Walnut board This handwired walnut keyboard by u/gregschlom was CNCed from a single piece of wood which acts as the case, plate and cable guide as well.
KBD.news Published April 7, 2022
Greg Schlomoff 's wooden keyboard is fairly unique in the sense it's carved out from a single piece of wood – no plate, no PCB. The keyswitches sit directly in the holes cut into the 1/2" thick walnut and the backside features channels routed for guiding the wires.
Took about 2 years to complete, and I actually had to buy a CNC machine for this project – gregschlom .
Since QMK doesn't run on the Teensy 4 , Greg had to write his own firmware.
The board also features an integrated USB hub with 2 ports and a 16 character LED dot matrix (HCMS-3911 ) – "They're really gorgeous, but super expensive".
Greg was kind enough to share a photolog of the process: here .
Published on Thu 7th Apr 2022. Featured in KBD #73 (source ).
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