====== 3D Printer Files for Chorders ======

Files for 3D printing a housing for a 7 key chorder. If you have something you would like to contribute, let me know!


===== Desk Version =====



==== 3D Printer Files by Minhnhat Le for 7 button Chorders ====

|{{::3dprintedchorders-closed.png?200|photo of 3d printed chording keyboard case with 6 of the 7 keys inserted}}|


Using my [[spiffchorder:2010-03-leather|desktop leather chorder]] as a starting point, Nhat and I talked about a 3D printable design. Nhat produced several variations of that design.

All the designs share a common bottom housing called “Chorder housing - bottom - common”

  * The bottom does not have a hole or slot for cables. You can add that or drill it after.
  * I also suggest gluing a layer of some kind of non-slip surface to the bottom.
  * If you are using it in a fixed location, you might want to add some weights (fishing weights or something like that) to give the keyboard a bit more heft.

While I am only posting all the drawings, the one I have tried and recommend are “Chorder housing - top - top down - with suppressor”, that being Cherry Key Switches snap into the housing from the top (outside) with a recess to hold a layer of mouse pad (or similar materiel) which acts to suppress key click noise.


Flat case bottoms that work with Nhat's top pieces and are a modification of Nhat's designs were produced by Zach Lash. Those are in the file labled "flat_bottoms"


<box 60% red round | **Download the 3D case files** >
{{ ::desktop_chorder_enclosure_3d_printing_files_v1.zip |}}
</box|md5 4d1e7387904cb6fbbc15100c72779c11> 

<box 60% red round | **Download the 3D case flat bottom files** >
{{ ::chorder_housing_-_flat_bottoms.zip |}}
</box|sha256 c1737974b783df5919ce1a07400682be2e24ffd6533f71ce42b4e3ed103131f1> 


As always, this is a work in progress. Please let me know if you build/use these files. If you send pictures tell me if I can post them and if so, how you would like them attributed.

Greg

— //[[contact_greg@chorder.org|Greg Priest-Dorman]] [[contact_mile@google.com|Minhnhat Le]] 2024/02/11 //