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Threaded Dactyl Flex
u/Diitsuku designed and shared a threaded Dactyl Flex with a clever mechanism to adjust the tenting angle.
Published May 4, 2022
This is a 5 x 7 remix of the Dactyl Flex (repo) originally created by Chen Fu aka Remus49.
Changes made: a modified thumb mount for more customized thumb placement and the addition of a threaded tenting control arm in the base.
The intent is to be able to lock the tenting angle in place with the threaded rod in the bottom of the frame. This also provides place for rubber feet to be applied to reduce movement on the desk.
I had the idea to apply a threaded rod to the tenting so that the angle could be minutely controlled and adjusted. The square heads on the rods sit in a square recess in the crossbar and are held in place fairly well – Diitsuku.
The back leg is designed to hold an Elite-C and a TRRS jack. The part below the Elite-C platform is intended to organize the wiring.
STL files: https://www.printables.com/model/102789-dactyl-flex-w-threaded-tenting
Gallery with more photos: https://imgur.com/a/E1ws3HG
Published on Wed 4th May 2022. Featured in KBD #77 (source).
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