I really enjoy industrial design and heavy keyboards. While the group buy for the HMKB was running I didn’t pull the trigger because I had other outstanding GBs. Luckily there were some extras left when it finally finished in 2023.

Facts⌗

Model no.HMKB 60
ManufacturerHeavy Metal Keyboards
Manufacture Date2023
CaseBent steel top and bottom case
Platelumberjack layout, custom made stainless steel
SwitchesCherry New Nixies (clear top blacks)
KeycapsMT3 Susuwatari
Dimensions315 × 130 × 35 mm
Weight1460 gram
PCB/Softwarelumberjack + QMK

Highlights⌗

Another lumberjack PCB, this time in the HMKB 60 case. The HMKB 60 does not support the lumberjack layout, so I had to had to copy and paste together my own plate files and order it to be manufactured. Luckily both, the creator of the lumberjack and the folks at HMKB released their plate files. I used Mill-Max sockets again to create a hot-swappable PCB.

Layouts⌗

Qwertz layer⌗

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2
3
4
5
F5
F6
F7
F8
F9
Esc
Q
W
E
R
T
Y
U
I
O
P
BS
Fn Tab
A
S
D
F
G
H
J
K
L
+
#
Shift
Z
X
C
V
B
N
M
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SftEnt
Ctlr
Alt
Gui
Alt
space ⇓
space ⇑
AltGr
Gui
Ctrl
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Function layer⌗

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Del
^1
PgUp
←
↓
→
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PgDn
Home
End
ß
Print
Scroll
Pause
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Lower layer⌗

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F7
F8
F9
F12
7
8
9
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F4
F5
F6
F11
4
5
6
Ins
F1
F2
F3
1
2
3
0
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Raise layer⌗

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