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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45765963

The design is based on the excellent Dactyl keyboard, generated with https://ryanis.cool/cosmos/ and it runs the excellent qmk firmware. It is handwired:

and I have also made a palm support using inkscape and openscad

All printed on a reprap prusa i3 derivative.

This helps me use my computer with less pain, so I want to call out all the wonderful projects and people who contribute to them which made it possible.

Total cost? $60 aud, amortised filament ~15 bucks worth maybe? and a lot of my time haha.

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Did you print your keycaps, too??

[–] synapse3252@sh.itjust.works 18 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I will always upvote split ergo (column staggered) keyboards. Nice stuff, looks much much cleaner than the one i made and threw out 😂

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

I have improvements I will make on my portable keyboard for lappy, but I'm never going back.

They're a lot more comfortable.

[–] Dogiedog64@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago

Okay, Star Platinum.

[–] Rooty@lemmy.world 13 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Man, 3d printing is punk as fuck, I love when people post bespoke shit.

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[–] Blaze@piefed.social 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Holy cow! I didn't know about that community, thank you!

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Nobody needs permission to post a link to something somewhere. What horror happened to you?

[–] Blaze@piefed.social 8 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Oh, I've seen it happen before, such as here: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45667427?scrollToComments=true

Thanks anyway, I'll post right away

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago

There are always lunatics, you'd go mad trying to please everyone. It's one thing to not promote harassment. But if you put something into the stormwater drain of the information superhighway it's flowing everywhere with the rest or the shit.

You'd get further cursing the rain for falling on you.

[–] Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Super neat. What are those knobs for?

What kind of switches did you choose?

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Knobs are for knobby things. QMK is extremely configurable. Sometimes they are volume, sometimes seeking, sometimes mouse x and y, sometimes scroll wheel, sometimes keyboard arrows, mostly decorative.

MX browns. I am distinctly not obsessed with keyboards. I just like being able to use computers in postures that don't hurt.

[–] shnizmuffin@lemmy.inbutts.lol 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

sometimes mouse x and y

The anti-trackball.

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago

I have a trackball, but for pixel perfect placement etc. The knobs help me draw badly with more precision.

[–] Ajen@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

What did you program your knobs to do? All of the above?

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

indeed. Layers like an onion or an ogre.

[–] grrgyle@slrpnk.net 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] beastlykings@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Very cool!

Honest question, does using a keyboard like this make you forget how to use a standard one?

I know op did it for the pain, so it's a moot point. But if I did it just because it's cool, and to avoid injury in the future, would I mess up my normal keyboard abilities?

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 week ago (2 children)

I also switched to colemakdh with a series of layers and qmk tricks. My typing is quite slow so far, around 30 wpm, I was never an amazing typist but I haven't noticed difficulty with standard qwerty layouts.

It's not like you get confused between a harp and a guitar, or a spoon and a knife.

[–] pupbiru@aussie.zone 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

for me, switching to dvorak about 10 years ago has made me absolutely useless at typing qwerty… i get used to it after 5min, but much slower than i used to be and wow is it paiiiiiin (both literally in my wrists - the reason i switched, and figuratively in that i feel like im fighting the keyboard for every word)

… or perhaps you mean the differences in physical layout

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[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago (3 children)

As someone who runs an ergodox ez with a custom key layout and who goes in to work from time to time using normal QWERTY keyboards (both English and German configuration), you do not lose anything. It's incredibly easy to switch between every config you have.

I also think most people would appreciate a split keyboard setup because it's so much better for posture and health and comfortability. Would highly recommend.

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[–] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

I use Colemak on phone and Qwerty on desktop, and never think about it.

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[–] TwoBeeSan@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Respect for your tism.

[–] Etterra@discuss.online 3 points 1 week ago

What the hell is this madness?

[–] henfredemars@infosec.pub 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Way cool. That looks really professional, too.

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[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Looks so good. One day I will build a Dactyl as well, one day.

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[–] Fillicia@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 week ago (3 children)
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[–] N0x0n@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

On another note cause there are already a lot a good responses here and there :p.

How are your beavers doing? 😀

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

Never ask a lady about her beaver(s).

My beavers have wet fur, and a variety of things to play on.

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[–] wwwgem@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Very nice! That's a pretty big boy ;)

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 week ago

I don't have particularly large hands, but they're not small either. Most peripherals appear to be made for short people, but we grow tall under the searing sun of the land downunder.

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

I moved to Germany and had to sell my 3d printer for the move, but when I pick up a new one finalizing a custom dactyl keyboard will be one of my first projects. I use an ergodox ez right now (they're amazing do check them out if you want a pre built solution), but I want as many thumb keys as I can possibly handle so I want to upgrade to a custom solution.

This is really cool to see, thanks for sharing!

[–] Thrashin_Victim@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Reminds me of something from the Neverhood Game.

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