Hi there, I am using Keychron K1 SE and wanted to switch out the orange escape-key and the lights-key with wooden keycaps. After making some small wood clips, I tried to use some sawed Lego-Parts to put them on the Cherry switches. They fit surprisingly well, but are not held in firmly enough.
Can I purchase some baseplates for custom keycaps somewhere or should I try to get them 3d-printed (I have no experience with that)?
Thanks for any help
Wow thanks for the detailed response My keycaps are like this. I personally never heard of Glorious Panda switches as I am also very new to keyboard building. And I found out that they are actually Keychrons own switches and confused them with Cherry. So far, I found no measurements of them.
I thought there would be some cheap plastic baseplates for people to build their own keycaps, but surprisingly this isn't a thing. And purchasing a whole set for this is straight up waste.
Oh, actually, another thing I'll mention. If you want to 3d print something but don't want to shell out for a 3d printer, there may be some options:
I'd imagine there are probably other cheap resources as well. The only danger here is that you might get hooked on 3d printing and have to get yourself a 3d printer.
Also, just from a little searching, I ran across this free 3d model of a Keychron keycap that might be almost exactly what you need.
Finally, there's a chance that if you print something with higher resolution, you might get a slightly looser fit. So if you end up getting anything printed on a resin printer, you might need to take that into account.
Whatever the case, good luck!
Thank you a ton for your advice. I'll look into it. If you ever need something that has to do something with Webdesign or Music theory, please hot me up!