Issue 51 / Keyboard Builders' Digest
|MC_PREVIEW_TEXT|
View this email in your browser (|ARCHIVE|)
** Keyboard Buildersâ Digest / Issue 51
https://kbd.news
Check the new issue (https://kbd.news/issue/51/) with awesome projects, tips and ideas!
Hi |FNAME|,
KBD.news will turn 1 on Nov 20! To celebrate this event, 11 sponsors offered 19 prizes for a giveaway (https://kbd.news/giveaway) . For a chance to win, head over to the application form (https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmxv9LeS__Fa7xENwliEXOork9PByXQOJOijB7P12x8y7sFw/viewform) .
Sponsors: 3DKeebs (https://3dkeebs.com) , Adafruit (https://adafruit.com/keebs) , Coffeekeys (https://coffeekeys.eu) , Dream Cables (https://dream-cables.com) , Keebmonkey (https://keebmonkey.com) , Keebstuff Kabelmanufaktur (https://keebstuff.com) , Mechbox (https://mechbox.co.uk) , pkkeyboards (https://pkkeyboards.com/?ref=KBDNEWS) , Rectangles.store (https://rectangles.store) , SwitchCaptain (https://switchcaptain.com) & Unicorn Cables (https://unicorncables.com) .
And these are the posts I thought were worth sharing this week: 1. A Dactyl-like Choc build (https://kbd.news/A-Dactyl-like-build-with-splay-1078.html) by supertoughfrog with splay. 2. Stabilizers begone! (https://kbd.news/Custom-handwired-stabless-build-1075.html) A custom handwired keyboard by _wumpus without any stabilizers. 3. ScyllaBallz (https://kbd.news/ScyllaBallz-1080.html) - a tractyl Manuform by tenstaana with OLEDs, roller encoders, audio, and per key RGB. 4. A QMK keymap with short blog posts (https://kbd.news/Caps-Word-and-other-QMK-tips-1073.html) by Pascal Getreuer explaining tricks like autocorrection in QMK, Caps Word, getting Shift keys right, etc. 5. Danny, founder of Keebio, writes about the ups and downs of running a keyboard shop (https://kbd.news/Moving-on-to-the-next-phase-of-Keebio-1070.html) . 6. Adafruit announced the preliminary pinouts of its RP2040 based KB2040 controller (https://kbd.news/Adafruit-KB2040-controller-1072.html) , aka. the Keeboars. 7. Case files: COrthbandt shared an Iris case (https://kbd.news/A-stylish-Iris-case-1069.html) , Commercial_Dinner989 published a case for a BM43 PCB (https://kbd.news/3D-printed-BM43-case-1068.html) , Levener created different versions of 3D printable cases for the Zodiark (https://kbd.news/Open-source-Zodiark-cases-1071.html) by Split Logic Keyboards, and there is a case for the GK707 (https://kbd.news/GK707-case-1074.html) by RogerArbogast. 8. Keep Raspberry Pi 400 keyboard out of the way with sozman’s 3D printed hinged keyboard supports (https://kbd.news/Hinged-keyboard-wall-mount-1067.html) . 9. A rare Apple-1 from 1976-1977 (https://kbd.news/Chaffey-College-Apple-1-1076.html) in koa wood case is on sale. Starting bid: $200,000. 10. An unknown terminal model (https://kbd.news/Old-terminal-in-an-abandoned-factory-1077.html) found by jacksonh22 in an abandoned factory. 11. An ABB branded keyboard (https://kbd.news/ABB-IH512EN-keyboard-1079.html) with some extra keys. Spotted by BoBxDoll.
Thanks for reading. This newsletter is free, but compiling it takes a lot of my time. You can help it keep going: forward it to a friend whoâd like it, or consider supporting it on buymeacoffee (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dovenyi/) .
** This issueâs supporters
splitkb.com, Jeremy Kitchen (https://keyboard.kitchen/) , AikenJG, @keebio (https://keeb.io) , Timo, @kaleid1990, u/chad3814, Eugenie, sebastian siggerud, ajoflo, cdc, Keycapsss.com, Jim, kiyejoco, faso, qdw, Bob Cotton
Thank you so much! Making this issue wouldnât have been possible without your support (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dovenyi/) .
** Behind the Scenes
This weekâs topics of my behind the scenes series on BMC (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dovenyi) (for members):
âOrganizing the giveaway. Reasons behind slowly abandoning r/mk. October stats. Vendor database updates: new shops, new discount codes and cake day implemented.â
Read it here (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/dovenyi/behind-scenes-issue-51)
** Weekly keyboard art
âWoman Lubing a Tangerine Switch with her Maidâ. nmtkawb#1567 actualized Johannes Vermeerâs original work (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Writing_a_Letter_with_her_Maid) (source (https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/qkx0e2/lady_lube_a_tangerine_switch_with_her_maidthis_is/) ).
** And finally, the news with picsâ¦
Check the latest issue (https://kbd.news/issue/51/)
If youâre seeing this newsletter for the first time, you can subscribe here (http://eepurl.com/hn9_v5) .
|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE||LIST:DESCRIPTION||END:IF|
|IFNOT:ARCHIVE_PAGE||LIST_ADDRESS||END:IF|
Update Preferences (|UPDATE_PROFILE|) | Unsubscribe (|UNSUB|)
|IF:REWARDS| |REWARDS_TEXT| |END:IF|