Keychron Q1 Pro (taped, foamed), Tecsee Coral switches (two-stage spring, lubed, filmed), ACGAM Gradient Side Engraved OEM Profile Keycap Set.
I found this nice piece of wood in the scrap pile. I think it's red oak but can't be positive. profiled it and performed a super sketchy cut on the table saw to give it a nice even bevel.
10 Comments
coralof@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
Nice! I like the color fade. Both my keyboards seem fairly plain in comparison.
ImpossibilityBox@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 3y
I don't have a photo of my other two but they are both Black on Black. Plain is fine!
MHcharLEE@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
I always wanted to make my own wrist rest. You've done a splendid job. I'm guessing from your description the process wasn't super difficult?
Also, love the key caps. Gradient sets are doing it for me.
ImpossibilityBox@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
nope wasn't to difficult at all. Some basic knowledge of tools should have you covered. If you have more patience than I do it's entirely possible to make with just hand tools.
humanplayer2@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 3y
Nice work! A tablesaw, you say? I've wondered how to add angle to a board. I've been thinking about just filling away, or using a planer.
After, you've sanded and olied it?
ImpossibilityBox@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y
Yup, I played around with using a hand plane but got impatient and wasn't confident I could get an even smooth angle across the whole thing. So I stood the board up against the fence and kicked the blade over at a 15ish degree angle.
After that as you said sanded and oiled. I used Tung oil for the finish.
crankin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
That's funny, I've made a few of these and always thought to myself, "I can knock this out with a hand plane way faster than I could set up my table saw." A few swipes with a no5 and a couple swipes with a smoother and I'm done. I guess it all depends on how familiar you are with which tools (and of course, whether you're making a couple vs a whole bunch)
tatzelkatz@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 3y
Not for me, but very nice. Good work!
hannadryad@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 3y
That looks top notch. I have a Q7 and I'm thinking of getting a full profile, hot swappable keyboard from Keychron next. Kind of interested to find out what all of that jargon in brackets in your post means but I have plenty of time for that 😁
trash@midwest.social · 1 pts · 3y
I too did a sketchy cut on a table saw when making my wrist rest! Looks great.