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September 30, 2022

Issue 97 / Keyboard Builders' Digest

Keyboard Builders’ Digest #97

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


Hey y'all,

Here are the posts I thought were worth sharing this week:

  1. Tenax is a 36-key diodeless split keyboard with pinky splay – shared by heyitscassio.

  2. ScottoCMD – a handwired ortholinear keyboard by Joe Scotto. With open-source 3D printed case.

  3. Ikejima's Egg is a laptop style cyberdeck with an ortho keyboard.

  4. u/bII6 converted an Olympia Splendid 66 typewriter to Colemak.

  5. Daihuku reports on the meishi2 exhibition hosted by Yushakobo, where 20 business card-sized keyboards were on display.

  6. Norne is a 3D printed Ploopy Nano + Corne case mash-up by Diitsuku.

  7. Lev Popov's Orbital is a tiny standalone trackpad you can stick on your keyboard.

  8. Model H is a USB controller for IBM Model M – by John Hawthorn.

  9. Two hot-swap socket holders for handwired builds shared by ghostfaceschiller.

  10. The Tether is a 3D printed case that allows you to choose between split or unibody and change on the fly. Shared by brother_bean.

  11. An intriguing keyboard layout: Console in Chornobyl Control Room 3 posted by Hunor_Deak.

  12. A nice Skidata keyboard with a layout combining 1800 and ortho – acquired by iyeetdog.


This issue’s supporters

splitkb.com, PCBWay, MoErgo Glove80, Aiksplace, u/chad3814, @keebio, @kaleid1990, Cyboard, Sean Grady, MKUltra, ghsear.ch, u/motfalcon, cdc, Bob Cotton, kiyejoco, KEEBD, Richard Sutherland, FFKeebs, @therick0996, Joel Simpson, Jacob Mikesell, Lev Popov, Christian Mladenov, Spencer Blackwood, Yuan Liu, littlemer-the-second, Christian Lo, Upgrade Keyboards, Daniel Nikolov, Davidjohn Gerena, CENTOREK, Fabian Suceveanu, Skyler Thuss, u/eighty58five & anonymous.

You are awesome! Thanks everyone!


Behind the Scenes

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

Shop anniversaries, Kemove K68 in the mailbox, 10% ALLPCB discount, updates on donations (38%), vendors, meetups, developments.

Read it here


Weekly keyboard art

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PDXKBC built by voxels-box - with real amethyst artisans from Keycap Quarry and resin artisans from Matcha Keys (source).


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