Issue #157 - Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders' Digest // Issue #157
Check out this week's editorial with awesome projects, tips, ideas, meetups, discount codes, etc!
Hey y'all,
I'm not sure it makes sense to send out the newsletter on Sunday, but anyway. Here are some of the posts I thought were worth sharing this time:
- This week I tested the Kemove K98 1980, a fully built three-mode wireless hotswap mechanical keyboard with 1800 layout and huge RGB firepower. It's pretty incredible, but the wired/soldered version is available from $35 - with switches and caps.
- Vladimir Glushkov's Soroka is a DIY-friendly 40% keyboard with customizable panels.
- Juha Kauppinen shared his Cygnus, a 36-key handwired project with keywell.
- The Choose Your Own Adventure Ortho (or CYOA) is a Pro Micro compatible ortholinear PCB by STHLM kb - with lots of snap-off parts.
- The Gigapad is a wireless macropad designed by Eric Pietrowicz.
- Sporewoh is back with yet another monoblock split pocket keyboard: the $5(!) idawgz32.
- 3D printed sculpted and tented keycaps by ze_or.
- Tanto 40, designed by Mangokitty, is the little 40% brother of the Katana60.
- Transport case for the ULP-Dactyl by jonbohz.
- Tapico Typer. Built around a 60% Kemove keyboard it's still WIP, but looks dope.
Much more news and resources in my weekly editorial write-up, MK meetup calendar and keyboard shop database - with 500+ keyboard vendors!
Save some money
With two new vendors on board there are now 136 keyboard shops accepting the KBDNEWS coupon code and offering you various discounts. (I did some cleanup and removed inactive coupons.)
Check out all the shops on the coupon page!
Weekly keyboard art
Accura-xy is a modular ergo macropad for CAD, designed by mason_cw (source).
This issue’s supporters
splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, ZSA Technology Labs, Aiksplace, @keebio, Upgrade Keyboards, Cyboard, Ashkeebs, Sean Grady, Jacob Mikesell, Jason Hazel, @kaleid1990, kiyejoco, KEEBD, littlemer-the-second, ghsear.ch, Mechboards, u/motfalcon, Bob Cotton, FFKeebs, Richard Sutherland, @therick0996, Joel Simpson, TurtleKeebs, Christian Mladenov, Lev Popov, u/eighty58five, Daniel Nikolov, Schnoor Typography, Caleb Rand, Skyler Thuss, Yuan Liu, James McCleese, Benjamin Bell, Ben M, Spencer Dabell, zzeneg, Matthias Goffette, Anatolii Smolianinov, Penk Chen, Hating TheFruit, Vitali Haravy, Clacky, Davidjohn Gerena, anonymous, TALPKEYBOARD, Felicitas R., Gavin Folgert, Alex Miller, Trey Causey, Shnobble, Stefan S.
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)