Keyboard Builders' Digest / Tips & Tricks
Slide mount wooden case
With minimal experience, eBay scrapwood, popsicle sticks and a hand saw bruh-iunno made his own wooden case.
Published September 10, 2021
Would you like to contribute to this year's MK Advent Calendar? Here are the guidelines for authors, along with last year's edition for reference.
Rough plans / sketches available here.
The rails idea only works if your plate extends past your keys/the rest of the keyboard.
If you're a beginner like me, I'd recommend a Japanese hand saw since they're much easier to control! Also, whenever you want to cut something straight or flush, always clamp a piece of straight wood on top and cut flushly along it! – bruh-iunno.
Published on Fri 10th Sep 2021. Featured in KBD #43 (source).
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