this post was submitted on 24 Jul 2023
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Rapid prototyping is an incredible tool nowadays. I started working on this concept a few hours ago, and I can already try out if it works. Turns out, it kinda works. I will lower the pinky rows and

I love my printer!

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[–] Tubbles 4 points 1 year ago

Hey I did a similar thing recently, even printed the pcb to get a feeling of dimensions etc

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

How do you design the test boards? Ergogen or something else?

[–] WFH 2 points 1 year ago

Ergogen

No, good old TikerCAD and a lot of free time :D

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That looks to me to be larger than standard spacing (19.05x19.05) of the keys, does it not require a bit of stretching to use?

[–] WFH 1 points 1 year ago

I have very large hands so it's mostly fine. Thanks for the standard spacing tho, I used 20mm because it was convenient 😅

[–] crankin 1 points 1 year ago

I do this same thing but with laser cut cardstock. I also made a set of individual columns from cardstock with a mm scale on them. A little double sided tape onto my desk or another piece of cardboard, and I can very rapidly iterate on a design