DIY wooden keyboard kit

From Pink Tentacle:
Hacoa, a brand known for its high-quality, hand-made wooden keyboards and peripherals, will soon begin offering a do-it-yourself type keyboard kit that allows the purchaser to cut the keys from a plank of wood and assemble the pieces.
DIY wooden keyboard kit - Link
Posted by Gareth Branwyn |
Oct 3, 2007 02:00 PM
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| Posted by: Shadyman on October 3, 2007 at 9:34 PM |
Oh wow, keys that are aligned horizontally? That's asking for Carpal Tunnel.
| Posted by: wquoyle on October 4, 2007 at 3:57 AM |
If you look at the keyboard at www.hacoa.com then the keyboard layout is pretty conventional; I believe the image above is the uncut kit version, I guess easier to route if you layout the keys in a grid like fashion. You cut the keys out yourself then fix them to base plate, laid out in a conventional manner (though a mini keyboard, no numeric pad, cursors etc.)
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