Hey all,
I am fairly new on this forum and I hope I didn't miss an existing thread on this topic.
Fisrt off: I am basend in germany, so just buying parts is very difficult for me.
I plan on building a one off plate-mount and handwired keyboard but I am missing the stabilizers. I have some cherry MX keyboards laying around, but the stabilizers in there are all pcb mounted so I can't use these. I do have access to a lot of tools like a CNC mill, though.
I would like to attempt to make Costar style plate mount stabilizers. What I have decided so far:
- All plastic parts will be made from flat stock
- thus, I will adapt the design features of all plastic parts to be a 2D contour.
- I will bend the wires by hand
I will start building my own stabilizers in CAD but I am most grateful for any input on dimensions. If you have Costar stabilizers, calipers and a bit of time I would be very thankful for your help in getting some of the dimesions right.
Or are there maybe resources I didn't find that already hold everything I need?
In any case I will update this thread as progress is being made!