Issue 86 / Keyboard Builders' Digest
Keyboard Builders’ Digest #86
Check out the new issue with awesome projects, tips and ideas!
Hey y'all,
PSA: Next week I'll be in Slovakia. I'll take one of the KBD.NEWS aluminum novelties (courtesy of metalkeyboards.no) with me. Approach every tall, skinny, bearded guy in and around Košice, and if you're lucky, you'll get a cap. :P
And here are the posts I thought were worth sharing this week:
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A split keyboard with 36-42 keys, RP2040 support, haptic feedback, etc.: KLOR by _GEIST_.
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Two exciting projects from s-ol, both with HEX keycaps: the 0xC.pad and 0x33 MIDI controller.
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Jamie Ding published the files of his Mercury, a wireless split keyboard with classic staggering.
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The second keyboard design by _GEIST_: KLOTZ – a 34-key wireless low-pro split.
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IncBLB has built a low profile Dactyl designed by omurovex.
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The Ferris Sweep got an industrial makeover: ferricy by Icyphox.
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An open-source single-key USB keyboard by dr2mod called Big Orange Button.
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HEX keycaps have a low-pro hexagonal profile – designed and manufactured by s-ol and FKcaps for Choc switches.
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Cirque trackpad in action, build log, and 3D-printable holders – shared by leo_beekeeb and milkycowdan.
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A new chunky high-pro Corne case design shared by chewiedies.
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A fully enclosed Lily58 case. STLs published by hainguyenac.
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_GEIST_ posted the STL of his KLOTZ knob for low-profile rotary encoders.
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Alescito shared his workflow of testing Ergogen layouts by 3D printing them.
This issue’s supporters
PCBWay, splitkb.com, MoErgo Glove80, u/chad3814, Aiksplace, @keebio, @kaleid1990, u/motfalcon, ghsear.ch, Sean Grady, cdc, Bob Cotton, kiyejoco, FFKeebs, Richard Sutherland, @therick0996, KEEBD, Joel Simpson, Nuno Leitano, Lev Popov, Spencer Blackwood, Christian Mladenov, Stefan Schulze, 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:
Working on my first video, meetup database update, new donor, new honorary copyeditor, giveaway, etc.
Weekly keyboard art
@OldTechAdverts posted this ad, and as Dave Jones points out: there wasn’t Photoshop/CGI yet (in 1985) so this must be an actual rubber Model F. :D (source)