Issue 51 / Week 44 / 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 14 entries in this issue:

Projects

• Stabilizers begone! A custom handwired keyboard by _wumpus without any stabilizers. (source)
• This is a Dactyl-like Choc build by supertoughfrog with splay. (source)
• ScyllaBallz - a tractyl Manuform by tenstaana with OLEDs, roller encoders, audio, and per key RGB. (source)

• Danny, founder of Keebio, writes about the ups and downs of running a keyboard shop. (source)

• A QMK keymap with short blog posts] by Pascal Getreuer explaining tricks like autocorrection in QMK, Caps Word, getting Shift keys right, etc. (source)
• Adafruit announced the preliminary pinouts of its RP2040 based KB2040 controller aka. the Keeboars. (source)
• Commercial_Dinner989 has shared his second 3D printed project, a case for a BM43 PCB. (source)
• COrthbandt has built and shared a new 3D printed Iris case (source)
• Levener created different versions of 3D printable cases for the Zodiark by Split Logic Keyboards. (source)
• A 3D printed case for the GK707 shared by RogerArbogast. (source)
• Keep Raspberry Pi 400 keyboard out of the way with sozman's 3D printed hinged keyboard supports. (source)

• A rare Apple-1 from 1976-1977 in koa wood case is on sale. Starting bid: $200,000. (source)
• An unknown terminal model found by jacksonh22 in an abandoned factory. (source)
• An ABB branded keyboard with some extra keys. Spotted by BoBxDoll. (source)

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