I’m quite tall and have rather long arms. As a consequence, I rarely find myself sitting at the desk with the elbows bent at a proper angle while typing. I figured out it would be more comfortable for me to work with the keyboard sitting on my lap, tented if possible, but I couldn’t find a stable configuration with my split 34-keys board. Is there anybody that came up with a smart solution to this?

I’m also considering building a small unibody like the hummingbird, but I guess it may be too small to comfortably sit on the lap.

  • thatguyA
    1•1 year ago

    New to Lemmy, so I’ll link to my single post “blog”.

    I have since gone back and made another board. It is 17mm spacing and removed the number row as I didn’t use it much.

    • nickffOP
      1•1 year ago

      That’s an interesting design! But yeah, I agree there’s too many keys. How do you like the X switches?

      • thatguyA
        1•1 year ago

        For the price, at the moment I would say they are not worth it. 2$ a switch for X vs 1$ a switch for Chocs

        The brown switches feel good, blues need a little bit too much force for my liking. The keycaps have no shape to them and was not a good experience stock. I resin printed a slight dish shape to glue on top, night and day difference in typing feel.

        Maybe I will get some pictures, and make a second post… eventually.