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Oh. Could they be handwired? Used to be plenty of handwired keyboards around here, I just never looked into it
Also where would I find a kit in that case?
Very cool though very annoying to desolder the existing sockets just to put these on. But would be cool for a corne or something where you already need to solder the sockets on to build the board. >

Pardon my ignorance, what's a corne? >

Oh, name of a keyboard. >

Checked it out, way out of my league >

I was a little bit worried about these because they didn't send me a tracking number and my country is very, very finicky about one-off electronics importation like this, but they did arrive without a problem! I found it really cute that they come in a little roll that looks like a strip of film, but instead of pictures each frame has one little socket in there. Thanks /u/chosfoxmk, you're the real deal!
Now I'll be honest with you fellas, I have no idea where to even begin with these things. I've been in this community for a decade or so now (goddamn), and the mech keyboard scene has changed completely since then, but I've always been very happy with my Model M that I bought when I first found this sub. Been wanting to try a 60% or tkl for a while now, but I could never justify the cost, especially with my dear M right here fulfilling my keyboard needs, but this Christmas has blessed me with this pack of sockets and also that 60% that I wanted for years, from Flashquark that were kind enough to also give one away here (and I got real lucky lmao), though that one is still stuck in processing at customs.
So to the point: what do I with these things? I was thinking I could jump into a project, and honestly now that the wireless 60% is on its way here, I've been thinking I could build a numpad/macro pad? I have a soldering station that I've used for guitar work, and crude soldering skills. But where do I even begin? I'm assuming I need a case, a controller, or a kit of some kind. Is there a guide somewhere? I'll take any help I can get to turn this gift into something cool! >

You can't use these on anything that doesn't already have hotswap sockets on the pcb, or is a kit where you put these sockets on the pcb. PCB has to be designed for their use, so you can't just put these on a solder PCB to make it hotswap.
So 99% of the time, they're not useful except to replace a faulty existing one.