I 3d printed a custom sized keyboard using open source software and hardware designs.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45765963
The design is based on the excellent Dactyl keyboard, generated with https://ryanis.cool/cosmos/ and it runs the excellent qmk firmware. It is handwired:
and I have also made a palm support using inkscape and openscad
All printed on a reprap prusa i3 derivative.
This helps me use my computer with less pain, so I want to call out all the wonderful projects and people who contribute to them which made it possible.
Total cost? $60 aud, amortised filament ~15 bucks worth maybe? and a lot of my time haha.
Man, 3d printing is punk as fuck, I love when people post bespoke shit.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45765963
The design is based on the excellent Dactyl keyboard, generated with https://ryanis.cool/cosmos/ and it runs the excellent qmk firmware. It is handwired:
and I have also made a palm support using inkscape and openscad
All printed on a reprap prusa i3 derivative.
This helps me use my computer with less pain, so I want to call out all the wonderful projects and people who contribute to them which made it possible.
Total cost? $60 aud, amortised filament ~15 bucks worth maybe? and a lot of my time haha.
Dactyl! I've really wanted to build one and embrace the Coleman. How was the build?
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Dactyl! I've really wanted to build one and embrace the Coleman. How was the build?
I strongly recommend checking verticle clearance for the microcontroller if you angle it.
I also strongly recommend living somewhere where asking for enameled wire with an enamel that can be burned off with solder doesn't get you blank stares.
If you can't do the latter Livingston sells scapels which work well to remove insulation in the middle of wires.
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Man, 3d printing is punk as fuck, I love when people post bespoke shit.
Tinkering with electronics alone indoors is like the opposite of punk.
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Tinkering with electronics alone indoors is like the opposite of punk.
Don't tell me that you're one of those people that think punk is all about attitude and loud music. DIY and community building is punk af.
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Oh now this is different than I've heard, some others have had issues switching back and forth. So maybe I will give it a try, once I've got qwerty up to a decent speed and I feel comfortable with it.
Right now it's a problem because if I'm in a hurry, I'm tempted to type the old way, or a broken mixture of the two that messes with what I've learned. Not good. Gotta slow down and do it right, bah..
Thanks for the recommendations, I'm gonna put a 3d printed split board on my list of things I'll definitely get to some day and totally won't get pushed off the back of the furthest back burner lol
Lol. For context, it took me maybe two weeks to get back up to full speed on a new typing layout. When I moved to Germany they moved some keys around on standard qwerty and it took me a couple of days.
If you're already touch typing I think most changes are easy to adapt to and don't overwrite previous muscle memory. Your brain is powerful, believe it is and it will work.
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Lol. For context, it took me maybe two weeks to get back up to full speed on a new typing layout. When I moved to Germany they moved some keys around on standard qwerty and it took me a couple of days.
If you're already touch typing I think most changes are easy to adapt to and don't overwrite previous muscle memory. Your brain is powerful, believe it is and it will work.
That's good to know, thanks! I'm still just learning to touch type. I spent a few decades typing fast enough but always looking at the keys. This year I've started learning touch typing, I'm only a half dozen hours in, so still pretty new.
But when I get good I'll take this into consideration! Thanks!
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45765963
The design is based on the excellent Dactyl keyboard, generated with https://ryanis.cool/cosmos/ and it runs the excellent qmk firmware. It is handwired:
and I have also made a palm support using inkscape and openscad
All printed on a reprap prusa i3 derivative.
This helps me use my computer with less pain, so I want to call out all the wonderful projects and people who contribute to them which made it possible.
Total cost? $60 aud, amortised filament ~15 bucks worth maybe? and a lot of my time haha.
Purple dactyl represents
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Purple dactyl represents
How is trackball? I wasn't sure how easily layering would work giving up easy access to half the thumb cluster.
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Interesting
why? Just curiousI tried other layouts because it's easy with an on-screen phone keyboard, just an oftion in the app menu, and Colemak felt the most intuitive to use. I didn't have to get used to it, it felt natural from the start.
It's not as easy to switch with a physical keyboard, with so many games having movement and other functions tied to specific keys that assume a qwerty layout, so I kept using what I was used to in that circumstance. I don't even think about it.
