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Map your hand geometry!

This is a quick method to determine key locations customized for your hand geometry. Committed by NCC17O1.

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Published April 23, 2021
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I can't stress enough how important the planning and design part is when it comes to an ergonomic keyboard build.

There are some well known methods to determine the natural position of your fingers on a 2D plane, but this one with coins extends those to 3D.

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Published on Fri 23rd Apr 2021. Featured in KBD #23 (source).


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