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Sally

Sally is a 3D printed split keyboard with a staggered Alice-like layout – designed by keeb_carving.

KBD.news
Published January 24, 2024

Fellow redditor keeb_carving aka STRMSKY shared some files of this handwired(?) keyboard: the layout of Sally is derived from that of Alice keyboards, and was designed to meet the author's specific needs.

I couldn't find staggered split keyboard with thumb cluster and B letters on both sides so I decided to make my own – keeb_carving.

The board consists of 59 keys (57 x 1u + 2 x 1.5u), and features pretty uniquely arranged thumb clusters.

Design goals

• physically split layout
• numeric row (for gaming)
• row staggered layout
• thumb cluster
• mostly 1u keys
• letter B is accessible in both right and left half

Resources

KLE layout code and files for 3D printing on github:

• https://github.com/STRMSKY/sally

Published on Wed 24th Jan 2024. Featured in KBD #152 (source).

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