To try something different instead of the usual hand-wiring I opted for a home made, one of the kind, super handcrafted PCB.
This is the HHFox project (still on going)
The procedure involves handling of dangerous materials. Do not try it at home If you really have to, ALWAYS wear safety glasses and gloves. I'm not responsible for any damage blah blah blahLet's start from the beginning.
1) Cut a piece a vanilla copper PCB
2) Drill switch (and diodes) holes with zen monk precision
3) I used inkscape to draw my PCB trails (since I'm no good with kicad and such
4) Draw the trails on the PCB with a waterproof marker and (just to be sure) with liquid silicone. Put the wannabe PCB into acid (ferric chloride)
5) A couple of hours later...
6) All diodes in position, soldered and ready to diodize
7) All switches soldered
7b) Naked front
8 ) Teensy ready
9) It's alive! ... or... look ma' no screws!
10) Swear! The keyboard is not 100% functional and I need another day of debug. The whole process took about 16 hours.
I'll post better shots as soon as I debug this beauty. Stay tuned