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Google 'dactyl' and 'dactyl manuform'. It's relatively cheap to get the cases 3D printed. Most people are hand-wiring the switches rather than trying to make fl
by ianhowson 6y ago
Google 'dactyl' and 'dactyl manuform'. It's relatively cheap to get the cases 3D printed. Most people are hand-wiring the switches rather than trying to make flex PCBs.
- lordofgibbons 6y agoI've been looking into getting the Dactyl Manuform for a few months now, but haven't found any experience reports about it. Do you use it, and recommend it?
- ianhowson 6y agoNot yet -- ask me in two weeks! I found enough reports on Reddit that I figured it was worth trying, and I used a Kinesis Advantage for a long time. If you haven't used a Kinesis, I would recommend buying or borrowing one first. The price of a KA vs. a from-scratch Dactyl [Manuform] is similar, but the KA doesn't need assembly and is easy to resell if you don't like it. At this point I have a ton of keyboard parts lying around, I've used QMK a lot, and I have strong preferences for certain switches (which I already own), so the cost is just the 3D prints and assembly time (also low, because I've built a few keyboards from scratch before.)
- lemper 6y agoI've been using it for almost two years. It's good enough for me, though I only use top two thumb keys on each hand. it costed me 70 usd to build that keyboard (time included).
- easygenes 6y agoFantastic, thank you! That's exactly the sort of thing I was thinking of.