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Offline oaklandishh

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Custom 65 Key keyboard
« on: Mon, 23 September 2013, 23:23:16 »
So I have been working on a Custom keyboard for some time now. It's not the most beautiful keyboard, and there is still much work to go, but I though I would post what I have up until now.

I started with a Chicony keyboard and stole the Monterey Blues and plate






Cut down the plate







Milled a case (still needs tons of work)


threaded inserts and standoffs


Soldering Diodes



Front



More soldering





This is about where I am now. Need to figure out what pins to connect to which wire on the Teensy 2.0 and How to modify https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard software for a 15X5 matrix. after that it should all be working. Any help or comments are appreciated. Thanks for reading.


Here is the full album of photos http://imgur.com/a/YbNea
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Offline MOZ

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Re: Custom 65 Key keyboard
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 24 September 2013, 05:06:18 »
Always good to see someone making something themselves.
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Offline absyrd

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Re: Custom 65 Key keyboard
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 24 September 2013, 05:26:17 »
Awesome so far. Keep us updated.
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Re: Custom 65 Key keyboard
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 24 September 2013, 06:13:55 »
Another really cool DIY project!! Looking forward to see what you end up with.
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Offline TheFlyingRaccoon

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Re: Custom 65 Key keyboard
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 24 September 2013, 06:37:28 »
Very cool project! One question though, are you going to paint the case the same color as the plate? I think that would look awesome! Good work so far.  :thumb:
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Offline Tarzan

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Re: Custom 65 Key keyboard
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 24 September 2013, 08:00:34 »
Looking good!  Very tidy job on the plate modification!

I'm planning on a similar project, using the hardwiring lowpoly approach, and I'm definitely interested in what you find out about connecting to the Teensy.   ;D
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Offline bueller

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Re: Custom 65 Key keyboard
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 24 September 2013, 08:03:46 »
Great work man, I should really get my 65% board finished!
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Offline CPTBadAss

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Re: Custom 65 Key keyboard
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 24 September 2013, 08:04:35 »
Did you sand down the plate to get to the raw metal? I didn't realize the plates were painted black. And I almost did a similar project with my Siig Minitouch but I ended up falling in love with the layout and didn't cut it out. Monterey Blues feel amazing :D

Oh and nice job on the project, keep posting updates ^__^
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