The QAZerBeam

[Baby]

A mash up of two of my favorite boards. The QAZ and the IBM 5251 Beamspring.

Designed in fusion 360. Printed on an Ender 3 Pro.

Started with a good picture of the side and extruded the profile from that. Tinkered with some plate generators to get the fit right.

Because Beamspring switches are:
1) impossible to get
2) capacative, meaning if have to design a PCB

I went with the next best thing (to me), Kalih Navies.

The board also boasts a solenoid to give it that authentic sound as you clatter and click.

The keycaps are from a Teletype Dataspeed 40. I am rehabbing one and acquired a second in the process so I had some spare caps. I had to print little adapters for them on a Anycubic Resin Printer to get them to work properly.

It prints in one solid piece, and on the bottom I put a clear piece of acrylic.

For Rev 2 I plan on making a seat for the solenoid, as right now it's kinda just rigged in there. Adding a piezo buzzer when it xomes in the mail later this week. Giving keys .1mm of space to the left and right if the board as it is a hair tight, though useable.

Almost forgot. I put the controller plug on the wrong side so I had to make a make shift hole in the back that is hideous, will also be fixed.

[stl files][https://github.com/ImYourHuckleberry/QAZER_BEAM]

[Muirium]

THIS is why we should never have been allowed to make our own keyboards! It's magnificent!

[thefarside]

That is so cute it hurts

Interesting you think Kalih Navies are the next best thing. I’ve not had much experience with cherry switches so I might have to give them a try.

[Baby]

That is so cute it hurts

Interesting you think Kalih Navies are the next best thing. I’ve not had much experience with cherry switches so I might have to give them a try.

So I go for tactile loud switches. With the solenoid on you can barely hear then. Might be a way to get the auditory click I want while experimenting with linear switches. Navies are the clickiest switch out there so that's what I went with/had around

[Findecanor]

♥♥ Rabu-bimu! ♥♥

[mmm]

Thanks for sharing this, I'm in awe! Do the case amplify the navies even more?

[CaesarAZealad]

God I remember seeing bits of this thing's development in the discrod. God bless your madness.

[Baby]

Added the repo for the files

[ntv242ver2]

ha ha this is sick, well done man

[thefarside]

We need a typing video

[Baby]

We need a typing video

[Muirium]

Fixed that for you. When using the YouTube tag on DT: you strip out the rest of the URL before the video ID at the end.