Issue 71 / Week 13 / 2022

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 14 entries in this issue:

Editorial

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• Hanachi's Ergotonic F-24 comes with a unique adjustable centerpiece making this keyboard split or monoblock on demand. (source)
• Lyso1's LCK75 PCB updated, tweaked and republished by u/short_lurker. (source)
• u/MomonaBoy's Preonic + Plank combo became his ultimate gaming keyboard. (source)
• The Gherkin++ is u/bgkendall's approach to augment the classic 3x10 layout. (source)
• Christian Lo's banime40 is a versatile ortho PCB with 24 possible layouts. (source)

• Dmitry Cherepanov's private museum of retro computers in Mariupol, Ukraine, has been destroyed. (source)

• LPX is an FDM-printer optimized Choc keycap design by u/levpopov. (source)
• Reviung41 with a twist – Delta 3D printed case and rotary mod by u/Stove24. (source)
• The QAZer Beam is a QAZ in a beamspring-like case designed by u/Pocketfullofbugs. (source)

• A Dick Smith Cat a.k.a. VTech Laser 3000 repaired and posted by u/lizardb0y. (source)
• u/lBlanc99 revived and restored a dead Costar CSK-7101N keyboard. (source)

• Keycaps with interchangeable tops posted by u/hunghingdailo. (source)
• Combining woodworking with electronics, u/mw33212 made a walnut cyberdeck with a cheap foldable keyboard. (source)

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