Atreus build part 1: Dry fitting the keyboard parts
This post belongs to the Atreus build series, which was introduced by Onward with the Atreus keyboard.
I received the laser-cut sheet of plywood yesterday. This time I will let pictures speak for themselves.
Laser-cut plywood sheet of the individual Atreus casing elements.
Individual casing elements, lightly sanded and coated with beeswax. The two additional spacers at the bottom are spares.
Close-up of the casing layers, from top (foreground) to bottom (background).
Dry fitting the casing with key switches and breakout board.
Dry fitting the casing with key switches and breakout board.
Note the short clearance under the key switches pins; there isn’t much space for wiring under the switches, it will have to be done alongside the switch pins. That is, I could use one or two of the additional spacers from the sheet, but I will try to keep the casing as thin as possible.
The clearance under the key switches is rather short when using two spacers (3mm each).
I am very happy with my change to the spacers to accommodate for the USB-C breakout board, it looks good with the snug fit and rounder corners.
The spacers differ from the original Atreus to leave enough room for the USB-C breakout board.
Next step: gluing the key switches and wiring things up.