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Offline ishpeck

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Does such a plate already exist?
« on: Tue, 21 July 2015, 08:28:40 »
I'm wanting to build an ortholinear board with a series of 1.25u keys on the bottom row...



I was about to sit down and force myself to learn how to use CAD software but I realize this doesn't seem all that unique of an idea and it may be that somebody's already built such a plate.  So I figured I'd ask.
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Re: Does such a plate already exist?
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 21 July 2015, 08:29:34 »
Not quite as small as your layout but you might find something interesting here http://www.ortholinearkeyboards.com/

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Re: Does such a plate already exist?
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 21 July 2015, 08:40:33 »
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Re: Does such a plate already exist?
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 21 July 2015, 08:41:33 »
Not quite as small as your layout but you might find something interesting here http://www.ortholinearkeyboards.com/

Oh, hey!

I'd looked at their plates and found nothing quite the way I wanted -- BUT!!! -- just now, I noticed that they do custom plates and take Keyboard Layout Editor links... ?

This what I think it is?
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Re: Does such a plate already exist?
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 21 July 2015, 08:44:49 »
Here you go...

Tools used:
http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/layouts/f5d8de17ba31589082d6186413247681
http://builder.swillkb.com/

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Re: Does such a plate already exist?
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 21 July 2015, 08:45:55 »
Here you go...

Tools used:
http://www.keyboard-layout-editor.com/#/layouts/f5d8de17ba31589082d6186413247681
http://builder.swillkb.com/

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Re: Does such a plate already exist?
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 21 July 2015, 09:06:29 »
This is awesome!

Does the DXF file have dimensions specified in it somewhere?
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Re: Does such a plate already exist?
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 21 July 2015, 09:09:19 »
This is awesome!

Does the DXF file have dimensions specified in it somewhere?

It should, in millimeters. I forget what swill said about how to specify that to the plate cutter.
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