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Re:Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Key... by dbalatero on Thursday August 06, 2026 @02:24PM (#49200423)
I've built a few boxes:

https://www.printables.com/model/355924-clickable-touch-id-b...

https://gist.github.com/KhaosT/1406a6b6bea38f59e059c2afcb39d...

You have to carefully tear down and extract the touch id sensor, and then remount it in a box. I went the battery route so it could stay wireless. The tradeoff is the box is bigger.

Re:Show HN: I spent 2 years designing a mechanical Magic Key... by cafebeen on Thursday August 06, 2026 @04:00PM (#49201618)
Thank you, just what I was imagining! I would prefer a bigger wireless box as well.