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Concrete keyboard

Another concrete keyboard in the making, this time by Chrislybaer. First try failed.

3D-printed PCB

A printed circuit board. Literally. PCB 3D-printed by duzitbetter (reddit, hackaday).

Weirdo keebs for shared PCs

A guide to setup weird keyboards for shared PCs by SEXUALLYCOMPLIANT.

Machining a custom brass weight

A video of machining a custom brass weight for the Tokyo60 keyboard by HadiPotter.

Switch films with Cricut

Switch films made from 0.2mm stencil vinyl by hhsandi using Cricut.

Elite-C holder PCB

Elite-C holder PCB for Dactyl-like cases with audio jack, M4 screw holes, reset button, RGB output by Fmcraft (git).

DIY silicone dampening

Silicone dampening pad by dailysetuptech (video).

Unicode in QMK

Dealing with Unicode in QMK revealed by mikefettis.

QMK's sound features

Help with QMK startup sounds by psychephylax.

Luna - a QMK keyboard pet

Luna is a QMK keyboard pet by HellSingCoder reacting to your typing speed and same layer states (video, git).

Tripod-tented Torn

This nice through-hole split Torn build by bromanko (git) features mini tripods for tenting (gallery).

Faux-wireless setup

Cable management masterclass by gr1zbot (gallery).

Keycap vacuum coating

Drygol's first attempt to keycap vacuum coating failed, but the idea is not bad (blog) - article posted by LASERman71.

Mouse grid navigation

An informative thread stuffed with links on mouse grid navigation - which is actually a mouseless method. (Thread started by TemperedGlassTeapot.)

Ikea tenting stand

Tenting stand based on Ikea parts by vagabionda.

Backside rail

The backside rail is a new (?) mounting style by sab0m0v.

Integrated hot swap sockets

Bishops_Guest's resin cast (photos) and OMGWhyImOld's printed hot-swap sockets.

Keyboard case resin duplication

A guide on how to duplicate your keyboard case with silicone and resin. Photolog by bmallCakeDiver.

Cracked keycap stems fixed with heat shrink tube

Heat shrink tube (4.5 mm) used to fix cracked or loose keycap stems (by jesterc0re).

Converting an XT keyboard to Bluetooth

A guide to easily convert an XT keyboard to Bluetooth by PM_ME_YOUR_MAUSE (docs).

Braided cable

RomeoTran came up with this super flexible braided cable using headphone cables.

3D printed hot swap sockets

OMGWhyImOld published the source files of this 3D printed solderless keyswitch connector. Aka "poor man's Kaihl hot swap sockets".

Apple Extended II USB mod

A retrofitted Apple Extended Keyboard II with internal USB hub (photolog) by greener_ca.

Keycap material vs. sound

The keycap material's effect on the sound by riskable.

Improving white backlight

An idea to improve white backlight by pajser92.

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