Ages ago Kishy shipped me a de-capped keyboard for parts. I kept the key switches and on a hunch, kept the plate they were mounted in. The length of the spacebar is going to be a problem. I don't have any caps that long.
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I've seen a few wood mods recently. Since I didn't take photos or keep my first 'steampunk" keyboard, I thought a wooden mod would make a nice thread.
The first step was to cut off the numpad. Oops, that wasn't quite good enough for the cutting board I've selected. Cut off the next key group, too.
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That's more like it. But without an external cluster of keys, I'll have to put at Minimum a set of cursor arrows, most likely in the lower right.
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Then I started on the markup for the cutout. The lazy ass way to begin was to use the plate as a stencil, and then add 3mm all around. Maybe it's time to put up the project until I have more detail orientation.
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The scraps don't look half bad. I can make a numpad, and the other key grouping looks like a candidate for the center of my Kinesis mod. The double shots are care of spolia optima. You guys rock.
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More to come.
