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Paper keycap

A paper keycap prototype, the first step to a fully paper keyboard, by PykeTheTitan.

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Published September 23, 2022
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I'm not sure I should endorse this paper keycap, but no doubt it's a formidable achievement committed by PykeTheTitan which needs to be recorded for history.

A keycap made of 73 sheets of printer paper…

The Keycap is 73 sheets of paper thick. I used a layer of elmers glue between every layer to harden the paper. My eventual goal is to build a full keycap set from paper and then a case to essential have a paper keyboard other than switches and other interior parts PykeTheTitan.

According to the perpetrator, this prototype was a little rough in terms of measurements and he will refine the process with better measuring tools.

The whole keyboard will take a while but "it will be very fun".

More photos in the original post on r/mk.

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Published on Fri 23rd Sep 2022. Featured in KBD #96 (source).


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