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Think the Keychron K8 Pro is too tall? No problem with a 3D printer! (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by funkyfourier@lemmy.world to c/mechanicalkeyboards@lemmy.ml

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/8615378

Designed and 3d printed my own custom case for the K8 Pro, since I thought it was too tall and I didn't want a wrist rest.

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[–] LazaroFilm@lemmy.world 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Nice! I have a K2 original version which is super tall. I’ve been thinking of doing this but never went through with it.

[–] funkyfourier@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It was way more work than I anticipated. Getting the measurements correct for the standoffs, daughterboard, switches etc took a lot of work and test prints to get right. OTOH I got a working prototype ready pretty fast (1-2 days) which basically just had the standoffs and the daughterboard exposed.

You might also consider doing something like this guy did: https://lemmy.world/post/2817315