markerchun - Gehirn R2

Gehirn

Baionlenja

Specifications:

Typing Angle: 9 Degrees
Front height: 17.5mm
Mounting System: Classic 9 point top mount
Top & Bottom Material: Aluminum 6063
Bottom Weight: Stainless Steel

DESIGN

Obviously it is inspired by early kustoms. But I wanted to create an “alternate timeline” where customs went into a different direction.

I used the flat surfaces the classic design provided to fill it with engravings and graphics. I wanted to maximize the amount of style I can cram into it, and do it in strange new ways nobody else has done before.

Fake seam. Originally I was going to use this bottom design with Kebnekaise, but I had trouble making a weight extend so close to the edges without causing issues. I eventually solved it, but it was so expensive that I got the idea of faking it, by using “panel lines”. Looks great and I’ve been using it a lot since.

The fossil was surprisingly tricky to get right. I wanted it to have a printed like quality to it, as if it's an image, but still have some surface variation to make it seem like a real fossil. I can't wait for people to see this weight in like 3 years and be very confused what the hell it even is.

So I was desperate to make a keyboard where external screws are hidden, but all the common methods just had enough of downsides to really bother me.

I wanted to use M3 screws, no dinky little M2 screws.

I wanted it to not interfere with switches.

Needs to not require extra parts, or glue or magnets or whatever.

It took a long while, but I figured out a way to do all of that, with no downsides.

Behold:

The Baionbolt was born. Named after the true genius that has blessed our hobby by gracing us with such incredible technology of slightly tilting the screw. Technically I first used it in Synovia, but Gehirn has more eyes on it.

Jokes aside, this is something that I’m quite proud of.

After I posted cross sections on how to do it in my discord, it has seen adoption on several other keyboard projects.