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Magnetic tenting system
Fmcraft presented a magnetic tenting system using mainly off-the-shelf components.
Published March 30, 2023
Quentin aka Fmcraft of bastard keyboards shared his magnetic tenting system comprising a tripod, magnetic adapter and metal backplate.
I'm happy to present what I've been working on for some time now - an adjustable, modular tent system! […] My goal was to use as many off-the-shelf components [as possible], and to make it easy to adapt the system to any split keyboard – Fmcraft.
Demo
Quentin made this demo with a Charybdis Nano (top photo) and a yet unreleased Dilemma v2 (see below), but the system will work with any split keyboard.
Parts
- Tripods: Neewer Z flex or Manfrotto pocket tripods.
- Magnet adapters: 2 magsafe tripod adapters from aliexpress.
- Custom plate
Here's the kicker – I had some plates laser-cut. Those need to be a magnetic metal, so I chose galvanized steel because it's magnetic and won't rust.
The author chose 3mm for the thickness because he likes heavy plates. However, for traveling you'd probably want something thinner.
For the Dilemma he also designed custom acrylic midplates for dramatic effect and underglow RGB.
Resources
- More photos
- Charybdis Nano: https://github.com/bastardkb/charybdis
- Dilemma v2: https://github.com/bastardkb/dilemma/tree/features/2.0
Credits and thanks: CABenstein#9752 for the initial concept & Yingeling for helping with ordering the plates.
Published on Thu 30th Mar 2023. Featured in KBD #118 (source).
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