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1. T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 12:33:00 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)
   Guess im actually gonna start a thread about this
   
   doing a meme keyboard build because I want one of the meme keyboards
   
   at this point im ordering and waiting for the parts to come in, but ive started printing some test fabs before i print the final chassis
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   • Tyler (tyler@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 12:53:19 JST Tyler

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     I think that you and I are the only openscad users on the face of the planet.
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   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 12:57:11 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     this is the current bom
     this does exclude a couple of things (mainly the baseplate)
   • Tyler (tyler@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 12:57:13 JST Tyler

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     • Tyler
     I just went and looked at some old PRs I had bookmarked for both fast-csg and I didn't even know about the new manifold backend renderer
     
     Very neat
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   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 12:57:37 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     • Tyler
     @tyler id like to be more proficient with it
     I did however make quite a bit of stuff with it
   • Tyler (tyler@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 13:00:03 JST Tyler

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     NERD (very cool)
   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 13:00:03 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     • Tyler
     @tyler
     >NERD
     I get that alot
     >(very cool)
     I get that very rarely if ever
   • Tyler (tyler@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 13:00:49 JST Tyler

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     I started to move more towards FreeCAD since the 1.0 release it is actually really good (in comparison to 0.19a)
     
     With OpenSCAD I designed and built a remote antenna rotor and printed it, gears and all.
     
     Really powerful tool! The worst part was only the performance but I'm glad they seem to have that fixed.
     
     OpenSCAD may start being more popular and useful because your ABSOLUTE FAVORITE TECHNOLOGY, the humble LLM, should be able to speak it.
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   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 13:01:10 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     • Tyler
     @tyler
     i do pretty much all my fab work in solidworks because i leech off my school :sex:
   • BionicNigga, Raper of Waves 🌊 (bionicnigga@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 31-Jan-2025 13:07:47 JST BionicNigga, Raper of Waves 🌊

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     @theorytoe swap caps and control for that 1337 haxx0r status
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   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 15:54:38 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     first slew of parts ordered (also low res image bc idfk)
     gonna buy the other stuff from keebio/gateron tomorrow when im not running on not enough
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   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Monday, 03-Feb-2025 15:55:41 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     also the first fab test chassis has been printed, but I didnt get an email to pick it up (I assume the 3d print staff have the weekends off)
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   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2025 00:02:13 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     so last night while in the shower I realized I needed to mainboards and dunno why I didnt think of this while writing the main bom but now ive decided to gut the elite-c in favor of cheap chiggy pro-micros in a 3 pack with usb-c connections
     
     im sure this wont fuck me over :clueless:
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   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2025 00:03:44 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     downside is that if I wanna add more stuff onto this build (like caps & numlock indicator lights, oled, trackball) I dont have enough pins with the regular pro micro (the reason why the elite-c is preferred)
     
     that being said im trying to stay on a budget so ill be buying chiggy
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   • 受不了包 (shibao@misskey.bubbletea.dev)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2025 00:07:44 JST 受不了包

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     @theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe i like em because you only really need to add the pins you need to, it makes a big difference on the footprint honestly

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   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2025 00:08:29 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     • 受不了包
     @shibao true
     that being said I really only need one, however I should probably focus more on getting the build done first and getting it working before I try anything fancy
   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2025 02:34:58 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     :spunchbop: the shipping costs more than the parts+tariffs+taxes combined
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   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2025 02:43:15 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     • Iska
     @iska it is ugly because its libreoffice (im booted into linux)
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   • Iska (iska@catposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2025 02:43:17 JST Iska

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     @theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe is it ugly because it's gnu cash (idr how the software looks)

   • The Christmas Kek (the_almighty_kek@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2025 02:43:23 JST The Christmas Kek

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     • Tyler

     Solidworks is my preference, but I can only use it at work. For home use, Onshape has been really good. Not great for assemblies, but part design is basically just like SW.

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   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2025 02:44:34 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     • Iska
     @iska yes and no :deadstare:
   • Iska (iska@catposter.club)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2025 02:44:36 JST Iska

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     @theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe also ZAMN you're learning Clojure??????

   • Doc (d0c40r0@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2025 05:49:18 JST Doc

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     gangnam style ass keyboard
   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2025 05:52:03 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     • Doc
     • Tyler
     @tyler @d0c40r0 we shall see if this is worth the money
   • Tyler (tyler@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Tuesday, 04-Feb-2025 05:52:04 JST Tyler

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     • Doc
     I'd buy his BOM if he made me one too
   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 05:18:32 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     first testfab came in, I think i dont like this style of thumb cluster
     
     im going to give the manuform thumb cluster a try before I make a final print
   • Berk Berkman (berkberkman@shitposter.world)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 05:22:36 JST Berk Berkman

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     @theorytoe I wanted to make one of those myself, but with hotswap keyswitches. So far, I haven't seen much success aside from those Amoeba Kings used.
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   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Wednesday, 05-Feb-2025 05:24:02 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     • Berk Berkman
     @berkberkman I want to give a stab at hotswap pcbs, however most of the ones out there have smd mounted components, and im pretty sure the fab lab im going to be doing assembly at hoest have a hot air station for it
     
     might be a unique challenge to see if I can make a pcb that uses through-hole components and a hotswap mount style
   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 11:44:35 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     decided to paint one half and see if I like it painted before I commit
   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Friday, 07-Feb-2025 12:04:39 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     mixed feeling on this tbh
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   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Saturday, 08-Feb-2025 14:00:08 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     FUCK IT WE DRILLING INTO THIS FUCKER
     I DONT FUCKING KNOW CLOJURE BUT I KNOW FUCKING DRILL
     (there should be a hole for i/o or mcu mounts)
   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 00:22:31 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     after many days of hell and pain of designing an mcu holder but getting no results I have folded and used a different model tweaked to be as similar to the carbonfet dactyl as possible
   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 00:26:13 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     • SuperDicq
     @SuperDicq
     tbh either way is torture.
     the more curvy stuff is hell in most parametric editors if you ask me
   • SuperDicq (superdicq@minidisc.tokyo)'s status on Wednesday, 12-Feb-2025 00:26:16 JST SuperDicq

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     @theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe Modelling a shape like this in OpenSCAD instead of FreeCAD or something sounds like actual torture.

   • T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer) (theorytoe@ak.kyaruc.moe)'s status on Tuesday, 18-Feb-2025 00:52:29 JST T man :sex: :puffgiga: :puffpowerroll: (epic music enjoyer)

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     after another week of fiddling with the models, I have finally got something working; Chassis, mcu mount, and bottom plate. I ended up using blender to testfit the parts since I really dont need the accuracy of solidworks, so if the parts dont exactly fit I can just file down the join points.
     
     kindof a rant in its own right, the ""community"" around keyboards is basically entirely reddit, so a lot of the resources are rather poorly made because well, reddit. A lot of the dactly models are basically incomplete, and dont really have any form of documentation on sizing and whatnot. Of course this doesnt matter to people with tools to just make cuts or modifications to the piece as needed, but still its nice to at least have some part dimensions.
     
     this was kinda the problem with the mcu holder, it pretty much exists as an stl model, so theres no way to actually plan a model around the holder without first printing one, which is annoying for prototyping since I have to wait a week at most for turnaround on my prints since I am not directly printing them myself