Maya TKL - Gasketed Winkeyless F12 Board

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Maya is my take on the ever-popular F12 TKL layout. It features a gasket-mounted design and a cute little turtle logo above the arrow cluster.




Maya comes standard in an aluminum top case, bottom case, plate, and accent piece. It also comes with 3 internal brass weights. The plate is isolated from the case using EPDM rubber grommets.

The case is angled 7 degrees and has a 21 mm front height (as measured from case bottom to case at keycap row 5). The top and bottom case have each been angled off in such a way as to give off a slightly rounded appearance, and are joined at an exaggerated seam. A unibody accent piece makes up the entire floor of the internals as well as the accented sections of the bottom of the keyboard.

Internal sound dampening has been tested, however, they will not be available during the group buy. Files for custom cutting foams or fabrics of your choosing will be available regardless.


Two colorways have been decided upon and prototyped, “FORGE” and “KANAGAWA.” If there is significant support for additional colorways, they will be considered.


As stated previously, the plate will come in aluminum by default. Half and full plates will be available. Additional plate materials, including all of the most popular alternate materials as well as some more obscure ones, are being tested at this time. FR4 has already made the cut due to its popularity and will be featured as an add-on.

Plate files will be made available soon before keyboards are shipped out to group buyers.


Maya uses a traditional F12 function row and is compatible with many popular F12 PCBs that support a daughterboard, including the Hiney H87. The bundled PCB designed by Lfgberg also supports a 10u spacebar and an ALPS EC-11 rotary encoder in the function row “ESCAPE” position for those who feel so inclined.



Here is a typing test for the second Maya TKL prototype. It’s been built with JWK Moss switches on an aluminum half plate.


Here are some pictures taken of second-round prototypes. Note that the red case may not be available during GB unless considerable demand is met.