DIY wooden keyboard kit

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DIY wooden keyboard kit

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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

6 thoughts on “DIY wooden keyboard kit

  1. Shadyman says:

    Oh wow, keys that are aligned horizontally? That’s asking for Carpal Tunnel.

  2. JPMartineau says:

    Wow, that’s one wierd keyboard layout.

  3. wquoyle says:

    If you look at the keyboard at http://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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