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Offline MutenMaster

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3d printed, alice-like, 75% keyboard. suggestions?
« on: Fri, 21 October 2022, 08:43:27 »
as per subject, i'm looking for a fully 3d-printed (except keycaps obviously) handwired alice-like keyboard in a 75% form factor.

Any idea or suggestions ? (alice-like is not mandatory, what's mandatory is the split and the arrow key cluster)

Offline Leslieann

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Re: 3d printed, alice-like, 75% keyboard. suggestions?
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 21 October 2022, 11:40:56 »
Look up "Alice keyboard" on Thingiverse, you will find what you need or something you can mod into what you need.
There's also a ton of other mechanical keyboards there, also check Cults3d.

I recommend PETG if possible, 3 perimeters, 40% infill, that worked well on my 65%, real nice sound and stiffness, however you'll need a large printer to do that in one shot as PETG doesn't like to be glued. PLA will be tinny, ABS will sound decent but will need to be done in many small parts, better for common printers I guess. I think the PETG sounds better but has obvious limitations.

Beware, large printed stuff like this is a challenge, be it done in pieces and having to get them all to fit together well or as a single piece due to shrinkage and warp. It's quite removed from just printing a single common sized part. printer calibration plays a HUGE part, as do tolerances. Again warp is an issue, and while 3d printing people love to rag on people who use glass instead of bendable steel beds, some large projects require an absolutely flat bed to work and you can't get that with a steel bed.

So you know, outsourcing 3d printing is not cheap.
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Offline MutenMaster

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Re: 3d printed, alice-like, 75% keyboard. suggestions?
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 21 October 2022, 16:50:53 »
i did a search on thingiverse before posting but found nothing really useful as 75% alice-like for handwiring

Offline Leslieann

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Re: 3d printed, alice-like, 75% keyboard. suggestions?
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 21 October 2022, 21:22:53 »
You're going to have to mod something.

Very few things this complicated work with all printers and takes a lot of figuring out as well.  If you're not sure how to go about it and lack a printer it's going to get real expensive, real fast.
« Last Edit: Fri, 21 October 2022, 21:24:46 by Leslieann »
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Offline MutenMaster

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Re: 3d printed, alice-like, 75% keyboard. suggestions?
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 22 October 2022, 02:10:45 »
i own 2 printers and a 3rd is planned, that's not an issue

Offline John McCormick

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Re: 3d printed, alice-like, 75% keyboard. suggestions?
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 10 November 2022, 21:38:49 »
are you a handwiring guy? A delta Spli 75 is a possibility.