Computing

Custom Keyboard from WASD

Here is a custom keyboard from WASD.  This is their V1 with Cherry MX red switches, their snap-on wrist rest, and "50A-R" o-rings.  The o-rings reduce the key travel slightly and soften the landing.  The slight bounce of the rubber o-ring gives the linear MX red switch a bit of tactility.  It is actually a nice compromise between typing and gaming, though they are a bit too soft for me to type fast.

I used their custom keyboard designer, which allowed me to customize the colors and legends of the ABS laser-etched keys.  They can also laser-engrave, which I did on the WASD cluster (very helpful, BTW).  I went with all symbols on the modifiers.  Unfortunately, they were out of dark-gray 1.25 unit modifiers at the time.  I did the RGBYO thing, instead.  A bit gaudy, but whatever.  The Futura font is nice.