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This will be the final part of the series regarding SKCP(Alps Plate Springs), with the previous two were TX84 and Omron75 respectively. With TX84 I applied the new trend of half plate and flex to SKCL greens, hopefully breathing new life into linear alps. With Omron75 I experienced with the 75% layout and most importantly, to research an old switch type in Omron B3G-S. Leaf80 is more traditional than the first two, SKCP series have some design flaws that need to be addressed and this build will showcase my way of fixing them. Once again this entire build will be written/typed with my new toy, Alps plate springs Leaf80.
History
-My first exposure with Alps Plate Springs came from Mattr and his build, I was in search of some good PBT set and Mattr suggested buying the P70/75 machine. Initially bought for just the caps, I fell in love with APS and decided to keep it as is, matching Mattr's to the teeth.
-Second exposure came from E3E, who has an appetite II pcb and he is still trying to find a case for it. Poor man.
-Third exposure came from the man himself, Hasu, with his resource about APS
-Fourth exposure came from Wingpad and his Saiph, this is the first APS tkl ever.
-Fifth exposure came from Snackthecat and his build.
Big special thanks to both Wingpad and Snack, Windpad gave me the pcb file, Snack then refined the pcb into what it is today, versatile in layouts and types of SKCP.
Finally, everything works out perfectly when Fox lab did their groupbuy for the Leaf80 tkl. APS operate with leaf jacket system and the Leaf80 is a perfect housing for it, both in aesthetic and namesake.
