Broke my arm last week, couldn’t wait for MoErgo adaptors to arrive, so I designed and printed my own (the orange pucks).
The right side of the keyboard has been positioned for my broken arm and hand position at rest.
Getting the magnets right took a little prototyping. First time using brass inserts too.
Will post these on printables so anyone else can follow suit if need be.
That is very cool. I had an accident several years ago where I had a stuck chain on a DIY electric bike motor, and I was trying to yank the chain out from between the frame of the bike and the front chainring where it had gotten stuck, and the motor engaged and took my hand around the spindle of the motor and just about pulled my right ring finger off my hand entirely. I spent that summer with a pin in my ring finger and attached to my pinky finger with a splint, and I had to learn how to type again because I’m a programmer. I ended up using Karabiner Elements with a script that would map the keys on the right side of the keyboard to the left side of the keyboard while pressing down a certain key. I ended up using a USB foot switch to put it into this mode that would let me type everything with my left hand, and when I push down on the foot switch, it would essentially turn my left hand into my right hand and that worked pretty well, but I never, ever want to do it again. Good luck with your arm this summer!
Now that is truly incredible engineering. Thanks for sharing!
It also sounds like a horrifying accident.
Relevant xkcd. Why did my brain remember that blog post from 20 years ago?
Yeah, this is it! I remember finding this exact post on my way to figuring out what I was going to do about the loss of using my dominant hand. Good memory.
Nice job!!
This doesn’t look like a MoErgo, though. Is it a new design?
Edit. Oh, I see. They have a new Go60 keyboard. Sweet!
The go60 is fantastic, I’ve been using one since it came out and it’s exactly what I needed from a split keyboard
I have used both, and while glove80 is ultimately more comfortable due to the key well, I typically never use the “FN” row keys on g80, so losing the extra keys wasn’t a big deal. The size, layout, and built in trackpads on go60 are all amazing. When I was using glove80, I was using a miryoku-style layout that has only six layers, so likewise having six thumb keys per hand feels kinda overkill like the extra upper FN row felt for me on the fingers. Ultimately I feel like a glove60 (less keys, but also with the built in trackpads from go60) would be my “perfect” keyboard since I’m not regularly traveling or commuting with my keyboard. But until something like that ever happens, the trade offs for go60 are all worth it and I ended up getting rid of my glove80 after I was sure I wouldn’t regret the switch.
I like how it minimizes the distance that you need to move your hands from your dick to reach the keys.
