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Is https://tumbleweed.nu/lm-3/ https://tumbleweed.nu/lm-3/ the project you're referring to?
by pdw 2y ago
Is https://tumbleweed.nu/lm-3/ https://tumbleweed.nu/lm-3/ the project you're referring to?
- amszmidt 2y agoYup! Feel free to prod me if you need help (forum, chat, mail ...).
- rbanffy 2y agoSomeone needs to sell a Space Cadet USB keyboard (but with arrows).
- amszmidt 2y ago(I am slowly working on making a replica ... without arrows though)
- rbanffy 2y agoIs there any good literature on building keyboards? I’d love to try my hand at building vintage-like keyboards for things like DEC terminals, workstations (Xerox Star and Apollo Domain rely so much on their keyboards it’s hard to experience them on regular PC keyboards).
- floren 2y agoI've just completed a keyboard inspired by the Lisp machine keyboards but aimed toward use on a modern Unix system. Making your own one-off hand-wired keyboard is time consuming but pretty easy if you can solder. I probably spent $400 all told, including a fully custom keycap set from https://fkcaps.com/custom/ https://fkcaps.com/custom/ I've been meaning to write a blog post about it but I'm still finishing shakedown (currently chasing a wiring problem that messes up multi-key chords on the homerow)
- amszmidt 2y agoNo idea, this is sorta the project that runs on fumes right now. Wanna do something together? The keycaps are always the issue, making, remaking the PCB for the keyboard is just a days work even making it work with something like QMK or some Arduino thing. But then you want the keycaps, and each special keyboard has its own set .. double injection moulds are expensive unless you do a large batch.
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- nradov 2y agoSandpaper off the markings on a regular keyboard and write the keycaps with a Sharpie.
- rbanffy 2y agoThat, or order blanks.
- rbanffy 2y ago> Wanna do something together? I know very little about keyboards (not much beyond reading a matrix, which is something I did once, 30+ years ago), but I’m in. I would imagine by now there would be a KiCAD wizard that would generate a standard keyboard with extra rows and columns if needed and all customisation would be dragging the switch footprints to their positions for the non 1:1 keys. Keycaps can be blank, laser eroded and resin filled, dye sub, or any other technique.
- Palomides 2y agoinjection molding is intractable for small runs, but there are services for one-off UV printing and dye sub; you'll have to compromise on accuracy to the original, but could still make something nice
- rbanffy 2y agoYou can always use dye sublimation.
- matheusmoreira 2y agoI joined a discord for keyboard makers. I'm trying to learn electronics and circuit design and thought it would be a nice way to get into it. The conclusion I drew after researching the subject and talking to people was it's not viable unless you're planning to turn it into an actual product and sell large numbers later on. Looks like the manufacturers are assuming you'll follow up with large orders.
- justsomehnguy 2y ago*angry r/MechanicalKeyboards 60% noises*
- lproven 2y agoIs this close enough? https://keymacs.com/ https://keymacs.com/
- db48x 2y agoOh, man, I want one.
- lproven 2y agoMe too. I contacted the company. Turns out their address was within half an hour's walk from my old apartment in Prague. I thought I could at least try one. Nope. It's just a mailing address. Actually they are in a remote part of the country, at least 3-4 hours' travel away.
- nanna 2y agoWow how cool, but $1,171 for the basic, non-soldered one? Guess it's not for the mass market...
- rbanffy 2y agoHorrendously expensive doesn’t count.
- lproven 2y agoDidn't you hear? Horrendously expensive makes it _better_. See: Rolex watches, Bugatti cars, Chanel clothes, etc.
- rbanffy 2y agoBuild quality has diminishing returns. Rolexes and Bugattis are impressive feats of engineering, but I was aiming for the most utility per dollar, which would probably peak at a PCB, mechanical switches, group-buy dye-sub keycaps, and 3D printed cases. My evil plan would be to go on for other types of incredibly rare hardware that could run in emulation while the physical interface with the human can be replicated with reasonable accuracy with modern technology. A PC keyboard is not ideal for a Xerox Star, or a Symbolics, but is quite fine for an Amiga, Atari ST or Archimedes