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Finished my DIY keyboard with printed case, feet, and RPi Pico "caddy". Keycaps are not 3d printed, but the labels were DIY from my laser.

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From my keebtalk post, which also has more pics:

It’s early obviously, but I’m optimistic about this one. It feels pretty nice, and the Jades are almost as nice as the Navies, just missing that slight “kerchunk!” that the Navies have. The Jades are a bit snappier, and I agree that they may be ever so slightly louder, but I don’t think they dethrone my dark blue fingerbreakers.

After my last set of keycaps came out with some fairly obvious alignment issues, I rethought my jig and made a new one that could support 26 1u keys, plus one of arbitrary width. I also went with corner legends instead of centered, as that punishes a lack of accuracy much less, if you can at least get your setup repeatable. Then, I did clusters together in batches (i.e. all alphas in one run, all F keys together, etc.). The result is a much less jarring alignment situation. It would be ideal, if the plastic itself had cooperated. This PBT recipe didn’t like the infusible ink nearly as much as the DSA keycaps on my other no-stabs build. Legends are not as crisp as I’d like, and the colors are pretty muted, but the improved alignment makes this a modest victory.

Overall, I like (though not quite love) the way they came out, and the overall effect for the board, between the layout, case, and font, is a bit “Apple meets Logitech,” which may or may not be a good thing, but it’s always satisfying to wrap one of these up.

What is on your desk today?

This one just moved from workbench to desk today. No stabilizers 98%. DIY as much as is practical for my “workshop.” Handwired, 3D printed case, bespoke 102-key layout, laser dye-sub XDA keycaps (more on that below), laser cut “Masonite” plate, Kailh Box Jade, KMK on an RP2040. <details><summary>More</summary>It’s early obviously, but I’m optimistic about this one. It feels pretty nice, and the Jades are almost as nice as the Navies, just missing that slight “kerchunk!” that the Navies have. The Jades are a bit snap...</details>

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Finished the DIY build. Handwired, 3D printed case and feet, lasercut plates, Box Jades, and (kinda "meh") laser dye-sub XDA keycaps.

https://media.kbin.social/media/39/0e/390ee637f50e12dd53029b1551a1f34f58a1eec28e176c73c816e28375ff6845.jpg

FreeCAD, Ondsel and Prusa Save FOSDEM!

TP is essential.

https://blog.freecad.org/2024/02/08/freecad-ondsel-and-prusa-save-fosdem/

FreeCAD, Ondsel and Prusa Save FOSDEM!

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Stabilizers? Where we're going, we don't need stabilizers. (in progress build)

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Finished the 3D printed case for the keyboard layout I cut on my laser (project still in progress).

https://media.kbin.social/media/1c/73/1c735b51e37c09df01c97ecd39c396b90d07eff595212cc57b0a9eb3acd97a66.jpg

A weirdo tries some major CAD suites, but also a bunch of half-baked bizarre free CAD program out there...

_TL;DR: I tried lots of CAD stuff with an eye towards someday being able to commercialize designs. F360 would be great if I could trust Autodesk. Solid Edge, Solidworks, and and Onshape all have issues too. I want to make myself like FreeCAD. Some other options like Alibre are interesting, and many get weeeeird._...

https://kbin.social/m/3dprinting@lemmy.world/t/784632

A weirdo tries some major CAD suites, but also a bunch of half-baked bizarre free CAD program out there... - 3dprinting - kbin.social

_TL;DR: I tried lots of CAD stuff with an eye towards someday being able to commercialize designs. F360 would be great if I could trust Autodesk. Solid Edge, Solidworks, and and Onshape all have issues too. I want to make myself like FreeCAD. Some other options like Alibre are interesting, and many get weeeeird._...

Trying out this Mastodon/Microblog thing. Had a customized TKL keyboard plate laser cut, 3D printed and painted a case, hand wired the switches, and added keycaps. Geekhack link. #mechanicalkeyboards #DIY #3dprinting
DIY handwired TKL with a faint hint of "Retro"

DIY handwired TKL with a faint hint of "Retro"

More pics at geekhack, including its older siblings, which also have some 3D-printed parts, though nothing like this one.
DIY handwired TKL with a faint hint of "Retro"

DIY handwired TKL with a faint hint of "Retro"