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January 3, 2022

Issue 59 / Keyboard Builders' Digest

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** Keyboard Builders’ Digest / Issue 59

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Check thenew issue (https://kbd.news/issue/59/) with awesome projects, tips and ideas!

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Here are some keyboard related posts I thought were worth sharing: 1. The MNT Reform (https://kbd.news/MNT-Reform-keyboard-1168.html) is an open-hardware, open-source keyboard by Lukas F. Hartmann. 2. Sadek Baroudi shared his 3D printable case designs (https://kbd.news/A-bunch-of-cases-1177.html) for various keyboards. 3. ILWrites’ gigantic ortholinear FU!Keyboard (https://kbd.news/FU-Keyboard-1167.html) is now open-source. 4. TerranceN made a split Bluetooth 36-key keyboard (https://kbd.news/Split-bluetooth-keyboard-1172.html) with self-milled PCB. 5. The Chunky (https://kbd.news/Chunky-1174.html) by tenstaana is a split board featuring Blackpill, Choc switches, audio, trackball and trackpoint. 6. Oplivion built and open-sourced a custom macropad (https://kbd.news/Macropad-for-osu-1175.html) with knobs and a slider. 7. In Episode 15 of The Thocc Podcast (https://kbd.news/Vogon-talks-with-BankingPy-1178.html) Vogsphere chats with BankingPy aka Danny from Keebio. 8. Chyrosran22 reviews the Cleave (https://kbd.news/Truly-Ergonomic-Cleave-1169.html) keyboard by Truly Ergonomic – with Outemu PG816 snap spring optoelectric switches. 9. CannonKeys announces CannonCaps CXA (https://kbd.news/CXA-keycap-profile-1176.html) – a spherical keycap profile with a height similar to that of Cherry caps. 10. Continuously Variable Tenting (https://kbd.news/Continuously-variable-tenting-1179.html) – A 3D-printed open-source tenting solution by macroxue. 11. A comprehensive review of a Compaq Plus Portable (https://kbd.news/Compaq-Plus-Portable-1170.html) (1983) by Dmitrii Eliuseev. 12. A nice Dolch PAC 586 (https://kbd.news/Dolch-PAC-586-1171.html) found and saved by Bakedprawns. 13. A gorgeous Memorex 2051 (https://kbd.news/Memorex-2051-1173.html) terminal keyboard spotted by TechManPrieto.

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 who’d like it, or consider supporting it (https://kbd.news/donate) .

** This issue’s supporters

Thanks a lot. You keep this project going.

Aiksplace, @keebio (https://keeb.io) , ghsear.ch, Timo, u/chad3814, @kaleid1990, Eugenie, cdc, kiyejoco, Bob Cotton, Davidjohn Gerena & Kristina Panos.

** Behind the Scenes

This week’s topics of my behind the scenes series:

“Away from civilization, Talpkeyboard surprise, spring-loaded pin headers, all-in-one keycap kit annoyance, quick stats, etc.”

Read it here (https://kbd.news/Behind-the-Scenes-of-Issue-59-1180.html)

** Weekly keyboard art

Rustic anodized case by Cadlab (source (https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/rtbrx2/first_rustic_keeb_ive_ever_aluminum_anodized/) ).

** And finally, the news with pics…

Check the latest issue (https://kbd.news/issue/59/)

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