Issue 170 / Week 30 / 2024

This is a hand-picked selection of last week's content from a keyboard enthusiast's perspective. Posts that may teach you something, make you think and contribute to the common knowledge of the DIY builder community.

There are 11+16 entries in this issue:

Editorial

• Keyboard projects, quick news, in the mailbox, meetups, new vendors and discount codes!

• Wind Studio's WIND X80 is a visually clean yet very refined F13 TKL keyboard kit with endless customization options.

• Rafael Romão shared his Diamond, a 24-key handwired Dactyl-like board. (source)
• Gleb is back with a classy one-handed chording keyboard: the 10-key Sexy Artsey. (source)
• LeBallz is a Le Chiffre variant by Protieusz – with a 25mm trackball and an optional EC11 encoder.
• The Kingslayer 28 is a custom gaming keypad designed by Ognjen Bjeletic. (source)
• A stunning unibody split with optional encoder: Ashwing66 by James Gzowski. (source)
• A hybrid wired no-stabs 1800 keyboard: N3v4 by wjrii. (source)
• CrackerBot's Crowkb is a split 3x6 with low placed thumb clusters. (source)
• A handwired split ortho by Joe Scotto: ScottoHazard. (source)
• A 18-key unibody split: Smiler18 designed by weykn. (source)
• The footprint and 3D CAD file of the PG1316S (and PG1316M) keycap and switch, as used in the mikefive, was shared by dynam1keNL (source). These are the original files he received from Kailh.
• Joe released V2 of ScottoModules (STM32F072CBT6).
• The Alpinist, published by Ben Hastings, is a tool generating parametric keyboards with arbitrary numbers of keys on each row – using Python's cadquery.
• Shay (saysub) added a trackpad to his HillSideView.
• A pivoting unibody split with adjustable angle. Designed by szakacsz.
• Keyboard Marine V1 by win_detto. A stacked acrylic one, the PCB is one of the layers.
• A nice one-handed keyboard/macropad by pabloescobyte.
• A 75% row-staggered split by Scale0.
• I don't have 20 mins to watch this video by Christian Selig, but it was recommended so here it is. I see it's a split project mentioning Ergogen. May make a post later.
• Wow. Some classy use of wood: Mode X Mod Musings Encore. Flex by Sterlingandcophoto. ;)
• Wooden art deco wrist rest with brass inlay. Posted by UsernameEtymologist.
• Meanwhile at Renaissance Hotel and Conference Center in Denver, CO (posted by mathinpenn). Yep, that's a wall map made of keycaps. Here is a video.
• exen904 remixed the Cornehole Case.
• Almost everything is 3D printed here, designed by Cup_0_Tea.
• Pikatea Long Boi (short version, there's a 7 foot one too).
• This packaging of the HMX film switches deserves a feature too (photo by eddiez87).

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