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【IC】Obelisk 65% Now With More Colors!

类型: IC
作者: SUB01
发布时间: 2021-07-05 03:33:42
更新时间: 2021-08-17 12:10:26
原链接: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=113658.0


Hello, this is an ic for a 65% keyboard that is based on obelisks in Egyptian architecture. Yugioh jokes aside, I started designing this keyboard years ago when I first graduated highschool 2 years ago when 65% keyboards were much rarer, and as an aspiring engineering student engineer and maker wanted to try designing something similar. I’m putting this out there as a way to get constructive technical and aesthetic feedback, as well as a way to curb my procrastination habits. Hopefully having people wait for updates will actually force me to start getting somewhere, so periodic reminders to get working would also be appreciated!
The plan is to have the cad files of the obelisk structure be available online for people who want to machine/print their own.
Currently, the only outer shell parts are mostly finished in cad (the silver base and the blue top). The plate, pcb, and the obelisk structure on top are still a wip. I’ll have some major questions that I still need to be answered below, but please feel free to include any additional comments.
I’ll add more concrete details like the weight and pcb specs once everything is more complete.
Specs:
Angle: 6°
Keyboard Weight:tbd
Insert Weight:tbd
Questions:
The obelisk structure sits 2.5cm tall at a 6 degree slant, would this make it too obtrusive when moving between keyboard and mouse?
The only color that is for certain right now is blue as it is my favorite color, but what color would you like to see in pictures?
People have mentioned that the back obelisk weight kind of looks like a sword, is it too distracting from the thematic?
Any major detail that I am missing?
Any other angles of the keeb that you would like to see?
Forgive me for the lack of proper renders for I am not very familiar with anything other than basic cad software, I did what I could in the fusion360 rendering. Some of the screenshots are directly from the design workspace because I thought they showed the lines better than in the rendering workspace.
2021
7/7 update: More colors! Hopefully, these colors will show the design off better. https://imgur.com/a/Yi85OlN
8/18 update: Here goes nothing, I ordered a prototype. Both top and bottom halves are matte black. I decided to experiment with gold plating for the weight and the blocker. The plate is brass as usual. I procrastinated so long that I also designed a whole new keeb. More to come of that later.

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