this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2025

287 points (98.6% liked)

3DPrinting

19365 readers

30 users here now

3DPrinting is a place where makers of all skill levels and walks of life can learn about and discuss 3D printing and development of 3D printed parts and devices.

The r/functionalprint community is now located at: or !functionalprint@fedia.io

There are CAD communities available at: !cad@lemmy.world or !freecad@lemmy.ml

Rules

No bigotry - including racism, sexism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, or xenophobia. Code of Conduct.
Be respectful, especially when disagreeing. Everyone should feel welcome here.
No porn (NSFW prints are acceptable but must be marked NSFW)
No Ads / Spamming / Guerrilla Marketing
Do not create links to reddit
If you see an issue please flag it
No guns
No injury gore posts

If you need an easy way to host pictures, https://catbox.moe/ may be an option. Be ethical about what you post and donate if you are able or use this a lot. It is just an individual hosting content, not a company. The image embedding syntax for Lemmy is ![](URL)

Moderation policy: Light, mostly invisible

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

andypiper@lemmy.world

j4k3@lemmy.world

GrayBackgroundMusic@lemmy.zip

287

I 3d printed a custom sized keyboard using open source software and hardware designs. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 months ago by naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

75 comments fedilink hide all child comments

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/45765963

The design is based on the excellent Dactyl keyboard, generated with https://ryanis.cool/cosmos/ and it runs the excellent qmk firmware. It is handwired:

and I have also made a palm support using inkscape and openscad

All printed on a reprap prusa i3 derivative.

This helps me use my computer with less pain, so I want to call out all the wonderful projects and people who contribute to them which made it possible.

Total cost? $60 aud, amortised filament ~15 bucks worth maybe? and a lot of my time haha.

(page 2) 27 comments

sorted by: hot top controversial new old

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Can I have one?

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

If you need stuff printed I, or someone more local, would be more than happy to help. Otherwise all the knowledge and tools are available for free.

[–] 01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 1 points 2 months ago

Did you print your keycaps, too??

[–] gusgalarnyk@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I moved to Germany and had to sell my 3d printer for the move, but when I pick up a new one finalizing a custom dactyl keyboard will be one of my first projects. I use an ergodox ez right now (they're amazing do check them out if you want a pre built solution), but I want as many thumb keys as I can possibly handle so I want to upgrade to a custom solution.

This is really cool to see, thanks for sharing!

[–] Thrashin_Victim@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Reminds me of something from the Neverhood Game.

[–] TheKingBee@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

reminds me of naked lunch

[–] sirico@feddit.uk 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dactyl! I've really wanted to build one and embrace the Coleman. How was the build?

load more comments (1 replies)

[–] vala@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (4 children)

Too many keys

[–] naevaTheRat@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Sorry your childhood sucked and you never learned how to talk like a decent human being.

load more comments (2 replies)

[–] SkunkWorkz@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago

Found a Planck user

load more comments (2 replies)

load more comments