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Tips & Tricks

Doubleshots from 1988

Doubleshots do wear out over time. Photo taken by jsheradin.

Switch sound tester

Don tries to standardize sound tests with his testing rig.

Splatter painted keycaps

Human_Evolution shares his experiences with splatter painting a keyboard in the '80/90s style.

IBM Model M122 classification

SharktasticA reworked his page on differences between and classifications of IBM Model M122s.

Cyberpunk OLED glitch

A cool OLED glitch animation by Aleks with open-source firmware and bitmap frames.

Keycaps from bottle caps

LODGE, a Japanese makerspace offers workshops where you can make your own keycaps from bottle caps.

Skådis made keeb-friendly

The familiar Skådis pegboard made keeb-friendly by jk_pens.

QWERTY scores by language

Data visualizer desfirsit investigated which language is easiest to type on a QWERTY keyboard.

Extreme tenting

Minimalist high-angle tenting by macroxue.

GK707 case

A 3D printed case for the GK707 shared by RogerArbogast.

Caps Word and other QMK tips

A QMK keymap with short blog posts by Mental_General_5445 explaining tricks like autocorrection, Caps Word, getting Shift keys right, etc.

Adafruit KB2040 controller

Adafruit announced the preliminary pinouts of its RP2040 based KB2040 controller: the Keeboars.

Open-source Zodiark cases

Levener created different versions of 3D printable cases for the Zodiark by Split Logic Keyboards.

A stylish Iris case

COrthbandt has built and shared a new 3D printed Iris case

3D printed BM43 case

Commercial_Dinner989 has shared his second 3D printed project, a case for a BM43 PCB.

Hinged keyboard wall mount

Keep Raspberry Pi 400 keyboard out of the way with sozman's 3D printed hinged keyboard supports.

Mercutio hinge mount set

jdigi78 designed and published an ultrawide display mount for the Mercutio.

MXLEDBitPCB

The MxLEDBitPCB by swanmatch is a 1u Amoeba-alternative with Kailh hotswap support.

USB-C Pro Micro issues

Difference in routing of some USB-C Pro Micro clones reported by hellmoneywarriors.

Imitating various layouts

Imitating various ergo keyboard layouts with Zebra. Posted by key-yack.

Open-sourced flexible PCBs

Fmcraft published his flexible Dactyl Manuform PCBs.

A low profile socketing method

An easy method for low profile socketing with standard 24 pin wide socket. Posted by atlantesque.

Dactyl Chimera

Dactyl Chimera, a 3D ergo keyboard test bench by WolfIcefang.

Laser cut cardboard keyboard

A 60% cardboard keyboard cut by laser with video and sound test. Committed by NotmeJR.

Model F restoration

A well-documented Model F restoration by epictronics.

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