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Figuring out ergonomics thanks to 3D printing

Rapid prototyping is an incredible tool nowadays. I started working on this concept a few hours ago, and I can already try out if it works. Turns out, it kinda works. I will lower the pinky rows and

I love my printer!

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Hey I did a similar thing recently, even printed the pcb to get a feeling of dimensions etc

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That looks to me to be larger than standard spacing (19.05x19.05) of the keys, does it not require a bit of stretching to use?

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I have very large hands so it's mostly fine. Thanks for the standard spacing tho, I used 20mm because it was convenient 😅

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Ergogen

No, good old TikerCAD and a lot of free time :D

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I do this same thing but with laser cut cardstock. I also made a set of individual columns from cardstock with a mm scale on them. A little double sided tape onto my desk or another piece of cardboard, and I can very rapidly iterate on a design

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