Projects This keyboard by e3w2 is made of construction paper and putty, and features a self-designed PCB (photos, sound test).
A resin printed macropad prorotype by Thegsey (pics).
A redesigned 4x6 TypeSafe with d-pad by tewtham.
Super slim, handwired, wireless by Alescito.
UHK wireless stand by gdeLopata (pics).
The Musashi60 by 2ten1 is a split with number row, trackpoints and open source PCB (git).
Super-fancy Naked60BMP cover by hhsandi. Customizing a custom keyboard (blog).
An unibody crkbd case with low-poly aspect by Coumbaya (STLs).
This Dactyl Manuform Skeleton Edition by atsuyuki features custom supports (git, blog, twitter). Posted by Smeeba.
A handwired keyboard for a cyberdeck project with photolog by brickbots.
A 3D-printed hot-swap socket for solderless wiring of mechanical keyboards by stingray127 (details & STL).
The TI-84 KE by KiserRolls is housing a TI-84+CE calculator (project).
The BOP is a 112% handwired ortho with some build pics by bread-mayo-ham-bacon.
Third iteration of the lil chonky bois by Sndr666 with case files (git).
The Amigo Punk is a handwired ALPS project with OLED display and encoder by Tuka-Chinchilla (photolog).
The next Dactyl / trackball iteration by crufia features integrated wrist rests (background).
A picture-heavy build guide to the naked keyboard by onebigdoor. No plate, no case, no PCB - no problem.
The UnSplit is a monoblock Kyria layout with modified thumb clusters. Built by dnlnrdn, designed by crunchyavocados (git).
A detailed guide by japunto to make a Pico-based keyboard/macro pad (guide).
The XP64 is a mechanical MIDI keyboard by xpercipio (video, project page).
A custom PCB by bigbrobewatching (pics). What's more interesting though, is the workflow: KLE, KLE PCB generator I wasn't aware of & the firmware builder by Ruiqi Mao.
The IIICC is a three piece split by kbjunky (git, easyeda).
PicOrtho: a Python powered ortholinear keyboard by SouthPawEngineer with Choc browns and MBK caps.
The design files of the Ploopy Nano Trackball by crop_octagon are officially released (git).
Fmcraft's TBK Mini (a 3x6+3 Dactyl) with lots of info, git repo and a related video with designing tips.
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