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DaoShield

DaoShield by Mposiblee – an aluminum case for the Dao keyboard.

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Published March 31, 2023

Fellow redditor Mposiblee shared an aluminum case for the Dao keyboard dubbed DaoShield.

The Dao Choc BLE, an open-source keyboard by Rafael Yumagulov, was featured in KBD#57, and the repo should contain the files of this case too.

It has several features. Switches are placed not in the plate, but in the board and later closed with the plate. Due to this, when changing switches, metal will not scratch. But unfortunately then LDSA keycaps will not go down completely. MBK works fine – Mposiblee.

The author was inspired by the Corneish Zen. The case is thicker, but due to the fact that the PCBs are at the same height, the keycaps do not differ in height either.

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Published on Fri 31st Mar 2023. Featured in KBD #118 (source).

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