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Tips & Tricks

Cork and foam cases

Aiming for a quiet mechanical keyboard, pavlokhmel built some cork and foam cases.

How the Glove80 keyboard was created

How the Glove80 ergonomic keyboard was created through data-driven philosophy, modular test rigs, parametric CAD and 500+ A/B testing experiments.

Numbers in Pnohty

Pnohty 1.2 – an updated layout by rayduck with reasonable number arrangement.

Os eruditio

Signynt's heavily tented case for the Keebio Levinson, dubbed Os eruditio, was inspired by the organic shapes of bones.

Shark's IBM wiki

SharktasticA announced his IBM-family keyboard wiki with the aim of covering niche models.

Gradient dyed cable guide

How to make gradient dyed mechanical keyboard cables – tips, tricks and experiences shared by htig.

The ergonomic design of Glove80

Stephen Cheng from MoErgo describes the ergonomics of his Glove80 keyboard and explains the rationale behind the design.

Void switch OpenSCAD files

Riskable published his magnetic switches' OpenSCAD and KiCAD footprint files.

Custom PCB design workflow

Ben Vallack's video demonstrates a workflow of making your custom PCB with Ergopad, Ergogen and KiCAD.

Switching to Colemak

The main stages and impressions of Tanukishouten switching to Colemak during the holidays.

Thumb paddle

Open-source thumb paddles by Troy Fletcher – for activating switches with less thumb motion.

Corne and Lily58 stacked cases

Open-source full body sandwich cases for the Corne and Lily58 by atlantesque.

Atreis PCB

Atreis PCB by Jesus Climent.

Raised thumb keys

A split keyboard by ak66666 with thumb keys raised above the rest.

SKUF keyboard feet

The open-source SKUF is an attempt to standardize the rubber feet used for custom mechanical keyboard projects.

Continuously variable tenting

Continuously Variable Tenting – An 3D-printed open-source tenting solution by macroxue.

CXA keycap profile

CannonKeys announces CannonCaps CXA – a spherical keycap profile with a height similar to that of Cherry.

Zeal Clickiez

Zeal's new clicky switch features a secondary spring leaf which can turn the switch into a tactile or linear.

Sweep case

An open-source 3D-printed case for the Sweep keyboard, designed by Knifa.

Keycap bleach/fading test

Results of an experiment investigating the effect of sunlight on an anodized keycap's color – committed by flehrad.

Milling/casting stepped keycaps

A video by keymacs about milling and casting twin-Alps mount stepped keycaps.

Discolored aluminum case

Fudgeybits reports a strange discoloration of his KBDfans aluminum case.

Single-handed ergo keyboard/layout

A great one-handed keyboard project by key-yack with lots of ideas and links to related resources.

Stenotypy / Spellbook

Stenotypy (aka Spellbook) is a true QWERTY steno dictionary with a couple thousand entries by solomonkimrey.

Radio interference regulations and keyboards

As Pylon points out, your custom keyboard is probably illegal. A post on radio interference testing regulations.

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