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Milling/casting stepped keycaps

A video by keymacs about milling and casting twin-Alps mount stepped keycaps.

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Published December 20, 2021
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Does anybody like beefy stepped keys? I designed those to replace two adjacent 1U keys – keymacs.

Specs:

  • CNC router: Nomad Pro by Carbide 3D
  • Material: Smooth Cast 310 & Smooth-Sil 945
  • The resin cures for 4 hours in a pressure chamber at 60 PSI.
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Published on Mon 20th Dec 2021. Featured in KBD #57 (source).


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