gusVLZSep 26, 2023

I've been designing my own keyboard for the first time

https://sh.itjust.works/post/5960557

I've been designing my own keyboard for the first time - sh.itjust.works

[https://sh.itjust.works/pictrs/image/077798ee-8f76-403c-993e-e87ee1f674d8.webp] I’ve bought the idea of getting an ergo keyboard for work, but it’s too expensive to buy one from where I live, so the last days I’ve been learning and designing my own. I know it won’t be as good as a manufactured one but I really want to see how the result will be

Show threadhumanplayer2Sep 27, 2023
Nice! If you haven’t bumped into it, then the build log of the Steel Tormentor and it’s cardboard prototype have been really illuminating for me.
Golem keyboard project

Resources for keyboard builders: guides, tutorials, PCB source files. Home of the Keyboard Builders' Digest.

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Show threadgusVLZSep 27, 2023

Wow, great content, it will definitely be helpful once I start building the keyboard, my father in law works with laser cutting and acrylic so I’m planning on using it for the case/board

About the inkscape tip, I’m doing this, helped a lot because I could fine tune the angles and offsets pretty quickly

Show threadexcitingburp
CAD (cardboard aided design) is really powerful. You get to fail fast: figuring out things don’t work before more expensive manufacturing steps (such as laser cutting).
Oct 3, 2023 at 2:42amWeb