https://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/
https://www.massdrop.com/mechanical-keyboards
I'm almost build one, because I need a replacement for my MS ergonomic Keyboard:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=79603.msg2053482
In short, MS hate me. He refuse to build a mechanical keyboard and also build the most nice Ergo (to me) but each iteration is far less durable. My actual one have several keys fade-out, and the palm rest is kaput. The original one, was rock-solid:
https://www.amazon.com/Microsoft-A11-00337-Natural-Keyboard-...
(I have see it at around US 300!)
So, I'm in the weird spot of:
- I like this keyb too much
- I can buy a more durable, but PS-2 antique, version
- I can buy a more up-to-date but cord-less (hate to recharge stuff!) and I'm confident it will break faster
- I can buy from the mech community, but do you remember? This community is CRAZY, and the options get weird and weirder!
- I can buy a commercial gaming keyboard and make my life easy. But I wanna ergo.
- I can build it myself, but do it curved is challenging, and I need to buy a custom keyset, so I need to convince like 20-30 people to do it so it not cost a eye.
Yep, this is nuts. I'm already > 1 year holding off this project, waiting for a reasonable compromise
(Not get wrong: I can settle for less. Is not that I can't, is that I wish a nicer option!) ---
The options in this space (Ergo+ Mech+ NOT CRAZY) are very limited. VERY.
You can get stuff like
or even more popular
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/infinity-ergodox
But that keyb is a example of how crazy people are. Note that is not only a weird layout, have less keys than a normal keyboard.
I could buy it instantly if a least is a "normal" tenkey-less.
Right know, is SUPER-HOT to make the keyboard with the less possible amount of keys, where 60% is like the most popular, like this
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/kbp-v60-plus-mini-mechanical-ke...
This mean a lot of material to DIY is biased torwards 60%.