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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: mikew0w on Thu, 24 July 2014, 19:49:55

Title: Hello;
Post by: mikew0w on Thu, 24 July 2014, 19:49:55

Hello.

I started using a mechanical keyboard in High School (around 15 years ago) when I heard about Model M's through a friend.

A PS/2 model M has been my primary keyboard until about 5 years ago I bought my first cherry switch based board.

I decided I wanted to improve my touch typing about 6 months ago so I decided to finally get blank keycaps so I couldn't cheat anymore. I searched reddit for keyboard subs and naturally found this place shortly there after.

Not too long after joining I bought a ErgoDox with blues off of a member on here and it is now my primary board. I've also ordered a poker with clears off massdrop that may show up sometime.

Now that that is out of the way, here are some pics of a project i've been toying with.
I found an IBM ActionWriter typewriter at a church yard sale for $3. I touched it and new it was essentially a ~60%-ish buckling spring keyboard wrapped in a typewriter. The yard sale was raising money for a mission to Nigeria and it being shortly after those girls went missing this atheist paid $5 for a $3 typewriter.

I had a teensy laying from the PS3's vulnerability days so I immediately started playing. After a series of ordering the wrong thing off digikey I finally got connectors that fit the membrane connectors. I removed the typewriter parts and cut the case in half and got the teensy in there

(http://i.imgur.com/847NtFh.jpg)
I swapped a few caps from my model M(that is now blank) and captured the matrix using the humble hacker code.
(http://i.imgur.com/rhz51EU.jpg)
Next step is to teach myself how to work with plastic and/or bondo to make a normal looking 'back' to this thing.
Best part of this project is the built in carry handle:
(http://i.imgur.com/JsaYZMg.jpg)

Oh yea; I also bolt modded it while I had it apart.
anywho, Hello all

Title: Re: Hello;
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 24 July 2014, 19:54:51

Welcome to Geekhack!

A very interesting project :)

Title: Re: Hello;
Post by: Smasher816 on Thu, 24 July 2014, 20:19:01

humble hacker code?

Title: Re: Hello;
Post by: mikew0w on Fri, 25 July 2014, 09:09:36

Quote from: Smasher816 on Thu, 24 July 2014, 20:19:01

humble hacker code?

https://github.com/humblehacker/firmware

Title: Re: Hello;
Post by: CPTBadAss on Fri, 25 July 2014, 09:13:43

That's a cool project! Welcome to Geekhack :D

Title: Re: Hello;
Post by: microsoft windows on Fri, 25 July 2014, 09:16:01

Neat project you have there!