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February 2, 2024

Issue #153 - Keyboard Builders' Digest

Keyboard Builders' Digest // Issue #153

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Check out this week's editorial with awesome projects, tips, ideas, meetups, discount codes, etc!


Hey y'all,

Here are some of the posts I thought were worth sharing this week:

  1. I reviewed the Weikav Record Alice, an ultra-affordable kit if we consider the anodized alu case and the neat leaf-spring suspension.
  2. President Bob Guenser sums up the history of Signature Plastics, creator and manufacturer of keycap profiles like SA and DSA, on occasion of preparing for retirement and searching for buyer candidates.
  3. Pabile published the files of the P60, a 5x12 ortholinear keyboard with RGB and encoder.
  4. Taiwanese keycap manufacturer Tai-Hao is about to roll out a new family of low-pro caps – for both Choc and MX switches.
  5. BFB_Workshop's Compaq'ed is an ortholinear replacement PCB for the Cherry G80-11800.
  6. Penk Chen's Rasti is a retro-futuristic laptop inspired by the iconic GRiD Compass – with his custom mechanical keyboard and keycap set.
  7. Zach Taylor shared his goshawk, a 3D printed, handwired split with only one controller and battery.
  8. SirFodds created a gasket-mounted unibody case for the Corne keyboard.
  9. More: 1U platelets, Tschibo00's Chaotist layout, Ambitent by Cerbekos, drawer-type case by Moeetech, Tomy macropad, etc.

Find all the news and resources in my weekly editorial write-up, MK meetup calendar and keyboard shop database -- with 500+ keyboard vendors, 130 of them offering various discounts and coupons for you!


This issue’s supporters

splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, ZSA Technology Labs, u/chad3814, Aiksplace, @keebio, Upgrade Keyboards, Cyboard, Ashkeebs, Sean Grady, Jacob Mikesell, Jason Hazel, @kaleid1990, kiyejoco, KEEBD, littlemer-the-second, Christian Lo, ghsear.ch, u/motfalcon, Bob Cotton, FFKeebs, Richard Sutherland, @therick0996, Joel Simpson, Mechboards, Christian Mladenov, Lev Popov, TurtleKeebs, Daniel Nikolov, Schnoor Typography, u/eighty58five, Caleb Rand, Skyler Thuss, Yuan Liu, James McCleese, Benjamin Bell, Ben M, zzeneg, Spencer Dabell, Matthias Goffette, Anatolii Smolianinov, Hating TheFruit, Penk Chen, Davidjohn Gerena, anonymous, Vitali Haravy, Clacky, Shnobble, Alex Miller, Gavin Folgert.

(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)


Weekly keyboard art

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@maxvoltar designed this aluminum + polycarbonate artisan (source)


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