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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: profet on Sat, 13 February 2016, 10:28:52

Title: 80 Key Ergodox
Post by: profet on Sat, 13 February 2016, 10:28:52
Decided to modify the litster case to support 80 keys.

Came out awesome.

Using G20 caps and 62g ergo clears.

(http://i.imgur.com/00ewOj1.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/wfl4yw3.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/rAI5bIs.jpg)
Title: Re: 80 Key Ergodox
Post by: Rhedone on Sat, 13 February 2016, 14:11:20
Looks nice do you miss any of the thumb keys while typing or are they all pretty well reachable?
Title: Re: 80 Key Ergodox
Post by: profet on Sat, 13 February 2016, 14:13:58
They are all pretty reachable. Sculpted caps on the thumb keys would probably be preferable.
Title: Re: 80 Key Ergodox
Post by: vvp on Sun, 14 February 2016, 13:29:34
Quote from: profet on Sat, 13 February 2016, 14:13:58
Sculpted caps on the thumb keys would probably be preferable.
Yep. If you can get keycaps of different heights and put tallest kecypas on the top thumb cluster row and outer column. And shortest keycaps on the bottom inner keys
 ... to achieve something like this: https://deskthority.net/post282413.html#p282413

I believe davkol has similar ergodox like you.
Title: Re: 80 Key Ergodox
Post by: Rhedone on Sun, 14 February 2016, 14:08:58
Do you mean with or without moving your hands then? I'm working on an Oobly build and want to pack as many keys on the thumb part as possible so i'm just curious.

What was your motivation to make this one?
Title: Re: 80 Key Ergodox
Post by: profet on Sun, 14 February 2016, 14:13:40
Quote from: Rhedone on Sun, 14 February 2016, 14:08:58
Do you mean with or without moving your hands then? I'm working on an Oobly build and want to pack as many keys on the thumb part as possible so i'm just curious.

What was your motivation to make this one?

I just wanted more keys. Specifically a dedicated arrow cluster.

I have since flipped the bottom row of thumbs keys as g20 caps have a steep cutout at the bottom. Having the cutouts face each other in the the thumb cluster (second row cutout bottom facing bottom row cutout top) has made the thumb clusters much more usable without moving my hands.