Issue 207 / Week 6 / 2026
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 10+32 entries in this issue:
Editorial
Behind the scenes #207
Behind the scenes with the February switch rankings, Womier SK80 Pro review, Switch Quiz, open-source and commercial projects, keyboard art, meetups, etc.
Switch trends
Best-selling keyboard switches of February 2026
Here are February’s top mechanical switches, the community’s favorites based on vendor sales data.
Review
Womier SK80 Pro Kanagawa review
The tri-mode wireless Womier SK80 Pro comes with Great Wave overdose, including a matching mouse pad and wrist rest.
Projects
Koumori
Dane Lipscombe's Koumori is a low-profile unibody split keyboard with trackpad.
Chitin
Scybin's Chitin is an open-source wireless split with a tiny trackball.
Underset
A spartan split keyboard with some considerable pinky offset: Underset by humanplayer2.
Ground Control 40
Nick Coughlin's Ground Control 40 is a 40% open-source ortho keyboard designed for rapid prototyping.
RAII RP2040 & RAII Wireless
Two Sweep derivatives with splay: RAII by unspecworks – wired or wireless.
DASIC
Yuburoll's DASIC is a symmetrical Alice-style split keyboard with reversible PCB.
Tips & Tricks
Bobslei keycaps
A new ergo keycap profile for columnar layouts: Bobslei by Beelb0u.
Quick news
Closed-source, WIP, commercial, etc.
Still just a render and a shell of a github repo, but anyway: etzee by Niola Secerovski aka secersh.
Galileo is low-pro ortho PCB by Obiebousky.
PlaketXL by Flatbrains!. Many photos in the last couple of days, this one is from thibounet's post.
Fern by Acrobatic_Plan9973. A 34-key Cherry ULP split keyboard with dongle charging dock. It charges using pogo pins.
Custom gamepad by JakeCatto/JaspMakes. With build video.
Luminkey Nova macropad. Photo by jcjx91.
Ercham MK1 – a one-handed game controller in the works. By Adventurous_Tie.
ThinkPad 701C-like butterfly keyboard mechanism by Upset_Thanks_2049.
CommandKeyboard-Advanced by Guntermann & Drunck – WIP operator interface in flight towers and control centers.
ScottoRang PCB edition by Joe Scotto. A 16x16 mm spaced Choc board. Originally handwired, now with PCB kit.
I don't usually feature meme boards, but this post with a handwired ortho by arax20 has some nice btc photos.
0.4 and 0.5 by ikakus. Not much, just two photos, but the structure is interesting.
Custom ULP Ferris Sweep by Objective_Factor336.
BANDIT is a monoblock offset split cyberdeck by DSCF_prog.
MeKaBu – a collaborative effort pushing the limits with ZMK to realize a modular system.
Tips, Typing, Keymap, 3D
How to DIY a set of custom painted keycaps? A video tutorial by Philo Yu.
Northern Chorder is an open-source chording keyboard firmware + GUI practice app.
According to this tear-down by Sam Holland, the Teenage Engineering EP-40 synthesizer features off-the-shelf TTC low-pro switches to achieve pressure-sensitive capabilities.
These Lego keycaps by Strange-Alfalfa311/TheBike560 work well with Lego minifigures and brics. Files on makerworld.
New Reptiloid keycap options by turtle_bazon.
A Totem LP case by Beelb0u (via r/emk).
Programmable keyboards on controlled networks as a security risk. Good read with some interesting comments.
Leg-mounted Sweep by rnichael_feldman.
History
This Sun 1 workstation board is Mikademus' candidate for worst navigation cluster placement. Well, I'm not going to visit my attic now, but…
A nice beafy 1800 one: Goupil Golf. "Here’s an original Goupil Golf keyboard, a french company who used to make flashy machines in the 80’s" – RaspberryRare3348. But thas was manufactured in Germany.
IBM P70 by NecessaryCute345.
Rain2's latest works: Orthonbend 40 and Splash Ergo.
Dawn Hoofbeats artisan by Jellykey.
Amazing modding job by Particular_Hawk_2356: HHKB-ized Transition Lite via a blocker top case.
Diderot effect (aka accessories)
Dusty Acorns Wrist Rest. Cross-grain hardwood with 3D-printed PETG "wedge" on the bottom.
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