Issue 105 / Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders’ Digest #105
Check out the new issue with awesome projects, tips and ideas!
MK Advent Calendar
The first KBD.NEWS Advent Calendar is available with articles revealed daily. Check it out!
Hey y'all,
Here are the posts I thought were worth sharing this week:
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As part of the Advent Calendar: Ben Vallack shared his free-fall into the custom keyboard rabbit hole where things keep getting weirder and weirder. And Joe Scotto, the self-proclaimed “Handwiring Guy” summed up his last few months designing and building handwired keyboards. There was a 0th day post as well: Some thoughts about the tradition of MK advent calendars in the Japanese DIY keyboard community.
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This angled monoblock keyboard by dj_edit dubbed TeeShirt comes in three different sizes.
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The swweeep is an open source, wireless only split keyboard with nice!view support. Committed by sadekbaroudi.
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The S60 is a member of the simplyKeeb family designed by Geaz84. Split, 60 keys, open source.
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A wooden video editing keypad by Sokolsok: the SS4H-EK — with production files.
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Another LEGO compatible keyboard after the KBDcraft Adam: Lego65 – this time an open-source 65% project by DarkoVader.
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Lets unite? A 3D printed monoblock case for the Lets Split by altapowderdog.
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Sasha Karmanov shared his distinctive Thumbs Up! V2 keyboard with a raised thumb cluster.
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Josh Johnson released the Sea-Picro, a Pro Micro alternative with RP2040 and some neat features.
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MBK Convex and MBK POM keycaps are on the way to vendors.
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Ikeji's Pittheus is a foldable monoblock keyboard with a clever hinge mechanism.
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Not a classic keyboard, not a classic cyberdeck: Armachat TOUCH by bobricius.
This issue’s supporters
splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, PCBWay, Aiksplace, @keebio, u/chad3814, MKUltra, @kaleid1990, Sean Grady, Cyboard, ghsear.ch, cdc, u/motfalcon, kiyejoco, KEEBD, Bob Cotton, Jacob Mikesell, FFKeebs, @therick0996, Richard Sutherland, Joel Simpson, Keebstuff, littlemer-the-second, Lev Popov, Christian Mladenov, Christian Lo, Spencer Blackwood, Yuan Liu, Upgrade Keyboards, Daniel Nikolov, Skyler Thuss, u/eighty58five, Davidjohn Gerena, Caleb Rand, Fabian Suceveanu, Arto Olli, anonymous, Hating TheFruit
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)
Behind the Scenes
This week’s topics of my behind the scenes series:
Giveaway follow-up, advent calendar, Keebsmas, new vendors, discounts, meetups, etc.
Weekly keyboard art
Layered veneer keycaps by NmEter0 (source).