Issue 41 / Week 34 / 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 13 entries in this issue:

Editorial

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• The Black Ice is an angled ortho by ashinything with 3D printed hot swap sockets. (source)
• The Chordie is an open-source hand-wired chording keyboard by kbjunky with optional trackball support. (source)
• A Pico-based 3D-printed macropad by dr2mod with case STLs. (source)
• I like tapioki's designs as much as I hate his naming conventions – Dux with a parametric case by Jonathan Dart. (source)

• Jazzkeys is a nice app playing piano sounds while you are typing – created by the Stockholm-based studio Plan8. (source)
• Need help finding an IBM keyboard part number? Look no further! This tool by SharktasticA takes care of that. (source)

• An open source 3D-printable parametric tenting stand for Iris by NazFab/AlSpheric. (source)
• What was the one thing you learned that would change the way you solder forever more? (source)
• Khord designed and shared an open-source top shell for Pimoroni trackballs. (source)

• The retrofuturistic Luigi Colani office chair features a built-in split Selectric-style typewriter. (source)
• ProgressivePear found a nice Viewdata terminal at work. (source)
• An IBM Model M5-2 with a cute little trackball. Posted by opalinemoth. (source)

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