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DIY mechanical keyboard build, including Walnut case with Pecan inlay. (infosec.pub)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by wjrii@lemmy.world to c/woodworking@lemmy.ca

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/31175359

More pics: https://pixelfed.social/p/wjrii/838255973232132267

I messed up in a million ways, but I managed not to screw it up too badly to be happy with it. It used 35-year-old switches and keycaps. Case is dowel joints, an up-jumped rustic picture frame. This was also my first keyboard build with QMK firmware and then the VIAL config tool. Some lessons:

ALPS stabilizers are a pain.
Don't let sleepy English majors design PCBs after midnight. Seriously, the thing barely works for this layout, but should be slightly better for Cherry MX switches.
One is strangely zen when one accidentally deletes all the PCB design files for such a flawed PCB. Still have the fabrication Gerber, but with half a dozen errors that's very near to useless.
Don't be a coward with your woodworking. There is a bigger gap between case and keys than I'd like.
On the other hand, don't be stupid. The pecan inlay on the back may be there to cover up where I sliced right into the dowels joining the frame together.
Sandpaper and Danish Oil forgive many sins.

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[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (9 children)

Would you be able to make wooden keycaps? Let's say, cherry compatible

[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Trying to think how I'd fabricate the tiny little cruciform recess you'd need plucks escape key off of keyboard Either I would have to buy a bag of posts I could insert into a larger drilled recess or I'd have to cut that with a teeny little CNC router, I just don't see any hope making that by hand.

[–] ryannathans@aussie.zone 2 points 2 months ago

I'm thinking glueing a base with the little + under the wood

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