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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: Sagii on Sat, 24 September 2016, 12:43:35

Title: Laser cut keycaps in wood and acrylic!
Post by: Sagii on Sat, 24 September 2016, 12:43:35

So my girlfried came up with the idea of cutting out keycaps using a lasercutter. I tried it out today, and wanted to share the results so far!
This is definitely something I'd like to follow up on, although I haven't got much time during the next couple of months.

Album:
http://imgur.com/a/Aja7n

Title: Re: Laser cut keycaps in wood and acrylic!
Post by: 0100010 on Sat, 24 September 2016, 15:13:32

How do you ensure the stems are centered?

Title: Re: Laser cut keycaps in wood and acrylic!
Post by: Sagii on Sun, 25 September 2016, 17:46:12

Quote from: 0100010 on Sat, 24 September 2016, 15:13:32

How do you ensure the stems are centered?

As of right now, I simply ain't. This was just a couple quick prototypes to see if it could be done. Now that I know it works, I might add a couple details to the sketches to raster some guidelines.

Title: Re: Laser cut keycaps in wood and acrylic!
Post by: Tshort on Tue, 27 September 2016, 20:00:25

Do you have instructions? I can't tell from your pictures what you did. Is the stem glued to the flat top, or is there a notch in the top of the cap?

Title: Re: Laser cut keycaps in wood and acrylic!
Post by: Sagii on Fri, 02 December 2016, 11:51:45

Quote from: Tshort on Tue, 27 September 2016, 20:00:25

Do you have instructions? I can't tell from your pictures what you did. Is the stem glued to the flat top, or is there a notch in the top of the cap?

Oh, holy crap.. I haven't been on here in ages, I'm so sorry.

If it is still relevant: I simple cut a small piece of wood 4mm thick, 3mm wide, 4mm long (I think it was), with the cross for mx stems in the middle. I then glued that to a piece of acrylic that was cut in the approximate shape of a "normal" keycap.