You are cool! On Sunday, September 11, 2011, <[email protected]> wrote: > Emboldened by my success with the minor rebuild of my nanonote keyboard, I have got a crazy idea. Why not try to make one from scratch? I am in a unique position because unlike normal mechanical keyboards, which could never be machined by hand, the Nanonote keyboard is actually rather simple. After searching for pre-existing key materials, I settled on modeling clay as a test material. I rolled the stuff out with a rolling pin, then used a plain kitchen knife to cut the right sized squares. I measured 8mm long by 7mm tall for each key and about 1mm thick. The first 2 batches were too thick, but in time I will probably get that down to a more thin sheet. Since I could not find a spare credit card for the backing, I sunk to using cardboard. To adhere the keys to the back and to each other, I used my old standby fabric paint (not as smelly as silicone). After that dries, I still need to add nipples on the back for the keys to have reasonable action. We'll see how it goes. Here are the pics of so far. BTW, I know I'm crazy. > > > http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Rolledclaykeys.jpg > http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Imposedkeys.jpg > http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Sizedkeys.jpg > http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Angledbuild2.jpg > http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Cardboardbacking.jpg > http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Keyplacement.jpg > http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Keyboardbackside.jpg > http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Glueapplied.jpg > > You may be interested, or this may oddly anger you. It seems a little unimportant and frivolous even to me right now, but let me know that you think... > > _______________________________________________ > Qi Hardware Discussion List > Mail to list (members only): [email protected] > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion >
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