Random midnight thought · 6:30am Sep 10th, 2018
What if I designed and built a mechanical keyswitch?
This is mostly just coming from the fact that I've got a box full of drying keycaps after cleaning my half-mechanical/memchanical keyboard that I've owned literally all my life.
And as far as designing the keyswitch goes, the basic idea behind it is quite simple, anyways. The keyswitch is a type of temporary button that is designed according to a specific consumer preference regarding the tactile and audible feedback.
The biggest issue I'd likely have in designing a self-contained keyswitch model would probably be building the housing, since I don't exactly have a 3D printer.
Yes, this blog is coming up mainly because I've been thinking of getting a nice buckling-spring keyboard for myself... except I don't have the money to get even a Unicomp model on Amazon.