Re:How I built a keyboard by hand
by technomancy on Monday October 10, 2016 @10:07PM
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The original title was "by hand" which is much better because the main thing that distinguishes this from hundreds of other build logs is that the switch plate was not cut with a laser or waterjet, but with hand tools.
Re:How I built a keyboard by hand
by nickpsecurity on Monday October 10, 2016 @11:32AM
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He built a keyboard without the keys or switches. That would be the most useless keyboard ever made until... he obtained pre-made keys and switches from a keyboard vendor. The gripe stands despite this being cool. A more honest description would be he made part of a keyboard or maybe the frame of one.
Re:How I built a keyboard by hand
by no_protocol on Monday October 10, 2016 @11:35AM
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All the switches do is close a connection between two wires. He could have used bent paperclips and taped cardboard on top of each one for the keys. Would you be happy then?
Re:How I built a keyboard by hand
by nickpsecurity on Monday October 10, 2016 @04:25PM
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That would be a fully-custom keyboard. So yes.
Switching from keycaps to some substitute wouldn't be technically harder to pull off, it would just reduce usability. Same for switches -- the input/output of these switches is created with keyboards in mind, other switch choices including a homemade version would be possible, but he didn't set out to create 100 switches, he wanted to make a keyboard.