The Atomic Keyboard

Posted by 141drew Posted onApr 8, 2020 at 11:53 AM and filed under Reviews & Features
Updated onUpdated on May 20, 2021 at 5:54 PM

Covid project… I actually started this thing a few months ago, lost interest, and then picked it up again under quarantine. My main goal was actually to test a few bits sent to me by toolstoday.com. Specifically, I used:

  1. 1/4″ Amana Spektra coated down cut.
  2. 1/8″ Amana Spektra coated down cut.

I’m not getting paid to say this… and neither Toolstoday.com or Amana are sponsors, but holy hell these have changed the way I used my CNC. They seem to be less temperamental to speeds and feeds which is great for my flex prone machine… and they seemingly last forever.

Oh… The keyboard turned out pretty great as well.

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Krash Kadillak said:
I'm thinking a different material for your wedge spacer might have been better. Check out Adam Savage's work with Delrin plastic......
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There's a ton of materials that would be better... But under quarantine, the baltic birch is really all I had access too... But this is really just a prototype. If I decide to take it further, I might try some walnut for shits and giggles...
 
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Ryan said:
There's a ton of materials that would be better... But under quarantine, the baltic birch is really all I had access too... But this is really just a prototype. If I decide to take it further, I might try some walnut for shits and giggles...
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Forgot about that aspect...….and you DID say it was a prototype.....
 
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Nice! Like it.
If you haven't looked up Steam Punk Keyboard, it might amuse you.

I used to buy surplus keyboards from a place called Jamco in the early 80's. I would wire wrap the connections I needed to interface it with my Sinclair computer and my Atari. So I would have real keyboard instead of a membrane one. Yeah, I'm that old...
 
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So I got an offer I couldn’t refuse... and now I’m building another. Ironically the most labor intensive part is paint...
 

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Nice work!

What are the little tripods called that you're using to support that while you're painting? They look super handy.
 
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