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Clavier mécanique DIY, boîtier en bois de noyer et incrustation de bois de pacanier (noyer de pécan)
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publication croisée depuis : https://lemmy.world/post/31176557
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 upjumped rustic pictureframe. 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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