Blank keycaps install -- DON'T do what I did

[JDH]

When I opened my mail today, I was greeted with a set of white, unpainted keycaps. So far they are everything I wanted and more. They give me a sort of classic Star Trek ascetic, and the lights are SO much brighter.

However, when I pulled off the plastic cover, I must have jostled them a bit. It took me a long time to figure out which key goes where. If you will soon be the recipient of a set like this, I advise that you do everything you can to keep the keys oriented and in the right positions as you put them in. If there is a trick for this, please share.

[JDH]

I found the very small numbers that are printed on the keycap bottoms. Those will be very helpful to others if you spill your tray of keycaps…

Also, my set has two 55’s. So I’m guessing that dilemma wasn’t entirely user error.

[nickhandel]

So where do I get these blank keys from?? I’m in the UK - is that why I can’t see them on the shop.keyboard.io site?

[algernon (Gergely Nagy)]

They’re not on the shop yet. Kickstarter backers and pre-orders are getting fulfilled first, then they’ll be available on the store.

[mattmc3]

The numbering scheme is here:

Informational - Your model 01 keycaps are numbered

For those that have blank keycaps or linear-a keycaps, it is highly likely that you will at some point jumble them or get them out of order. No need to fret, on the inside of each keycap, there is a number telling you the key order. Also, you can use the orientation of that number to help you tell up from down on the key. It doesn’t matter which keycap set you have, from what I can tell they all seem to be numbered the same. Here is a layout that shows the numbering scheme. [Model 01 Keycap …