And…I already have a case made! I haven’t done any 3D printing myself, however one of my students from school is helming a maker’s club, and I guess my timing is right and made my request before they got busy with their own projects! Time to get a PCB ordered.

And a couple hours later, I see that a wireless version of the Tern has been created. Looks like I’ve found my next project. Tern BLE

Oooh, rschenk (who designed the Re-gret) already has his version of the Rufous/Hummingbird, with lovely splay. The Tern looks about right, but wireless would make it perfect.

I am in Taiwan, so looked for a local manufacturer. These are their only options for 17.5 x 16.5 mm keycaps, but they are well made and inexpensive. Taihao keycaps. Here’s a link: https://shop.tai-hao.com/categories/thcs-low-profile-keycaps

Thank you so much for sharing all that! I’ve been putting off building a wireless hillside 46(I’m really enjoying my wired one, but the wires are annoying me), and your modifications makes it perfect for me.

I see. Thanks for sharing. I’ll check it out.

Can you share the files for your case? I’m wanting to make the same (Hillside 40, no?), but can only find files for a 46, and am hoping to avoid the learning curve needed for 3d modeling. Thanks.

And thanks to Suraj Kurapati’s own issues and config modifications (https://sunaku.github.io/home-row-mods.html) along with a lighter touch in my typing, typing is much cleaner now for me, with only very rare mods being inadvertently triggered. Very happy with how things are going. Now for a wireless version.

Now that I’m used to my hillside, I’m starting to think about a wireless option, and this one is at the top of my list. It looks good!

That’s another tab key for now.

Haha. I might have to move my command/alt/shift/ctrl keys down to the thumb clusters. I mostly like the miryoku layout with them on the home row, but sloppy rolls with A-T or S-T combinations (CMD-T) keep opening new tabs, and I’m getting grumpy. No violence yet. Maybe I can fix that by increasing the time before the hold activates.

Ha! I rarely use them. I also forgot a layer for them until I was reviewing what I had. I also used a minus keycode without the underscore on shift…and editing my keymaps became a bit rough. Yeah, I don’t think I’m going to need the duplication, and my right and left thumbs have different resting positions, so I’ll probably change things up as I’m finding I only use my right thumb for space and enter.

Haha. I had a stock set of keycaps, which didn’t have great options for my layout. I’ve mostly got the thumb clusters mirrored, with space(the right arrows), enter(enter/heart) and tabs on both sides (and backspace and delete mirrored). Left cluster has ESC, with right cluster having a Function layer switch on hold(the F key). I’ve got layer switch on hold for several of those thumb keys as well. The vertical thumbkey is not the easiest, which is why I put the tab keys there as I don’t use them that often. When I clean my keymaps up I’ll share an image. I feel the thumb clusters are larger than ideal for me. The board is setup to allow for Rotary encoders in those vertical thumb positions, and if I can find a suitable low profile knob I may end up swapping for a couple.