The QAZerBeam
Posted: 26 Mar 2022, 03:53
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]
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]
