Tutorial: how to disassemble and mod a mechanical keyboard (Akko B3068 pink)
- Platform: YouTube (video)
- Original post: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2fyf0QHLYQA
- Posted: 2023-04-16
- Length: 347 s
- Stats at archive time: 5245 views, 28 likes, 3 comments
- Video file: https://clips.linus.gripe/media/Youtube_2fyf0QHLYQA.mp4
- Original caption: This is a tutorial on how to disassemble your mechanical keyboard, and do simple mods. I am using the Akko B3068 pink version
Summary
A 5:47 YouTube tutorial from the channel "Carbon pony" (uploaded 2023-04-15) showing how to take apart a standard hot-swappable mechanical keyboard, pull a switch, add foam damping and reassemble. He uses a pink Akko B3068.
What happens
- Opening: overhead shot of the pink-and-white keyboard with RGB lighting, hands holding it on a black desk.
- Keycaps are pulled off, exposing switches and stabilizers; pink keycaps with a Mount Fuji / wave design and white keycaps are piled up.
- He uses a blue plastic pick/opener to unclip the plastic outer case, flips the keyboard, unscrews screws and lifts the back plate; mentions a battery inside so the keyboard must be unplugged and turned off first.
- Shows the inner foam to reduce noise (mentions cheap boards like some Ducky models often lack it).
- Brief facecam cutaway (about 3:30): a person with headphones and a red-glowing microphone in a gaming room with monitor.
- Using two sharp tools or a switch puller, he pulls a switch straight up (only for hot-swappable boards) and holds it to show the spring, a total travel of 4 mm, and an activation point at 2 mm; explains linear (gaming) vs tactile (typing) switches.
- Reassembly: inserts the switch, presses the case back together, refits keycaps.
Spoken content
English, casual narration: "Hey guys, Carbon Pony here"; warns not to try on metal-cased boards ("please don't do it") or non-hot-swappable ones; "this is a very linear switch which is good for gaming". Ends: "subscribe to Carbon Pony and get 1003 V-Bucks tomorrow, see ya" (joke).
Audio / music
Voiceover only, no notable music.
Topics & keywords
mechanical keyboard, keyboard mod, tutorial, Akko B3068, hot-swappable, switches, keycaps, foam mod, linear vs tactile, tear down, PC peripherals
Context
English-language DIY/tech tutorial, older YouTube upload for a gaming/keyboard audience. About 5,245 views, 28 likes, 3 comments.