deskthority

I wanted to make a keyboard with a lot of keys for typing (most importantly at least 6 thumb keys), but that layout doesn't exist so I had to take matters into my own hands. When I got my hands on a beyond repair badly damaged Tanden with space invader clickies, I knew it would be the perfect candidate for a makeover. Behold my creation:



Only needed one jumper wire and one switch replacement (bit of key chatter, I think it got warped); I call that a success
Shout out to kelvinhall05 for designing the pcb

Neat custom pcb. Unusual layout for sure. What was wrong with the Tandon? I'm sure it could have been fixed. They are pretty uncommon

Case was damaged, cable was cut, missing some crucial keycaps and a couple switches were faulty. "beyond repair" was definitely an exaggeration but it wouldn't be worth the effort in my opinion. Plus, I wouldn't even use it now that I'm switching to this layout

I see, it did have quite a few issues. It is unfortunate that recyclers often cut the cables on keyboards. Btw, I noticed the one "bodge" wire. There always seems to be one on the first go

Update: the cardboard was annoying and wobble wobble so i came up with a more permanent solution