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Tips & Tricks

WDA profile

WDA is a sculpted, spherical, middle-height keycap profile. The first set is available on zFrontier.

Lily58 case

A 3D-printable Lily58 case with STLs – designed by DCharlo.

Smiling Orca keycap

The Smiling Orca, shared by leo_beekeeb, is a low-profile keycap optimized for Choc spacing.

Lily58 case

A fully enclosed Lily58 case. STLs published by hainguyenac.

Cirque trackpad news

Cirque trackpad in action, build log, and 3D-printable holders – shared by leo_beekeeb and milkycowdan.

Ergogen PCB testing

Alescito shared his workflow of testing Ergogen layouts by 3D printing them.

Corne case

A new chunky high-pro Corne case design shared by chewiedies.

Low-pro encoder knob

_GEIST_ published his KLOTZ knob for low-profile rotary encoders.

HEX keycaps

HEX keycaps have a low-pro hexagonal profile – designed and manufactured by s-ol and FKcaps for Choc switches.

Apex 7 in 1 switch

This rotary encoder is also a 5-way switch – posted by henrebotha.

Forged carbon keycaps

Something different: forged carbon keycaps by GalaxKeys.

Anodized aluminum MBK/MCC

MoErgo's Stephen announced an anodized aluminum version of both the MBK and MCC profiles.

Sofle Choc case

A 3D-printed Sofle Choc case designed by lytedev.

Triple shot keycaps

Making triple shot keycaps at home. A proof-of-concept video by keymacs.

Modular keyboard using rails

WarhammerBueno designed a keyboard with a replaceable numpad – using a unique rail system.

RAMA Duck switch

RAMA Duck switches come with integrated dampening pads.

Miryoku ZMK

Miryoku, Manna Harbour's popular keyboard layout, is now available for ZMK.

Transparent PCB

PCBBUY experimented with transparent (glass) PCBs.

Transparent hotswap sockets

After colorful ones, Chosfox announced transparent hotswap sockets.

Colorful hotswap sockets

Durock came out with some new hotswap sockets in vivid colors.

HuB keycap profile

HuB is a lesser-known sculpted and spherical keycap profile – designed by trashman back in 2016.

Keytok two-part "OEM"

On the two-part OEM keycap profile manufactured by Keytok – with some insider info.

Maglev mounting

Colfy's Shou65 is a keyboard with floating maglev plate/PCB.

MTNU keycap profile

Matt3o announced that his WIP MTNU keycap profile will be manufactured by GMK.

Umo case

Umō by Ergorius is a top-mount 3D-printable case for the 40% Yasui PCB.

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