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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: vemv on Wed, 11 April 2012, 05:39:29

Title: Splittng a keyboard in half?
Post by: vemv on Wed, 11 April 2012, 05:39:29

Hello there,

Is it feasible to physically split a keyboard, maintaining its full functionality?

Title: Splittng a keyboard in half?
Post by: Djuzuh on Wed, 11 April 2012, 05:41:36

Short answer: no

Long answer: yes if you are very knowledgeable and skilled.

Title: Splittng a keyboard in half?
Post by: vemv on Wed, 11 April 2012, 20:39:04

Guessed so haha. I'd love to hear some success stories.

Title: Splittng a keyboard in half?
Post by: Omerta on Wed, 11 April 2012, 20:47:16

The only boards that have probably been successfully split down the middle are ergonomic boards.

Title: Splittng a keyboard in half?
Post by: Lanx on Wed, 11 April 2012, 21:23:28

click sig and know that only crazies do it for the lolz. (or ergonomics)

Title: Splittng a keyboard in half?
Post by: mich on Thu, 12 April 2012, 01:36:11

There are some tenkeyless conversions described in the mods section, this is going to be similar except that you will need to keep both halves functional.