Curious why would I want two trackballs?
ErgoMechKeyboards
Ergonomic, split and other weird keyboards
Rules
Keep it ergo
Posts must be of/about keyboards that have a clear delineation between the left and right halves of the keyboard, column stagger, or both. This includes one-handed (one half doesn't exist, what clearer delineation is that!?)
i.e. no regular non-split¹ row-stagger and no non-split¹ ortholinear²
¹ split meaning a separation of the halves, whether fixed in place or entirely separate, both are fine.
² ortholinear meaning keys layed out in a grid
No Spam
No excessive posting/"shilling" for commercial purposes. Vendors are permitted to promote their products/services but keep it to a minimum and use the [vendor] flair. Posts that appear to be marketing without being transparent about it will be removed.
No Buy/Sell/Trade
This subreddit is not a marketplace, please post on r/mechmarket or other relevant marketplace.
Some useful links
- EMK wiki
- Split keyboard compare tool
- Compare keycap profiles Looking for another set of keycaps - check this site to compare the different keycap profiles https://www.keycaps.info/
- Keymap database A database with all kinds of keymap layouts - some of them fits ergo keyboards - get inspired https://keymapdb.com/
For masturbating ambidextrously
Serious answer: one for tracking, one for scrolling or zooming or rotating in blender/cad software.
Because you use each half to run a different computer.
I like alternating hands to use my trackball
Jumping in here to say I've worked with Wylder for quite some time now. He's quick witted and really knows his stuff!
I'm curious if you'd be willing to share the generator and qmk config. I've been wanting to rebuild my Dactyl with screens and a rotary controller + trackball on the right. I'm pretty set on building it myself as I've basically customized all of the parameters to better fit my hands and I'd likely need to print a bunch of cases to tune them for the modifications. That being said, I'd much rather just pay you to build it.
Of course!
I maintain a python-based generator here:
https://github.com/bullwinkle3000/dactyl-keyboard
It can be a PITA to get working to generate STL and STEP files with the cadquery engine. If you have issues, just reach out to me.
And I also have a fork of Vial-QMK here:
https://github.com/bullwinkle3000/vial-qmk
The specific setup for this build is this subdirectory:
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Holy mother of god it's gorgeous. Not sure it gets anymore endgame than that. How much would a piece of art like that cost me?
Oh, yeah, it is pricey. With all those bells and whistles, it's around $675 prior to the 10% sale discount..