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I hand-wired and hand-soldered two of them myself (back before you could buy them as easily). I was hoping flexible PCBs (https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeybo
by matthewtse 3y ago
I hand-wired and hand-soldered two of them myself (back before you could buy them as easily). I was hoping flexible PCBs (https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/comments/qbw7i4/opensourced_dactyl_manuform_flexible_pcbs/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ErgoMechKeyboards/comments/qbw7i4/o...) would make the hand-wiring part much less labor intensive.
- 3np 3y agoDid it?
- matthewtse 3y agoAlready soldered 2 dactyl manuforms (one for home and one for work), not going to solder another one until one breaks :) Though honestly if it broke, I'd probably just pay for the next one, not worth the labor (literally hundreds of solder points and hand wiring over like 30 hours). I did it mostly to learn about soldering/electronics and thought it would be fun. The careful hand wiring is the laborious part, which the flexible PCB seems to solve. So I'd imagine it would take a 30 hour task down to 2 hours?