annoyed-onionMy daily driver - hand wired dactyl
SynapseVery cool build ! How hard was it to get the tolerance right for the switches to fit snugly ?
Was a friend that did the 3d printing, and I know next to nothing about it, but we got lucky on the first print. Switches sit in very firm, would probably damage the case if I had to pop any out!
SkreeIt can be a pain. That and tuning supports so they don’t fail, or slice you up trying to get them out.
How do you like the dactyl compared to the Kinesis?
This is awesome.
That shot of the insides really sells it, looks like you really had some fun making it 😊
Thanks! Was fun, for the most part…
Learned a lot but had some wiring issues that were a pain to track down and sort out.
Looks great. I’m sure it’s super comfy. Do you ever travel with it or is that not super feasible?
Is quite portable, more so than the Kinesis advantage I was using.
I’ve got a laptop rucksack and its fine to dump it in there. Haven’t had any issues with it.
One day I’ll get round to modding in an on/off switch to disconnect the battery but today is not that day.
For a size guide, this is how it stacks up against a corne which was my travel board (mouse for scale):
Thanks so much for the picture.
I was thinking of getting a wireless Corne or a Ferris sweep as a travel board. How do you like the dactyl in comparison?
U de RecifeSeeing this gets me all hyped. I wish I had a keyboard like that. I type all day and a more ergonomic keyboard would boost my typing.
Thanks for sharing, and for making me #envy you!
Wouldn’t say that it particularly boosts speed. I had a fairly big speed drop while learning to adapt.
Everyone’s different but it took a month of using it all day as well as doing typing exercises to get up to 70wpm.
I did the switch to an ergo keyboard because I was having shoulder and wrist pain and it seems to have helped rather than cured.