>>10439556there's some kind of mental damage people who are into custom keyboards accumulate where they buy progressively smaller and smaller keyboards and I don't know why.
>>10439938the hard way is to buy all the parts (or a kit) and use a soldering iron to connect the switches to the PCB. That's not very common these days though since a few companies have pretty good hotswap boards, where you can buy switches and just pop them in. This ends up being much easier to assemble, cheaper, and of course it comes with the added benefit of being able to use different switches if you so desire.
If you're interested I would recommend looking into the GMMK, they have one model just called the "GMMK" and another called the "GMMK Pro" which is a non standard layout and more expensive just because it's made of more premium material. The normal GMMK is fine unless you have money burning a hole in your wallet.