Should be fun!
Qwerkywriter Typewriter Inspired Mech in Wireless iPad Mode!
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SonicRevolution
- Main keyboard: The Qwerkywriter
- Main mouse: Evoluent
- Favorite switch: Topre
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Should be fun!
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SonicRevolution
- Main keyboard: The Qwerkywriter
- Main mouse: Evoluent
- Favorite switch: Topre
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yes! bluetooth! 
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SonicRevolution
- Main keyboard: The Qwerkywriter
- Main mouse: Evoluent
- Favorite switch: Topre
- DT Pro Member: -
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Buckling spring would be amazing and there would be a lot of benefits including making the keycap weight a bit higher for better feel without making the stem feel wobbly.
I honestly don't know where to even begin. I own a unicomp space saver and from what I understand they own the BS patent and have the tools? I guess in the remote chance I can afford to have alternate switches, i could ask the Unicomp guys. That does sound pretty fun!
I honestly don't know where to even begin. I own a unicomp space saver and from what I understand they own the BS patent and have the tools? I guess in the remote chance I can afford to have alternate switches, i could ask the Unicomp guys.
That does sound pretty fun!
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Paralel
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M
- Main mouse: Mechanical 2 Button
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
Unicomp has the tooling, but not the patents. The patents are all expired.SonicRevolution wrote:Buckling spring would be amazing and there would be a lot of benefits including making the keycap weight a bit higher for better feel without making the stem feel wobbly.
I honestly don't know where to even begin. I own a unicomp space saver and from what I understand they own the BS patent and have the tools? I guess in the remote chance I can afford to have alternate switches, i could ask the Unicomp guys.
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bhtooefr
- Location: Newark, OH, USA
- Main keyboard: TEX Shinobi
- Main mouse: TrackPoint IV
- Favorite switch: IBM Selectric (not a switch, I know)
- DT Pro Member: 0056
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The relevant patents are:
US 3699296 (conductive BS), IBM, expired 1991-05-21 (was not used on a keyboard)
US 4118611 (capacitive BS), IBM (reassigned to "Morgan Bank" (J.P. Morgan?) in 1991), expired 1997-08-30
US 4528431 (membrane BS), IBM (reassigned to Morgan Bank in 1991), lapsed 1997-07-09 due to non-payment
US 4859820 (foam-dampened BS), AT&T, lapsed 2001-08-22 due to non-payment (may not have been used on a keyboard)
US 5010219 (Alps BS), Alps, expired 2009-07-07 (but IBM's stuff doesn't use this, other than the Sega Teradrive keyboard (which was an IBM/Sega joint venture))
That's right, capacitive BS was patented for longer than the membrane variation.
US 3699296 (conductive BS), IBM, expired 1991-05-21 (was not used on a keyboard)
US 4118611 (capacitive BS), IBM (reassigned to "Morgan Bank" (J.P. Morgan?) in 1991), expired 1997-08-30
US 4528431 (membrane BS), IBM (reassigned to Morgan Bank in 1991), lapsed 1997-07-09 due to non-payment
US 4859820 (foam-dampened BS), AT&T, lapsed 2001-08-22 due to non-payment (may not have been used on a keyboard)
US 5010219 (Alps BS), Alps, expired 2009-07-07 (but IBM's stuff doesn't use this, other than the Sega Teradrive keyboard (which was an IBM/Sega joint venture))
That's right, capacitive BS was patented for longer than the membrane variation.
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Muirium
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- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
Besides the Bluetooth, and all the commendable style and work on show in this project, I have something similar in mind with my buckling spring Kishsaver. Like all Model Fs, it has an iPad ledge after all…
Anyone good at folding acrylic?
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SonicRevolution
- Main keyboard: The Qwerkywriter
- Main mouse: Evoluent
- Favorite switch: Topre
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woohoo! CM REP! I am a big fan! Go POLT and CM STORM Cherry MX Green TK! - There I've blurbed out my fanboy quipsCM Bram wrote:Wow thats nice
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Hypersphere
- Location: USA
- Main keyboard: Silenced & Lubed HHKB (Black)
- Main mouse: Logitech G403
- Favorite switch: Topre 45/55g Silenced; Various Alps; IBM Model F
- DT Pro Member: 0038
Try the Spacing Guild. If they can fold space, they should have no trouble with acrylic.Muirium wrote:Besides the Bluetooth, and all the commendable style and work on show in this project, I have something similar in mind with my buckling spring Kishsaver. Like all Model Fs, it has an iPad ledge after all…
Anyone good at folding acrylic?Spoiler:
Seriously, though, hats off to SonicRevolution -- the Qwerkywriter is a beautiful piece of work. Inspired!
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SonicRevolution
- Main keyboard: The Qwerkywriter
- Main mouse: Evoluent
- Favorite switch: Topre
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Thank you so much! It was a labor of love. And honestly, I'd like to own a real production Qwerkywriter myself. I mean, isn't that the best reason for doing this? 