1y ago

How do you use your keyboard on your lap?

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.

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Ben Vallack made a video really close to your question. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iOupyi-lQZM annnnd of course ~14 months later he found a better way. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mT3TToFqqEU
My keyboard designs are unibody with a slight split, very similar to the lumberjack. when I break it apart , a slight angle really makes it comfortable to use. but nothing really beats having your arms shoulder width apart, as it helps put the shoulder blades sit in a more natural placement.
- I think I've seen every single video by Ben Vallack, he's actually the one that got me into the hobby. And the idea of the magnetic clamps I mentioned in another comment partly comes from his ideas. Strapping the keyboard to my legs didn't work well for me instead, too wobbly. I'd be curious to have a look at your designs.
  
  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.
  
  That's an interesting design! But yeah, I agree there's too many keys. How do you like the X switches?
  
  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.
  
  Thank you for the info!

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