Issue 83 / Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders’ Digest #83
Check out the new issue with awesome projects, tips and ideas!
Hey y'all,
The giveaway continues, check out this week’s editorial for more details: again, you can win a cool kbd.news aluminum novelty keycap, courtesy of metalkeyboards.no.
And now the posts I thought were worth sharing this week:
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A Dactyl-inspired sub-40% split keyboard: Dactyl Sygnus by scytile.
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A successor to the elephant42, mammoth by @illness072 is on a whole new level in many ways.
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Cedutus created Kebu, a new Blackpill ortholinear PCB with multiple layout alternatives including 4 or 5 row options.
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The LMN-3 is an open-source DAW-in-a-box by Fundamental Frequency.
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RAMA Duck switches come with integrated dampening pads.
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WarhammerBueno designed a keyboard with a replaceable numpad – using a unique rail system.
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Making triple shot keycaps at home? Not impossible but not a quick and easy job, either. A proof-of-concept video by keymacs.
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A 3D-printed Sofle Choc case designed by lytedev.
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A Japanese Topre board manufactured by CDS with an interesting layout – posted by May_1.
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Finally, a post on my latest acquisition: What do you think the term "Ultrasonic" in the name of this Smith-Corona electric typewriter model stands for?
This issue’s supporters
PCBWay, splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, u/chad3814, Aiksplace, @keebio, @kaleid1990, Sean Grady, ghsear.ch, cdc, kiyejoco, Bob Cotton, FFKeebs, Richard Sutherland, @therick0996, Joel Simpson, Nuno Leitano, KEEBD, Spencer Blackwood, Lev Popov, Christian Mladenov, Yuan Liu, Jeremy Gam, Davidjohn Gerena, Alexey Alekhin & Fabian Suceveanu.
(You are awesome! Thanks everyone!)
Behind the Scenes
This week’s topics of my behind the scenes series:
New discounts, bizarre packaging reloaded, giveaway results, the KBD.NEWS metal artisan giveaway continues.
Weekly keyboard art
Mechanical Keyboard Infographic V4.0 by lore045 (source).