I've been considering building my own ErgoDox for quite a while. I enjoy the idea of being in control of switch selection, firmware, and general appearance. Not to mention the satisfaction of having assembled something which I use so much daily.

At the moment I'm using a generic 105 key Cherry MX Blue keyboard. Does anyone have experience with the ErgoDox, or have tips for someone looking at building their own?

I've been using an ErgoDox for 4 or 5 years & absolutely love it.

I went with a mix of switchs (the keys my pinky hit take less force than the other keys) and it's really nice.

It took me a day or 2 to get to typing most things without errors, took a couple weeks to get back up to speed (I type much faster now, though I imaging switching to any unlabeled keyboard would have done that).

It does take patience to build, or you can get pre-made ones like the ergodox-ez or from falbatech. I went from almost 0 experience soldering to making the ergodox, the guide on massdrop was very thorough, also watched a few youtube examples.

I’m just amazed people make their own keyboards. This hasn’t sunk in yet. I’ll have to look into this. There’s an old electronic typewriter I have somewhere that could be adapted. Maybe some sort of USB thing?

Or just recreate a click keyboard with something like the cherry keys. Possibilities abound.