Laser cut custom keycaps
Laser cut custom wooden keycaps by jere344.
KBD.newsPublished May 20, 2021
One way of making cheap wooden keycaps is using a laser cutter.
The fact you can't see such keycaps very often on r/mk may indicate their quality or sturdiness leave much to be desired.
However, according to the author, these work pretty well and it's relatively easy to do in a row (about 5 minutes per key).
More pics: https://imgur.com/a/6jY5tLM
This one is still a prototype and jere344 will try to improve it before engraving and painting it.
He plans to use these in a macropad or as a media key so it's not too likely to be damaged with use.
Here is another similar project from more than a year ago by knot-a-robot with an open source vector file.
Published on Thu 20th May 2021. Featured in KBD #27 (source).
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