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Lumberjack

Building the Piet was fun, but I cannot get up to speed with it. I don’t know if it is the unusual switches or the flat keycaps. But I do enjoy the layout, so I build another one with more familiar switches and keycaps.
Facts⌗
Model no. | Lumberjack |
Manufacturer | custom |
Manufacture Date | 2022 |
Case | CNC milled walnut |
Plate | fr4 |
Switches | Novelkeys Blueberries |
Keycaps | SA Oblivion |
Dimensions | 300 × 115 × 30 mm |
Weight | 1000 gram |
PCB/Software | lumberjack + QMK |
Highlights⌗
My second THT build. I really enjoy soldering it together. Designing and building a hand-wired keyboard (like my C64 themed Planck64 or the Atreus 62) is a lot of work. Especially soldering all the wires and getting the firmware set up. THT is a great alternative as soldering the switches to the PCB is easier and the firmware already exists.
This is the first time I used Mill Max Sockets to make a non-hot-swappable PCB hot-swappable. I used a sacrificial switch to get the alignments right. It was quite an easy job, I only messed up two sockets soldering the switch to the socket.
Sounds⌗
Switch | Keycaps | |
---|---|---|
Novelkeys Blueberry | SA |
Layouts⌗
Same as my first planck.
Firmware⌗
I am using QMK with this config.
Images⌗
