• SSTF@lemmy.worldOP
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    7 months ago

    On a brief break for the moment, but in the last year I’ve made 7 hand-wired computer keyboards.

    That’s neat. For what purpose- better response? Light up? Aesthetics?

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      7 months ago

      Because I can? LOL.

      I do try to make to make boards with layouts that are slightly unique from anything I could buy, just to lie to myself and pretend that I “have to” make them. Latest kick, which simplifies construction in a couple of ways, is making boards that have no key wider than 1.75 “regular” ones. Means I have more real estate to play with and don’t need the notoriously noisy “stabilizer” hardware.

      The kind of soldering you do with a handwire is also sort of relaxing, like tying fishing flies, except you burn your finger every once in a while.