Issue #184 - Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders' Digest // Issue #184
Check out this week's editorial with awesome projects, tips, ideas, discount codes, etc!
Hey y'all,
Here are some of the news I thought were worth sharing this time:
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I reviewed the TMKB T68-C, the first Hall-effect keyboard offered by Kemove. An entry-level 65% magnetic board designed for budget-conscious gamers.
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In part two of his series about increasing typing comfort, Peter introduces Anymak, the next step in balancing layout compatibility and ergonomics.
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Max officially released v1.0 of his Anywhy Flake family. Classy splits, now with a 58-key variant.
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Well, the humble Endgame is the name of this cool unibody split keyboard designed by OldMan6955.
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David Brown released his Jolt2, an open-source split keyboard with variable-height columns -- modular PCBs sitting on pin headers.
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Another modular project, a 30-36 key split to mimic various physical layouts: Menura by Ryan Muraglia.
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A 27-key macropad fitting iPhone cases: Fragaria-27 by Flexyjerkov.
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Dane Lipscombe's unique Harite v2 is a directional keyboard with 5-way switches.
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A '70s-style gasket-mounted monoblock split featuring Selectric I keycaps: Hacktrick by Tschibo00.
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A classy 40% keyboard open sourced by Arko: Bonk.
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A 26-key semi-handwired split with lots of magnets: Wilson26 by Stephan Møller.
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A handwired monoblock 40% keyboard in a stacked acrylic case: Vozvan by El Kinoflop.
As always: much more projects and resources in my weekly (sort of) editorial write-up, switch database, MK meetup calendar and keyboard shop database - with 500+ keyboard vendors!
Save some money
The vendor database is being cleaned up, some closed shops and coupons removed. There are 164 keyboard shops accepting the KBDNEWS coupon code and offering you various discounts now. (And here are all the keyboard stores in the database.)
Weekly keyboard art
BurroughsR by Rain2.
This issue’s supporters
splitkb.com, ZSA Technology Labs, MoErgo Glove80, Aiksplace, Upgrade Keyboards, @keebio, Cyboard, Jason Hazel, Jacob Mikesell, Sean Grady, Ergohaven, KEEBD, @kaleid1990, littlemer-the-second, Timo, ghsear.ch, u/motfalcon, Bob Cotton, FFKeebs, @therick0996, Christian Mladenov, Schnoor Typography, Daniel Nikolov, u/eighty58five, Brendan P., Caleb Rand, James McCleese, Ben M, Yuan Liu, zzeneg, Spencer Dabell, Anatolii Smolianinov, Penk Chen, Clacky, Matthias Goffette, Stefan S., Alex Miller, Trey Causey, Hating TheFruit, Mario S., Cloyce, Dylan Ingham, Gordon Diggs, Shnobble, Davidjohn Gerena, Duncan B., HubertTheMad, s_p_l_o_d_e.
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)