Keyboard Builders' Digest / Tips & Tricks
Dactyl Chimera
Dactyl Chimera, a 3D ergo keyboard test bench by WolfIcefang.
Published October 16, 2021
Creators! Feel free to tip me off about your keyboard related projects to bring them to 140K readers.
Dactyl Chimera is designed from the ground up in FreeCAD. Unlike "true" Dactyls, DC is not based on the original OpenSCAD or Clojure code, so there's no programming required. You do need to understand FreeCAD though.
GitHub page: https://github.com/WolfIcefang/dactyl-chimera-keyboard/
The keyboard is sliced into columns for easy 3D printing. Each column is printed separately and screwed to a base plate.
A side effect of screw-together parts and open walls is, in fact, visible screws and dangling wires. I think of this keyboard as a "test bench", helpful for prototyping different column shapes before (or instead of) committing to a solid-walled build. Embrace the jank – WolfIcefang.
Published on Sat 16th Oct 2021. Featured in KBD #48 (source).
Related
Wooden monoblock split
This wooden monoblock split by Libano23 features a pseudo-PCB (photolog).
Grabbity Gloves
Introducing the Grabbity Gloves by loopsbellart.
Jingis 38
Jhootdev shared the Jingis 38, an open-source monoblock keyboard with some pinky splay.
Custom Iris case
MarijnJ is finally done with this custom Iris case.
Cocot46plus
Aki27's cocot46plus is a monoblock angled mechanical keyboard with a beefy 34mm trackball, rotary encoder, and OLED display.