Thank you, be sure to mail me any suggestions for improvement! I think
I actually CAN get a working unit soon...I have green, red, and white
clay for Jlime, Debian, and OpenWRT respectively. If I get that far, I
can paint or otherwise mark on the key surfaces.
You are cool!
On Sunday, September 11, 2011, 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 [2]
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Imposedkeys.jpg [3]
> http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Sizedkeys.jpg [4]
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Angledbuild2.jpg [5]
> http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Cardboardbacking.jpg [6]
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Keyplacement.jpg [7]
> http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Keyboardbackside.jpg [8]
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Glueapplied.jpg [9]
>
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...
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[2] http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Rolledclaykeys.jpg
[3] http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Imposedkeys.jpg
[4] http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Sizedkeys.jpg
[5] http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Angledbuild2.jpg
[6] http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Cardboardbacking.jpg
[7] http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Keyplacement.jpg
[8] http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Keyboardbackside.jpg
[9] http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Glueapplied.jpg
[10] mailto:[email protected]
[11] http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
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