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kowgary16

kowgary16 is a low-profile ortholinear macropad by sporewoh.

KBD.news
Published March 28, 2023

Christian Lo aka sporewoh came up with a portable companion to his bancouver40: kowgary16 is a 4x4 low-profile macropad with CFX spacing.

Hey everyone! Happy to showcase my ultraportable low-profile macropod, the kowgary16! – sporewoh.

It uses choc switches and CFX spacing (17mm x 17mm), so it works with Chosfox CFX caps but not with e.g. MBK or Kailh choc keycaps.

Specs

• 4x4 layout
• CFX spacing (17x17mm)

Resources

• https://github.com/ChrisChrisLoLo/kowgary16

Published on Tue 28th Mar 2023. Featured in KBD #118 (source).

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