Whats different between STONER and Dactyl-CC?

• Added a couple of millimeters between the keys and the walls to allow for easier soldering.
• Removed some of the more extreme angles to allow for easier sanding/priming/paining.
• Added a 10mm wall to the base plate to raise the keyboard.
• Move the screw holes around a bit to make sure the bottom sits flush and there are no gaps in the corners.
• Removed the square holes, these are going to go into the walls in the base.
• Restructured the build step.
  • watch_and_build.sh

What needs to be done?

• Add reccess for the M3 screws so they sit flush in the base
• Figure out what microcontroller to use and cut out a piece for its USB in the bottom plate.
• Figure out how to integrate a Thinkpad Trackpoint.

Why is it called STONER?

the beST keybOard iN thE univeRse

Acknowledgements

This keyboard is essentially a dactyl-cc with slight modifications outlined above. So thanks a million mjohns for designing the second best keyboard in the universe.

Furthermore, none of this would be possible wihout the third best keyboard in the universe, the Kinesis Advantage. If you dont feel like faffing around with 3D printing and soldering this is bar none, imho, the best ergonomic keyboard you can buy. Ergodox is neat, but from a purely ergonomic standpoint the Kinesis is so much more confortable.

If the Kinesis Advantage is so good, why print a copy?

• The firmware isn't terribly flexible or fun, you can ofc muck about and get QMK to run but I dont feel like messing with my Advantage.
• Whilst there are mods to get bluetooth and USB-C charging, I dont feel like messing with my Advantage.
• Its quite large, I would love to have a bowl of candy or cereal between my hands for long sessions, and the curvature between the finger islands make the bowl slide around.
• To integrate a trackpoint you need to bring out a dremel. The keyboard is >300$, and I have no confidence in my ability to create anything else than a very expensive broken piece of plastic.

How do I build?

First start by building dactyl.

$ cmake src # You only need to do this once
$ make # Creates a binary that generates .scad
$ ./dactyl # Generates the .scad files that can be opened and viewed in OpenSCAD

This gets tedious quickly if you are making many changes. Simply run watch_and_build.sh and open the .scad file you are interested in inside OpenSCAD, make a change and it will all automagically recompile and re-render the changes inside OpenSCAD.

Once you have generated your scad you need to render STL's (these are already in things)

$ ./makeThings.sh

How long does it take to print?

I've printed the top part in around 20h at 120mm/s with 0.2 layer height and the bottom part in around 2h at the same settings.