Issue 35 / Week 28 / 2021
This is a hand-picked selection of posts that may teach you something about designing and building your own custom keyboard.
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There are 22 entries in this issue:
Editorial
Behind the Scenes of Issue 35
Issue 34 follow-up, latest progress, PCB design, forgotten podcast appearance, MK Dry July, venturing into mechanical typewriter territory, updated todo list.
Projects
Santoku Gen 2
Dracula teeth mouseclicks, trackpoint as a first-class citizen, split (or unsplit), 40%, mouse scroll wheel, OLED, etc. by tyered.
Peregrine
Peregrine, a wireless ergonomic board by SouthPawEngineer with a built in trackpad module that can be removed and used separately.
Barobord
barobord by sadekbaroudi – handwired edition, PCB design in progress.
Walnut keyboard
Next revision of the wooden keyboards by priceT00High.
36-key Corne
A 36-key Corne by steerpyke_.
Tools
Planck/Preonic SVG generator
Create you own Planck/Preonic keymap with this tool by BXO511.
Stabilizer tester
Stabilizer tester posted by RatratanX.
Coding Speed Test
Coding Speed Test by dominicwhyte42.
Review
Magnetic levitation Void switches
Chyrosran22 reviewing Riskable's Hall-effect switches.
Anubis switch review
Anubis switch review by Zenjh.
SP Star Magical Girl
SP Star Magical Girl switch review by ThereminGoat.
Tips & Tricks
Torn HiPro case
Open source 3D-printble Torn HiPro case by hcir321.
YEET keycap profile
YEET is a keycap profile by shogzilla with both MX and Choc compatible files.
Handmade doubleshot keycaps
A video on the process of making double-shot keycaps by lispnick.
Colemak-DH progress data
Colemak-DH progress data in 10 weeks by hocusparibus.
Outputting date on a keypress
Sending a string of the date? Question posted by jma0612 and answered by the community.
Keyboard Spotting
Vintage Lexmark M15
A vintage Lexmark M15 split keyboard spotted by Theotherab at garage sale.
IBM 5291
Kirkwood1994 picked up a beautiful IBM 5291 terminal.
Dolch luggable
A Dolch luggable posted by bakedbeens11.
Inspiration
Cherry's Lily58
A layered rainbow unicorn-pony barf designed by cherryvellia and obosob.
Am Hatsu
Am Hatsu with prototype pics.
splitkb.com, Jeremy Kitchen, AikenJG, @kaleid1990, u/chad3814, Eugenie, sebastian siggerud
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