After the immeasurable success with the first case and the fact that I have computers both at home and work, and can’t be bothered to transport a keyboard back and forth I decided to create one more. Since I had more Lou1:e PCBs and just got a new keycap set it was a natural choice to just continue working on modifying Andreas Chlupkas original design.
I did like the look and feel of fabric on the keyboard but wanted it a bit more fluffy, and I wanted to colour match the the case with the keycaps. So of to the fabric store with some of the keycaps and start looking. And since I didn’t really had decided on a look yet I bought three different fabrics.
I had to adjust the design a bit to fit more padding but after a couple of versions I had one that I felt was a good compromise between perfect and more work.
Since I print with a 1mm nozzle on the 3D-printer there is quite a bit of putty and sanding before it is ready for the paint. I found a nice braided red USB-cable that i cut and soldered into my PCB. No one has time for USB-connectors in both ends when prototyping 😉
I choose the grey fabric, which was some kind of “luxury-fleece” according to the lady at the store. I also bought some thicker padding material and the result was indeed a lot fluffier than the first version, and maybe a bit too fluffy to be honest. It took away bit from the clean lines in the original design.
It’s quite pleasant to type on and the fabric is a lot more wear resistant than the blue fabric in the first version. Even after half a years use no wear is visible anywhere.