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Travaulta & Twist35

Twist35 is a nice case by Technofrikus for the Vault35's Travaulta Topre PCB.

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Published July 16, 2024
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Long story short: Twist35 is a cool case by Georg Wenetiadis aka Technofrikus for Calvin's Travaulta, which is a Topre PCB for the Vault35 sold by MechVault.

These projects were brought to my attention by Georg who designed the matching case starting with seirin-blu's SK Vault Case, so this is another good example of a real community effort.

I originally bought a Vault35 from Cain to put the Travaulta Topre PCB into it. But then I would have one PCB left over. So I wanted to design a simple case. I looked around because there were already many third party cases, but none were what I had in mind. During looking around I found the SK Vault Case by Seirin Blu. The Fusion file was included in the repo, so I could easily use the inside part to fit the PCB and change the outside to my liking, thank you very much! – Georg.

Vault35 specs

  • 34-37 keys
  • MX, soldered
  • RP2040 controller
  • 62 RGB LEDs
  • Vial compatible
  • five different bottom row/space bar options with ease of assembly due to KLE guide/reference printed on PCB.

Pic: Vault 35

Vault 35

Travaulta specs

  • travaulta is an EC (Topre) PCB
  • single bottom row layout (double 1.75u splitbars)
  • in order to fit the PCB into the case, small modifications to some housings are necessary.

Pic: Twist35 back

Twist35 back

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Published on Tue 16th Jul 2024. Featured in KBD #169.

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