Issue 39 / Week 32 / 2021

This is a hand-picked selection of last week's content from a keyboard builder's perspective. Posts that may teach you something, make you think and contribute to the common knowledge of the DIY builder community.
There are 15 entries in this issue:
Editorial
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- Dactyl flex by remus49. The open frame design supports adjustable tenting and pivoting thumb keys. (source)
- Project updates: the open-source through-hole Framework by stevennguyen has a new component cover. (source)
- Foam and plate files for Foostan's unibody Cornelius released. (source)
- The rISOtho is an ortholinear-ISO mashup by _eLRIC. (source)
- Innovation: Variable force leaf spring mount by _dvsn_. (source)
- Make your own set of keycaps with silicone molds and UV-curable resin. Keycap casting by Adafruit. (source)
- TeXitoi's KeySeeBee has a new fat switch plate, sitting on the PCB. (source)
- Baji is a 3D printable Minidox Case by Metafalls_. (source)
- A 3D printable nice!nano holder by Nathanielks for Fmcraft's TBK Mini. (source)
- A one-handed writer’s search for the perfect mechanical keyboard. (source)
- A photo from the Science Museum in London posted by TheSemiHistorian opened up a whole new world to me: that of printing telegraphs'. (source)
- Wow! The IBM System 32 is built into a desk and its "display" is a tractor feed printer. (source)
- Remarkable design: the blue wave profile of this Chyron battleship used to update a scoreboard at a baseball stadium. (source)
- The Key-Flex by Seth Garlock led me to Douglas Engelbart's work and The Mother of All Demos. (source)
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