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geekhack Community => Ergonomics => Topic started by: tofgerl on Wed, 17 August 2016, 06:04:14
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No, but seriously. I found a tiny tweak for my wrist rest, and I'm kind of proud of how well it's worked, so I thought I'd share.
Basically, I glued two magnets to the back of my wrist rest, and then two other magnets to the front of all my keyboards.
Like thus: (https://c7.staticflickr.com/8/7572/28756447470_8aed9b5157_t.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/KP7iYs)Wrist Rest "mod" (https://flic.kr/p/KP7iYs) by to***erl (https://www.flickr.com/photos/19364179@N04/), on Flickr
No, obviously this didn't make the wrist rest attach very strongly to the keyboard, it's not like I can lift the keyboard and the wrist rest comes with it, but I now never have to adjust the wrist rest. Once I've put the wrist rest "on" the keyboard, even if I move the keyboard around, the wrist rest comes with.
Try counting the number of times you adjust the wrist rest every day - you won't be able to, because you do it automatically. Still, it annoyed me, so I thought of a fix. Yes, I am an engineer, why do you ask...?
Next in my adventure of mangets, I've asked Trayke in the Sunken Mahogany Wrist Rest thread (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=83929.0) to make tiny holes for the magnets in my next wrist rest, so they'll be invisible in use, and the rest will be flush with the keyboard.
Computer engineer, I make software... Why are you asking me these questions...?
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Hahahahaha...
do your wrist rests move much? I thought they had the rubber feet on the bottom.
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Not when typing, but when I move things around on the desk, or use the mouse for a while. They have rubber feet, but the wrist rest just isn't that heavy, so it does move around.
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Not when typing, but when I move things around on the desk, or use the mouse for a while. They have rubber feet, but the wrist rest just isn't that heavy, so it does move around.
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hrrrmm magnets are definitely cheaper than adding plates to the wrist rest..
Good move