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- 05 Nov 2015, 06:55
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Katy keyboard (or K80CS (Key80 Contoured Split))
- Replies: 181
- Views: 134104
- 13 Jul 2015, 08:39
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Katy keyboard (or K80CS (Key80 Contoured Split))
- Replies: 181
- Views: 134104
- 13 Jul 2015, 08:34
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Curved Split Keyboard Prototype
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7678
- 30 Jun 2015, 23:35
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Curved Split Keyboard Prototype
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7678
6 months later, and I'm liking these Matias clickies more. A blast of air fixes the issue when they start registering double clicks, and that hasn't been needed in a while. I _love_ having the numbers all on the left hand. It is just awesome for coding. Right now I couldn't be any happier with this ...
- 16 Jan 2015, 19:12
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Curved Split Keyboard Prototype
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7678
The screen lock is via custom software running in the background of windows that forks input to the appropriate network computer. The keyboard's firmware does already send an immediate signal when a key is pressed and checks for that signal more than once per millisecond, regardless of whether anoth...
- 14 Jan 2015, 16:08
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Katy keyboard (or K80CS (Key80 Contoured Split))
- Replies: 181
- Views: 134104
What games do people macro strafe jumps in? In q3a that would be sacrilege. Honestly, I don't think there's ever going to be a bowl-shaped keyboard that will be streamlined enough for any mainstream attention. After owning/using them for a while, you kinda forget just how alien they look to someone ...
- 14 Jan 2015, 00:53
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Curved Split Keyboard Prototype
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7678
http://i.imgur.com/zUw6daF.png Above is the layout I moved to after months of tweaks. I ended up much preferring having to shift my hand ever so slightly up to use the arrow keys than to use secondary layer. The screen lock is true to its name, locking my mouse (tablet) cursor inside the current co...
- 14 Jan 2015, 00:28
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Katy keyboard (or K80CS (Key80 Contoured Split))
- Replies: 181
- Views: 134104
- 03 Oct 2014, 09:39
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: First experiments in CNC
- Replies: 210
- Views: 79231
- 01 Oct 2014, 04:16
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Curved Split Keyboard Prototype
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7678
- 29 Sep 2014, 07:41
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Curved Split Keyboard Prototype
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7678
Welp, I'm learning why the 1087 was rightly considered a cheaply built keyboard. These switches are not very reliable. Individual switches like to start to report multiple hits, and it's not from the common mechanical bounce that can be solved via firmware. I don't know if this is a problem common t...
- 02 Sep 2014, 15:14
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Katy keyboard (or K80CS (Key80 Contoured Split))
- Replies: 181
- Views: 134104
- 03 Aug 2014, 02:13
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Katy keyboard (or K80CS (Key80 Contoured Split))
- Replies: 181
- Views: 134104
- 01 Aug 2014, 15:54
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: First experiments in CNC
- Replies: 210
- Views: 79231
If you’re doing a bunch of keycaps at once, maybe using a 1.5mm (or 1/16") drill bit to drill the center of the cross for each stem would speed you up somewhat. You should be able to plunge a lot better with a drill than with a very skinny end mill. This is something that people like to do with met...
- 31 Jul 2014, 20:23
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: First experiments in CNC
- Replies: 210
- Views: 79231
Most people use the top edge of a ball mill to do the stepped profiles to get closer to the desired shape and have less to hand sand. It can work well with wood since it's a bit more forgiving than plastic. What did you do? It looks incredibly smooth already for not having been sanded. I use Sprutca...
- 31 Jul 2014, 17:22
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: First experiments in CNC
- Replies: 210
- Views: 79231
Here's a visual http://i.imgur.com/H5E64WC.jpg The very same thing obviously applies to ball mills, which is why I try to avoid them when working in soft materials like acrylic. You are likely to get a better finish doing small steps with a square end mill like I did with the sharkskin key caps than...
- 31 Jul 2014, 17:01
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: First experiments in CNC
- Replies: 210
- Views: 79231
If you want to post on CNCzone and not get snubbed, you better quit calling them bits :) I've had good luck with Niagara, YG, and Precision Twist end mills. I'm still in the process of evaluating Richards Micro and Lakeshore carbide to see if they are any better/worse. I've had some really bad chine...
- 30 Jul 2014, 19:35
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: First experiments in CNC
- Replies: 210
- Views: 79231
- 30 Jul 2014, 01:44
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: First experiments in CNC
- Replies: 210
- Views: 79231
- 29 Jul 2014, 20:48
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: First experiments in CNC
- Replies: 210
- Views: 79231
- 29 Jul 2014, 18:22
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: First experiments in CNC
- Replies: 210
- Views: 79231
2 flute or 1 flute? I've been doing my acrylic cuts on the high end of the recommended SFM, 600 f/min. Getting very smooth cuts at 18.5k RPM w/ a 2 flute uncoated end mill .125" dia at 90 IPM. By two 1.5mm paths do you mean the depth of cut? That'd be a .06" DOC, and I've been limiting myself to .02...
- 29 Jul 2014, 15:36
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: First experiments in CNC
- Replies: 210
- Views: 79231
^ don't leave me hanging man. Give us more specifics!Zekromtor wrote: ↑Looks like a nice edge finish, I'm assuming you didn't have to polish/flame the edge after. Are you using a single flute routing bit designed for plastic? What RPM?
- 29 Jul 2014, 04:27
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: split stenograph with numpad
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10930
- 29 Jul 2014, 04:20
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Curved Split Keyboard Prototype
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7678
Yes they are the XMs off a 1087, hard to tell in the overexposed pic, but they are green. I could go on a rant about that keyboard... how they kinda screwed up making it so cheap when they could have put some more money into solid components and marketed the alps clone keyboard more properly as a hi...
- 28 Jul 2014, 17:39
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Curved Split Keyboard Prototype
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7678
- 27 Jul 2014, 17:57
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Curved Split Keyboard Prototype
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7678
Well I'm giving this keyboard another try. The bottom rows now can be pressed properly now that I have an extra 3/4" pad on the palm rest, but still going to require the usual tweaking to get the palm rest, tenting, etc dialed in to where my hands like it. I just shouldn't have made such a snap judg...
- 26 Jul 2014, 23:56
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Curved Split Keyboard Prototype
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7678
I agree with all you've said. About the bottom row aggressive tilting as well, I'd like to try that. It will require a substantially higher palm rest, and it already needs some significant changes in that department. Do you know anyone currently using one of those datastealth type keyboards where yo...
- 26 Jul 2014, 19:06
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Curved Split Keyboard Prototype
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7678
What do you currently type on? And are you a hand floater or do you type with your palm planted? What works best depends greatly on that, and I'd agree that a classic typist that floats their hands will prefer a keyboard with keys that are more uniformly orientated unquestionably. I'm not convinced ...
- 25 Jul 2014, 20:42
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: First experiments in CNC
- Replies: 210
- Views: 79231
- 25 Jul 2014, 00:12
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Curved Split Keyboard Prototype
- Replies: 22
- Views: 7678
That would be more like the Kinesis layout, and for whatever reason my fingers don't like making use of the bottom row much in that case. I mixup the bottom two rows way too often and it's a mess. I specifically moved the home row down to avoid that issue, with only one step to reach the bottom row....