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Acrylic

Elecrow

Cuts 3mm black translucent acrylic for cheap (ask techsupport@elecrow.com for a quote).

You can use this form: https://www.elecrow.com/5pcs-acrylic-laser-cutting-service.html (color 502 is opaque black, so add comment about black translucent).

WARNING! Don't order OPAQUE black acrylic (color 502), specifically ask for "black translucent".

Ponoko

Quotes tilting-tenting-jorne.ai (3mm clear acrylic) for $14.85 (with free shipping to USA). They have gray translucent acrylic in stock. Shipping outside USA starts from $65, unfortunately.

Carbon

GDCTECH

Cuts 1.5mm carbon, $67 including shipping for 40x50cm sheet. Quoted 2 154x154mm sheets (one Jorne case), 1.5mm carbon fiber for $33.04 total.

Sheet Metal

Laserboost

40 EUR for steel and 60 EUR for aluminum for 12x35cm sheet (plus 14 EUR shipping)

CNC

Bestcreating

Cuts anodized aluminum CNC cases. $200 with shipping for the Corne IMK case clone (I don't have design files for anything). Cheaper in bulks (e.g. $800 for 10 orders). Also cuts acrylic, steel, makes injection molding (ask for a quote at info@bestcreating.com).

Used for custom Corne cases by @bizunov. Costed about $200 total. Files are unavailable.

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You can also contact foggy from geekhack he runs CNC miling joint prices could be even better.

JLCPCB

Makes aluminum anodized CNC, see Ergonaut One model:

It's claimed that it is several times cheaper and better quality than Bestcreating.

Posted here (2 Jan 2024): https://t.me/klavaorgwork/478324 (costed about $130 for 2 upper halves).

ergonaut-one

Dadesign

Expensive high quality stuff. Untested. Example keyboard: https://t.me/laversa_kbd/599

ALLPCB

Makes CNC now. Untested.

Factory-made Cases

If you break extra keys off you get 100% original Corne, then it can use Corne cases from these manufacturers:

It's also fully firmware-compatible with the original Crkbd (the extra key is on the thumb row so it doesn't change the matrix).

Screen Protectors

You can buy glass screen protectors separately on Keyhive (there are LOTS of them!):

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Wrist Rests

Deltahub

A fancy wrist rest, with its own instagram page. It costs 70 eur a pair:

deltahub

Other wrist rests

There are a lot of mouse pads and keyboard pads on Aliexpress that you can use as wrist rests. This one looks interesting but it's only for the right hand:

wrist-rests

Tilting/Tenting

What is tilting/tenting (from https://docs.splitkb.com/hc/en-us/articles/360019770320-What-are-tenting-and-tilting-):

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I do NOT recommend tiliting/tinting acrylic cases, they are prone to cracking. If you want to try them you'll need more screws:

3mm acrylic case, M2 countersink screws and 6mm standoffs, tenting made of M5 screws (2x30mm and 2x16mm).

jorne-tenting

You may use Chicago screws to lay the case flat (screws are M5x10 mm, acrylic case 3 mm):

Chicago

There are a few solutions aside from tilted/tenting case:

Ergodox-EZ Legs

Manfrotto Pocket Tripod

Video:

Speaker Bumpers

Phone Stands

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These stepless steel phone stands. The manufacturer is called "BSOON", the rest is from German Amazon so it probably won't help you much (assuming you're not in Germany). But it's also available on AliExpress. It's a very sturdy hinge, it holds ipad pro 12.9 without trouble.

Alternatives:

Laptop legs

Foldable laptop/keyboard legs, sell on aliexpress for about $8 a 2 pcs set. Haven't tried but they look pretty neat.

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Double level ones:

NILLKIN

Another ones:

There are much more:

Totem

Legs used for the Totem keyboard (tenting version)

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You can just search for "Universal Laptop Stand Mini" on Aliexpress, they are very cheap (about $1-$2 a piece):

3D Printing

Moved to 3D Printing.

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