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 ).
Related With minimal experience, eBay scrapwood, popsicle sticks and a hand saw
bruh-iunno made his own wooden case.
Fizzgiggity posted a gorgeous
aftermarket Apple II/II+ keyboard , his latest acquisition.
Azel 's
Redpoll , a low-pro unibody keyboard, is made out of plywood.
A
wooden keyboard by
u/the5andmany with Alps switches and hand-filed switch plate.
Wooden function pad by
alan0ford with
photos (
cut by hand ).
About KBD.news is a blog and newsletter on DIY mechanical keyboards. A hand-picked selection of posts from a keyboard enthusiast's perspective (more + contact ).
Support this project! Discount codes for ya Newsletter Subscribe now!
Powered by Buttondown.
More meetups→
Latest issue Check the archive→
Latest switch summary
Check the best-selling switch archive→
Check the switch database→
Supporters MoErgo Glove80 , splitkb.com , Upgrade Keyboards , Cyboard , @keebio , BeaverKeys , Jacob Mikesell , Timo , KEEBD , littlemer-the-second , TALPKEYBOARD , @kaleid1990 , Brendan P. , ghsear.ch , u/motfalcon , Ben M , Bob Cotton , FFKeebs , @therick0996 , Christian Mladenov , Schnoor Typography , Daniel Nikolov , u/eighty58five , Caleb Rand , Micah Alpern , Hana Lee , James McCleese , zzeneg , Spencer Dabell , Anatolii Smolianinov , Stefan S. , Penk Chen , Clacky , Trey Causey , Mario S. , Cloyce , Dylan Ingham , Gordon Diggs , RGBKeys , Matthias Goffette , Duncan B. , HubertTheMad , Jesse L. , Andres Sakk , Hating TheFruit , Shnobble , barraGOUDA , Ikasaya , TurtleKeebs , Technofrikus , Dickiedyce , drudru , Davidjohn Gerena , Filip Salo , TurkeyBoards , 0xcircuitbreaker , Chase M. , sungo , Derek Tam , s_p_l_o_d_e , Raphael S.
Toolkit
Keyboard Layout Editor , Plate Builder / Plate Generator , QMK / kbfirmware.com (to QMK ), Pro Micro pinout & upgrade
Community
r/mk , ErgoMech , r/mechmarket , geekhack.org , deskthority.net , keebtalk.com/ , lemmy/mk/ , lemmy/ergomech/ , kbin/mk/
Production
PCB design guide , another one , PCB price comparison , lasergist , laserboost , hubs.com .