Issue 41 / Keyboard Builders' Digest
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** Keyboard Buildersâ Digest / Issue 41
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Here are 10 things I thought were worth sharing this week: 1. How about some cool open-source projects? The Black Ice (https://kbd.news/Black-Ice-ortho-937.html) is an angled ortho by ashinything featuring 3D printed hot swap sockets. 2. The Chordie (https://kbd.news/Chordie-chording-keyboard-940.html) is a hand-wired chording keyboard by kbjunky with optional trackball support. 3. I like tapioki’s designs as much as I hate his naming conventions â Architeuthis dux with a parametric case (https://kbd.news/Architeuthis-dux-with-case-947.html) by Jonathan Dart. 4. We have a Pico-based 3D-printed macropad by dr2mod with case STLs (https://kbd.news/3D-printed-macropad-941.html) , a parametric tenting stand (https://kbd.news/Adjustable-tenting-stand-for-Iris-936.html) for Iris by NazFab/AlSpheric, and Khord designed a top shell (https://kbd.news/Pimoroni-trackball-top-shell-944.html) for Pimoroni trackballs. 5. Need help finding an IBM keyboard part number (https://kbd.news/IBM-keyboard-part-number-finder-945.html) ? SharktasticAâs tool takes care of that. 6. What was the one thing you learned that would change the way you solder (https://kbd.news/Soldering-tips-939.html) forever more? Some funny and/or useful tips. 7. Eye candy: The retrofuturistic Luigi Colani office chair (https://kbd.news/The-Luigi-Colani-office-chair-1970-938.html) with an integrated split Selectric-style typewriter. 8. Ear candy: Jazzkeys (https://kbd.news/Jazzkeys-free-typing-942.html) by Plan8 is a nice app playing piano sounds while you are typing. 9. Keyboard spottings: ProgressivePear found a nice Viewdata terminal (https://kbd.news/SE-Viewdata-943.html) at work, and opalinemoth posted an IBM Model M5-2 (https://kbd.news/IBM-Model-M5-2-946.html) with a cute little trackball. 10. Correction: According to the official announcement, the Kailh v2 hot-swap sockets (https://kbd.news/2nd-gen-Kailh-hot-swap-sockets-929.html) are rated for 6000 cycles.
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** Weekly keyboard art
Luigi Colani (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Colani) chair (1970) with a monoblock split typewriter (source (https://www.reddit.com/r/RetroFuturism/comments/paopyf/the_luigi_colani_office_chair_1970/) )
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