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Keep it ergo

Posts must be of/about keyboards that have a clear delineation between the left and right halves of the keyboard, column stagger, or both. This includes one-handed (one half doesn't exist, what clearer delineation is that!?)

i.e. no regular non-split¹ row-stagger and no non-split¹ ortholinear²

¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
² ortholinear meaning keys layed out in a grid

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EMK wiki
Split keyboard compare tool
Compare keycap profiles Looking for another set of keycaps - check this site to compare the different keycap profiles https://www.keycaps.info/
Keymap database A database with all kinds of keymap layouts - some of them fits ergo keyboards - get inspired https://keymapdb.com/

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Choc spacing on split ergo keyboards (self.ergomechkeyboards)

submitted 1 year ago by naznsan to c/ergomechkeyboards

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For the last few months, I've been daily driving a Corneish Zen, a split keyboard with choc spacing. I find it very pleasant to use, but wanted to try a split keyboard that isn't flat, like a Dactyl.

The Skeletyl looked like it was right up my alley, having a similar layout as the Corne and the same number of keys, so I tried printing a half and was surprised at how big it seemed. Maybe I just have smaller hands, but the spacing between keys seemed really far.

My question is, are there any variants of Dactyl keyboards that were designed to be used with choc switches/keycaps? While I could try modify the Skeletyl step files, I'm not that confident in Fusion360 and just wanted to see if there was something done first.

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[–] iZRBQEcWVXNdnPtTV 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://github.com/geoffder/dometyl-keyboard

[–] NoamVokaal 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, do especially take a look at the Dartyl variant: https://github.com/geoffder/dometyl-keyboard/tree/main/things/dartyl_choc.