TEKNA-65SP – A cast metal and hardwood Southpaw 65% UPDATE 12-12-2021

After a long development period I’m excited to present the TEKNA-65SP, a 65% southpaw keyboard with a cast bronze base and a hardwood top. I do CAD by trade, and while I love the smaller formfactor boards I always need a numpad for number entry, preferably on my left out of the way of the mouse. This was a way of playing with new materials in a high-end board while also utilizing an excellent layout that doesn’t get the love it deserves.



Renders - UPDATE 12-12-2021
One form request was to see it in British Racing Green by Hand Engineering, which has been one of my favorite sets recently, I paired it with a Oak top and Patinated Bronze bottom and blockers. Also I wanted to plug the AH discord where there's a channel for this board now, which is where all the most recent updates will be available first. Thank you for all the interest and I'm looking forward to sharing more information with you in the future!













*Keycaps not included


Features

• Cast Bronze bottom chassis with a machined hardwood top.
• 65% + Southpaw Numpad layout
• 6° typing angle
• Top mount (If there’s enough interest it might be possible to do gasket mount, please see IC form)
• Universal soldered PCB designed by MechLovin’ - QMK/VIA compatible (Interested in a Hotswap PCB? – Please see IC form)
• USB-C Daughterboard
• Weight: tbd, early estimate is around 3.7 kg
• Price: est. $375-400 USD

Layout - Updated 10-12-2021


Prototype progress:

Currently finishing up CAD and 3D printing / Laser cutting prototype parts to ensure good fitment before sending the files over to the lovely guys at American Haptics for final prototyping and development. AH will also be heading distribution, but I’m definitely looking for proxies so please give me a shout if you know someone.