Cool, Jane, you know what would be great is if you documented these cool hacks on the wiki. We need a Jane's Hacks section nearly :)
http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Replace_Nanonote_Keyboard or http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/Janes_Hacks :) Also, curious, Wolfgang, how can parts be ordered for the nanonote? On Wed, May 25, 2011 at 1:34 AM, Jane Andreas <[email protected]> wrote: > I have done a caveman mod of my Nanonote keyboard to show that there are > some people who would like something other than the standard keyboard > option. Looking back, I should have done the following: > > use "exacto" knife to slice rubber membrane from behind at the > intersections. > scrape key off leaving border intact > this would make for a key that can be inserted and removed from behind the > metal plate, but would hold fast once assembled > > hopefully I am clear enough, now lets see what a mess I ended up making... > > > http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Keys01.jpg > http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Keys02.jpg > http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Keys03.jpg > http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Keys04.jpg > http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Keys05.jpg > http://en.qi-hardware.com/wiki/File:Keys06.jpg > > First I popped the keys out, for the most part they came out cleanly, but > some ripped nastily. > > Then I rearranged the keys but saw that they did not fit snug into place. > I arranged them, carefully flipped them over, and applied fabric paint as > adhesive. > Then I smeared/blotted the paint so it would not be so thick as to hinder > key pressing. > Then I just replaced the piece. > Note that there is some oozed paint visible which I have not removed and > also that this hack/mod only deals with HARDWARE, unfortunately Colemak > layout is not set up yet... > > The glue may not have been neccessary if I used the mentioned method in the > beginning. > > > Thank you for reading and long live Nanonote and Qi improvement, no matter > how small we are! > > _______________________________________________ > Qi Hardware Discussion List > Mail to list (members only): [email protected] > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: > http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion > -- Jon Phillips http://rejon.org/ | http://fabricatorz.com/ chat/skype: kidproto | irc: rejon +1.415.830.3884 (global) | +1-510-499-0894 (sf) +86-187-1003-9974 (beijing) _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
