terrible idea, this
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joking your discord is greasy
fuck that
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@@unsolveddynamo4617 skill issue
This channel isn’t about keyboard, this channel is about the pure sheer determination of a man doing anything to reach his goal. Respect
because he is nagger
lol this is true😂
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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.
Big keyboard big 482 like count.
@@mayadafox big like count
@White Rabbit huh
Please provide a link of some kind? I'd like to see the board at the expo.
@@myselph1761 Link to what?
"Everything that could go wrong went wrong. And then everything that couldn't go wrong also went wrong." I love that one.
ok
Every ambitious project ever 😢
Reminds me of this: "I am not the hero the world wants. I am not the hero the world needs. But I am the hero the world gets."
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sigh yes.
I honestly would've given up after like half of these setbacks. You're a man of focus, determination, and sheer f*cking will.
*fucking
Would u have if you’d sunk thousands of dollars into the project?
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".
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same lol
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.
@@merlindraws3616 or 3d paint pen
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
Thats a good tip to share its how I assemble pieces of helmets I print its pretty strong
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.
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@@BananaVr859 no
"If you stab me I can tank it" He truly is that guy
lmao i couldn’t stop laughing at that
average british man
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@@spletski8057 no.
mean...
huge respect to his friends who worked with a man recovering from covid so we'd get our entertainment
fr they are MVPs, if they didn't help it would'nt have been possible
I thought the same thing, what fearless pals
bro built shaq a keyboard 💀
“This seems like a bad idea, but I’m all out of good ideas” words to live by
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.
I wonder why they pulled out Nothing in this video us unsafe for a brand
@@BreadBreadx4 I would think inconsistent upload schedule probably but that’s about it.
@@BreadBreadx4 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 I mean Michael Reeves gets sponsors I would trust him with 12k far less than some guy making a keyboard lmao
@@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.
"This feels like a bad idea but I'm all out of good ideas" feels like a way too badass line to be in a video about a guy building a giant keyboard
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Attaching the spacebar at the literal last possible time was such a powermove
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!
You should be careful around Razer now. Never know when they will get their revenge.
yea they got a lot more than 12k to spend
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."
Quite.... Snakey! BNABAHAHAHAHAHA BAH AH AFF AJHEGaLEOKGFhaEKG
they will just make Glarses's triple keyboard but in this scale as a revenge.
@@BinkSayres dibs on living in one of the keys
The fact you scaled up *the PCB itself* and didn't just use multiple smaller ones is legendary.
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
@@trevor245 yeah that's was kinda my thought too lol
How would he use multiple smaller ones when the gap between keys is much bigger?
@@pepega3344 You would handwire the switches in a matrix and only need a small pcb would have sufficed
Couldn't you just put a wire from each switch to a tiny board?
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.
Everything that could have gone wrong went wrong for this man but he still somehow managed to complete the keyboard at the end. Bravo!
Truly one of the keyboards of all time
Indeed it is
yes yes it is
Facts
What does this mean
My favorite part was when he said "it's Glarses time" and glarsed all over it.
12:14 "It feels like a bad idea, but... I'm all out of good ideas, so..." will be my new motto in Life.
why did you capitalize life as if it’s a game 💀 wait…
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 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.
Mad respect for being a trooper and getting through COVID and literally everything that went wrong, some incredibly inspiring shit
Yeah what a wrench in the works that must have been
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!
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!
@@kurtlamprecht93How dare anybody discuss the video in the comments of the video!
Feel like razor would of wanted more money then he spent anyway
@@kurtlamprecht93 Nobody’s impressed
@@kurtlamprecht93 Where’s the period at the end of your sentence?
If proper grammar and sentence structure is of utmost importance....
4:35 My boi got racing stripes to go faster.
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.
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
That’s what this reminded me of hahahaa I was never competitive, but just con crunch in general and the fatigue and determination that comes from it
nice i like cowboy brbop
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.
Bro I knew that was snapping as soon as he wasn’t opening the package all the way 😂😂
@@subletinn hahahahahahahahahahahahahhaha
Wow really cool! As impressive as the actual build is, I am even more interested in understanding what makes you so enamoured with keyboards! Cheers from Canada!
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.
The storytelling in this video is incredible. Your videos cheer me up so much, hope you make more.
Even with all the setbacks, seeing you plow right through them with sheer determination is honestly inspiring.
I agree D̶O̶N̶T̶ ̶R̶E̶A̶D̶ ̶M̶Y̶ ̶N̶A̶M̶E̶
Wow, this was amazing! I must say that was probably the best 19:04 minutes I've spent all of 2023! It had everything, failures upon failures, stress, good friends (make that amazing friends considering what you made them go through) and that last minute fixing! Sir, sir, am I allowed to finish my exam while you're correcting it?
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.
Planning to make more videos using and demonstrating the keyboard soon!
my man could afford a 12k keyboard but has an ironing board as a desk😂
thats priority for you!
"afford" a $12000 keyboard
Literally every single thing that could have gone wrong went wrong even the sponsors (this is my most liked comment :DDD)
stay strong brother. Your videos are amazing and crazy and i love them. I really enjoy watching your content and it also inspired me to buy my first mechanical keyboard.
6:38 i love that the midnight - jason instrumental in there 🤭💕
GOATED
This video changed my life and taught me anything is possible if you hate Razer enough
Yep, I am touched on a spiritual level that hating Razer could get you somewhere.
