├── images ├── ready.jpg ├── assembled.jpg ├── material.jpg ├── closeup-mechanism.jpg └── closeup-plate-and-stabs.jpg ├── LICENSE.md ├── README.md ├── plate.svg └── stabiliser.svg /images/ready.jpg: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dennistimmermann/aek64/HEAD/images/ready.jpg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /images/assembled.jpg: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dennistimmermann/aek64/HEAD/images/assembled.jpg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /images/material.jpg: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dennistimmermann/aek64/HEAD/images/material.jpg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /images/closeup-mechanism.jpg: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dennistimmermann/aek64/HEAD/images/closeup-mechanism.jpg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /images/closeup-plate-and-stabs.jpg: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dennistimmermann/aek64/HEAD/images/closeup-plate-and-stabs.jpg -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /LICENSE.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | MIT License 2 | 3 | Copyright (c) 2016 Dennis Timmermann 4 | 5 | Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy 6 | of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal 7 | in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights 8 | to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell 9 | copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is 10 | furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions: 11 | 12 | The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all 13 | copies or substantial portions of the Software. 14 | 15 | THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR 16 | IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, 17 | FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE 18 | AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER 19 | LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, 20 | OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE 21 | SOFTWARE. 22 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /README.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Drawings for a 60% Apple Extended Keyboard plate 2 | 3 | In this repository you find the design files in `.svg` format for a thick 60% Apple Extended Keyboard plate. It's only designed to fit the ANSI layout. 4 | 5 | A build log of my keyboard can be found [here](https://imgur.com/gallery/N0n8I) 6 | 7 | ![aek64](images/ready.jpg) 8 | 9 | In contrast to normal 1.2mm thin Alps plates, this was designed with thicker acrylic/aluminium/etc plates in mind. Since the clips for the original stablisers wouldn't fit, these designs come with their own stabiliser clips with fitting cutouts for the original wires. 10 | 11 | The current design expects the stabiliser clips to be made from **3mm** thick material. 12 | 13 | ## Example 14 | 15 | For my keyboard I used _one_ 3mm thick acrylic, and _two_ 0.8mm polypropylen plates. This makes the whole plate about 4.6mm thick, perfect for ALPS switches. 16 | 17 | ![material](images/material.jpg) 18 | 19 | Here are closeups of the plate and the stabilisers 20 | 21 | ![plate](images/assembled.jpg) 22 | 23 | ![stabilisers](images/closeup-mechanism.jpg) 24 | 25 | ## Disclaimer 26 | 27 | Since the kerf from every (laser) machine is different, I take no responsibility for a perfect fit with these drawings. Please modify the drawings accordingly. 28 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /plate.svg: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /stabiliser.svg: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------