One of these days, I'll probably buy/set up a physical Colemak keyboard, and see how that is with games.
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How is trackball? I wasn't sure how easily layering would work giving up easy access to half the thumb cluster.
Sadly I couldn't get a bearing/ball mix that wouldn't feel "gritty".
Otherwise the hand position is nice and layering is easy to use even with the ball. Overall nice to use and great setup for CAD software.
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Sadly I couldn't get a bearing/ball mix that wouldn't feel "gritty".
Otherwise the hand position is nice and layering is easy to use even with the ball. Overall nice to use and great setup for CAD software.
Tried ball transfer units?
I've found Ruby balls ok sometimes but BTUs are where it's at. Expensive though.
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Very cool! Can I crosspost to [email protected] ?
Holy cow! I didn't know about that community, thank you!
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45765963
The design is based on the excellent Dactyl keyboard, generated with https://ryanis.cool/cosmos/ and it runs the excellent qmk firmware. It is handwired:
and I have also made a palm support using inkscape and openscad
All printed on a reprap prusa i3 derivative.
This helps me use my computer with less pain, so I want to call out all the wonderful projects and people who contribute to them which made it possible.
Total cost? $60 aud, amortised filament ~15 bucks worth maybe? and a lot of my time haha.
Did you print your keycaps, too??
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I tried other layouts because it's easy with an on-screen phone keyboard, just an oftion in the app menu, and Colemak felt the most intuitive to use. I didn't have to get used to it, it felt natural from the start.
It's not as easy to switch with a physical keyboard, with so many games having movement and other functions tied to specific keys that assume a qwerty layout, so I kept using what I was used to in that circumstance. I don't even think about it.
One of these days, I'll probably buy/set up a physical Colemak keyboard, and see how that is with games.
I know I'm late but my keyboard has a physical switch I can use to change layouts.
I really can't type on QWERTY anymore but if I'm too lazy to change/remap the game to work with Colemak I'll just flip it to QWERTY to play.
Though if the game has chat you want to use you don't have much choice but to remap the controls.
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I know I'm late but my keyboard has a physical switch I can use to change layouts.
I really can't type on QWERTY anymore but if I'm too lazy to change/remap the game to work with Colemak I'll just flip it to QWERTY to play.
Though if the game has chat you want to use you don't have much choice but to remap the controls.
wrote last edited by [email protected]How does that work? Does it move all the keys around for you or is it, like, double-sided? Or it just changes the layout used by the system while you're in a game? That sounds useful as long as you aren't typing in chat.
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How does that work? Does it move all the keys around for you or is it, like, double-sided? Or it just changes the layout used by the system while you're in a game? That sounds useful as long as you aren't typing in chat.
My keyboard has no letters on it, so the layout doesn't matter. I made myself learn to not look at it.
The switch changes what the keyboard is telling the computer I'm pressing. The computer itself is set to QWERTY.
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My keyboard has no letters on it, so the layout doesn't matter. I made myself learn to not look at it.
The switch changes what the keyboard is telling the computer I'm pressing. The computer itself is set to QWERTY.
I've never seen one like that before. Very interesting!
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Very cool!
Honest question, does using a keyboard like this make you forget how to use a standard one?
I know op did it for the pain, so it's a moot point. But if I did it just because it's cool, and to avoid injury in the future, would I mess up my normal keyboard abilities?
I normally use a Kinesis Advantage 2 (but in qwerty, unlike OP), and I can go back to a standard layout qwerty board with just a small adjustment period - I keep hitting "x" when I mean to hit "c", sort of thing. But it's an adjustment I can make "mid-stream" so to speak; I just use the board and get used to it again as I go.
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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45765963
The design is based on the excellent Dactyl keyboard, generated with https://ryanis.cool/cosmos/ and it runs the excellent qmk firmware. It is handwired:
and I have also made a palm support using inkscape and openscad
All printed on a reprap prusa i3 derivative.
This helps me use my computer with less pain, so I want to call out all the wonderful projects and people who contribute to them which made it possible.
Total cost? $60 aud, amortised filament ~15 bucks worth maybe? and a lot of my time haha.
Can I have one?