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!
My dog had a heart attack Anyways, great comment 10/10
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@@Chilloutlilbromy piano teacher died from aids. Only song he taught me was the final countdown
@@bIuecap RIP
Bro these replies are cursed wtf
7:25 the Wii sports intro😂😂😂
You are the first person to acknowledge this
It’s been burned into my brain from 13 years of having a Wii
As soon as i saw you pulling the 3d printed wire from the bag I knew you were going to snap it. I knew and I still cracked up. Great content!
This guy is a man of focus, commitment and sheer fucking will
john wick with a stick
hell hath no fury like... man with pure spite in his heart after brand refuses to sell giant keyboard. - shakespeare, probably
i love when glarses said "it's keyboardin' time" and he keyboarded all over the place
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
13:43 Bro really tried to hide his fart 💀💀💀
I've never felt this tense watching a bloke and his friends assemble a keyboard. Complete opposite of most keyboard channels and I love it!
I love it too D̶O̶N̶T̶ ̶R̶E̶A̶D̶ ̶M̶Y̶ ̶N̶A̶M̶E̶
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.
The tension throughout, I was literally gasping at points. Amazing video thank you
17:10 the ending we deserve
The effort this guy go's through just to make one video is just unimaginable
I respect all your time and effort. I couldnt do this and big W that you have Done IT
Never in my life would I have thought someone could make me binge multiple videos about keyboards, but here we are I love this man it’s so good lmao
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*
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!
Just saw this video on my For You on KZhead and never came across this KZheadr or heard about this KZheadr. as soon as I finished the video I instantly Subscribed. Love the Videos and Content :)
Great work. 👍 Of course it is more or less on a prototype status, but it works and that alone is a huge step.
I feel I just watched a hero's journey in 19 minutes 😆 Thanks for the video, Glarses! Hope the Glarses Company flourishes this year~
my second hand stress when that stab wire snapped: 📈📈📈
This man has crazy resolve. I highly respect it.
Soo proud of you brother. Great job!!
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.
now show this to shaq
XD
your videos got me interested in buying nice keyboards. I'm a really fast typer, so it is so fun, when they keyboard sounds nice.
it is indeed!
Loved it, I could see all the effort
Enthusiasts: bouncy typing feel is good Glarses keyboard: 11:26
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
The Glarses Year is an absolute hit!!!! I loved this entire video start to finish like all the others and couldn't stop laughing for the life of me. Your friends are real troopers and while I laugh at your pain, I'm glad it worked out in the end. You're on track for an engineering career assuming your finances don't collapse soon XD
i literally dont know anything about keyboards neither do i own one and i still watch it cuz ur so funny 😭 The way you dont give up every single time as well is so inspiring
14:22 spoken like a true developer 😂
There's a bigger keyboard now
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I couldn't believe the amount you got done, including problem solving, in that first day. That's a winner in my book!
Huge props for pushing through this nightmare build
such an amazing video .. enjoyed the storytelling and narrative too .. keep up the work bruda
What I enjoyed the most is not the big keyboard, is how you handled all your challanges!
this guy can put more effort into one dumb idea than the effort i put into anything in my life
The passion, tense and awesomness to every detail and hard work he puts in to this was a lot!
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Absolutely huge respect to this guy. I can’t believe he’s uploading every day for the next decade.
lool 😭😭 D̶O̶N̶T̶ ̶R̶E̶A̶D̶ ̶M̶Y̶ ̶N̶A̶M̶E̶
You are fucking wild my dude. This was so awesome to watch. Your sheer willpower and determination! Subbed!
you can tell this is his first time interacting with 3d printing Size issues and durability are the key things people underestimate the issues with
The extreme dedication to getting that keyboard finished in time is amazing! Keep up the great work!!
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.
When I saw you pulling out the spacebar wire, I knew what was gonna happen as soon as you started pulling haha. Love it though, good job!
never seen you before but i loved this dude. dank content my guy.
Seeing your channel grow from 50k up until 900k is nuts, it feels so damn fast, way to go man, you deserve it.
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?
Song from 6:23 is: Jason - The Midnight They're a pretty awesome band and you should go listen to their work immediately. I was lucky enough to hear them play live in Brixton, will never forget it.
Came here out of curiousity, but fell in love with your innovative determination. Subbed!
14:55 the joke was right there: "just gonna try and screw it in. if it works, it works; if it doesn't..." we're screwed lol
Too corny
4:41 the quickest papa franku reference with that soundbyte love it
Excellent choice of background music. I’d recognize The Midnight from anywhere! Jason, tell me what you’re chasin’! 6:24 Seriously though, good job showing up the big company.
If you have an issue with the stabilizer bar later, try using a first aid pad, they are very thin and will provide better support. Soak it in a super glue and wrap it around once and let it dry completely, then if you want, put another layer to double down. sand away the rough parts and it should be strong enough.
KZhead can’t recognize this man’s quality content truly underrated.
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 !
5:37 "Oh, yes!" I was blown away when I saw the massive aluminum frame for this thing. It's so huge and yet..legit!
I’ve been watching you since 2020 quarantine, but this is mad dedication and I’m serious.
"if you stab me I can tank it" 8:48 now that's a good line