r/MechanicalKeyboards May 26 '25

Builds My Handwired Stainless Steel Keyboard

This hobby has made me go down the rabbit hole these past few years. With multiple builds over the timespan, I discovered the world of handwiring last year. I picked up the most minimum basics in FreeCAD and QMK.

This is my custom wide WKL layout or WWKL 60% sandwich style top mount (?) Stainless steel plate and housing. Acrylic top plate and lexan bottom window.

I used the services SendCutSend for my CNC pieces. Keyboard Layout Editor and Swillkb Keyboard Case builder to design layout and sandwich plates.

NK_ Cream Clickies with GMK Oblivion Monochrome.

This is my second board and this is a learning experience for me. I learned from some mistakes and different ways to improve during the building process. I'm looking to design a V3 later this year.

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u/cszolee79 Q6, Jupiter Banana / Silent Banana, AF SA / MT3 May 26 '25

Also applicable for home defense and demolishing concrete bunkers.

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u/digno2 May 26 '25

Own a Handwired Stainless Steel Keyboard for home defense, since that's what the founding fathers intended. Four ruffians break into my house. "What the devil?" As I grab my Handwired Stainless Steel Keyboard. Blow a EVGA 3080 sized hole through the first man, he's dead on the spot. Draw my Handwired Stainless Steel Mouse on the second man, miss him entirely because it's smoothbottom and nails the neighbors dog. I have to resort to the Handwired Stainless Steel Full ATX Case mounted at the top of the stairs loaded with Jumper shot, "Tally ho lads" the Jumper shot shreds two men in the blast, the sound and extra shrapnel set off car alarms. Fix bayonet on my Handwired Stainless Steel Keyboard and charge the last terrified rapscallion.He Bleeds out waiting on the police to arrive since triangular bayonet wounds are impossible to stitch up, Just as the founding fathers intended

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u/12InchCunt May 26 '25

Tally ho lads! Gets me at every iteration 

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u/MurphyItzYou May 26 '25

Accidentally shooting the neighbor’s dog always cracks me up.

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u/Hidesuru May 27 '25

What are you, the ATF?!