions for me were:
- easy customization out of the box
- quick setup for Mac OS
- the presence of keys for Mac Os (as a plus)

One of the most popular keyboards for beginners was Keychron. It met all the factors that I needed and I almost immediately ordered it for myself. I bought Keychron K2 with Red switches.

First time I was pretty satisfied with my choice and didn’t want to change anything. But after a while, I wanted to start changing something.

The first thing I’ve done is a laying of foam rubber under the bar with switches. Why I did that? Sometimes, after pressing a key, you can hear the sound of spring. Over overtime, I began to recognize it too often and I wanted to remove it.

I took the foam rubber straight from the factory box in which the keyboard came and began to disassemble the keyboard

The process is pretty simple:

• remove all keycaps
  - unscrew 4 self-tapping screws on the sides
  - unscrew about 10 screws under the keycaps

… and here we are:

Then I put the foam rubber and make holes for all the screws:

After that, the only thing you need to do is to wrap everything up and assemble the keyboard back.

Now, I am enjoying the softer and more pleasant sounds.

Part 2 is coming. There I want to change keycaps to make the quieter sound and less key travel.

Thanks for reading this out!