July 4, 2022

Issue 85 / Keyboard Builders' Digest

Keyboard Builders’ Digest #85

Check out the new issue with awesome projects, tips and ideas!

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Hey y'all,

PSA: Help me to collect as much upcoming meetups as possible.

And here are the posts I thought were worth sharing this week:

1. The [Ghoul](https://kbd.news/Ghoul-keybooard-1514.html) by *u/tzarc* is a Planck-like ortho but also a development board for QMK. 2. The [SatPad](https://kbd.news/SatPad-1517.html) (formerly: Cupcake) is an open-source 30% ortholinear keyboard/macropad designed by *u/quirk*. 3. *Weteor*'s 34-key [Tipper-TF](https://kbd.news/Tipper-TF-1518.html) is a split unibody BLE keyboard with splay and e-ink display. 4. *u/SimonAchton* designed, printed and shared a beautiful [Apple M0110](https://kbd.news/Apple-M0110-case-1519.html) case replica for 60% keyboard PCBs. 5. There's an [interview with Keebio's Danny](https://kbd.news/Meet-Danny-Nguyen-1516.html) on the freedom.to blog. 6. *Oblotzky*'s write-up on [visiting GMK](https://kbd.news/Visiting-GMK-1520.html)'s new production facility. 7. This [rotary encoder](https://kbd.news/Apex-7-in-1-switch-1521.html) is also a 5-way switch – posted by *u/henrebotha*. 8. A [Tesla Consul 259.6](https://kbd.news/Tesla-Consul-259.6-1515.html) keyboard from a Soviet mainframe computer terminal – restored and posted by *u/chernobyl\_dude*. 9. I launched a [meetup database](https://kbd.news/meetups), similar to the vendor list. Help me to propagate it with more entries. 10. And here is a dedicated page for the [50+ vendors offering you discounts](https://kbd.news/coupon) via the semi-standardized KDBNEWS coupon code. --- #This issue’s supporters [**PCBWay**](https://www.pcbway.com/?from=kbd), [**splitkb.com**](https://splitkb.com), [**MoErgo Glove80**](https://www.moergo.com/?utm_source=kbdnews), *u/chad3814*, *Aiksplace*, [*@keebio*](https://keeb.io), *@kaleid1990*, *u/motfalcon*, [*ghsear.ch*](https://ghsear.ch), *Sean Grady*, *cdc*, *Bob Cotton*, *kiyejoco*, *FFKeebs*, *Richard Sutherland*, *@therick0996*, *KEEBD*, *Joel Simpson*, *Nuno Leitano*, *Lev Popov*, *Spencer Blackwood*, *Christian Mladenov*, *Yuan Liu*, *Davidjohn Gerena*, *Alexey Alekhin &* *Fabian Suceveanu.* (You are awesome! Thanks everyone!) --- #Behind the Scenes This week’s topics of my **behind the scenes** series: *Cherokee MBK Myth and MelGeek Mojo 84 in the mailbox, 50+ discounts with dedicated page, meetup database, still in holiday mode.* [Read it here](https://kbd.news/Behind-the-Scenes-of-Issue-85-1522.html) --- #Weekly keyboard art  Fellow Redditor *QueGettingShitDone* patina’ing everything ([source](https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/vpafyt/after_patinaing_a_copper_plate_to_fit_gmk_copper/)). --- #Still with me?… [Check the latest issue over at kbd.news!](https://kbd.news/issue/85)