I accidentallyed on to an etsy search for diy/3Dprinted input devices. I didn’t know things had gotten so wacky. There is a charm in it.

individual images as pictured above, with links

I only included general-purpose devices to be used with a computer. There are also a lot of similar that are more particular in scope, like for gaming or music.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1235848485

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1794595199

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1611887621

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1455788841

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1708081897

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1745070932

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4390959934

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1818650330/

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4383876994

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4369697061

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1781943947

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1515191305

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4377100365

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1721444810

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1665096354

https://www.etsy.com/listing/1756466609

Anyone using, or tried using, any of these?

  • DornerStan@lemmygrad.mlEnglish
    4·
    5 months ago

    Also check out the Svalboard, which imo is peak keyboard input design (but expensive because no mass production)

    • machinya [it/its, fae/faer]@hexbear.netEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      first time seeing it and it looks amazing. base module looks great but having a trackball or a trackpad on the palm looks very hard to use correctly. if it was not for the price point, i would totally get one even if it’s just to try it. keyboards are great but there must be a better input method out there

    • Imnecomrade [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      3·
      5 months ago

      https://svalboard.com/

      I’ve been looking for an open source customizable keyboard as an alternative to the proprietary CharaChorder (CW: Joe Rogan advert flash, wtf lmao). The full kit is $1050, holy shit, though you can get the parts for ~$430 and 3D print the rest yourself. I may consider getting this. My new year’s resolution is to get my 3D printer running for once so I can build a custom bracket for my high capacity hard drives and to be able to do these kind of projects. I regret getting the Moonlander now.

      I wonder if I would prefer double trackballs, or maybe one side a trackpad or trackpoint. I’d probably get a couple extra modules to switch them around, but it seems while trackballs are probably more useful, sometimes having the trackpad or trackpoint could be handy. I like that this keyboard is similar to the shape of my Elecom HUGE, which is one of my favorite trackballs to work with and feels comfortable in my hand.