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Bobslei keycaps
A new ergo keycap profile for columnar layouts: Bobslei by Beelb0u.
Published February 26, 2026
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While customizing a split Totem, BeelbOu (aka a munsplit) created and shared the Bobslei keycap profile. As you can see, this is a saddle-ish sculpted cylindrical design, optimized for columnarly staggered ergo keyboards. With only Choc stem currently.
Got myself a wireless Totem from aliexpress (Keycoon store) with a case, but i loved how it looked naked. So i designed one myself to make it closer to that naked look, also designed keycaps for it (for fdm printing with manually modeled supports) – munsplit.
Designed and modeled in Plasticity.
Features
- Choc V1 stem
- Choc spacing
- all-1U set
- homing keys
Not sure about the thumb keys, but I like the pattern of the homing keys here:
Resources
Published on Thu 26th Feb 2026. Featured in KBD #207 (source).
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