| rw-r--r-- | christian | 87K | August 20 2023 | Freebird_Lumberjack.md |
Freebird 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. | Freebird Lumberjack |
| Manufacturer | custom |
| Manufacture Date | 2023 |
| Case | Freebird60 e-white |
| Plate | fr4 |
| Switches | Zealios V2 65gram |
| Keycaps | MT3 Jukebox |
| Dimensions | 295 × 105 × 30 mm |
| Weight | 990 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⌗
Similar to first planck but with some additional keys mapped on the first row.
Qwertz layer⌗
Function layer⌗
Lower layer⌗
Raise layer⌗
Images⌗
