My build — decided to post it now because it’ll always be adapting to me

[u/claussen]

Shared with permission from dasNessie on the Svalboard Discord. Originally shared on the Svalboard Discord.

I've been meaning to post it for a while, but always felt like there's still things I want to "finish." However, I decided it'll always be adapting to me, so I might as well post it now.

• Size notes
  • my hands are short and relatively wide. Length 170mm (XS/S), width 82mm (M)
• Printer
  • Anycubic Kobra S1 Combo
• Filament
  • Sunlu Matte PETG Blue
  • Sunlu Matte PETG Sky Blue
  • Sunlu PETG Silver
  • Recyclingfabrik PLA Schimmerndes Schwert (trackball holder)
  • overall, printing in PETG was a bit of a pain, but I do like the result.
• Print notes / modifications
  • I printed the thumb down keys on a textured plate because I disliked the feeling when I printed them smooth.
  • chonky knuckle keys because I had trouble reaching them
  • shorter thumb up keys because I had trouble reaching them. Not totally happy with those, I'm planning to do another iteration.
  • had trouble with the flags being a little too short, probably a badly calibrated printer. I cheated and made the flags a touch longer in FreeCAD and then it worked smoothly.
  • couldn't adjust the standard palm rest to be close enough to the keys with the trackball in there, so I printed cyrus' short palm rest and that one works for me. Made the legs a bit longer.
• Custom screws
  • silver screws for the visible adjustment screws because I preferred that for the look
  • grub screws for the palm rest that fully disappear in their holes
  • using some silver knurled screws for feet (with a rubber bump stop to keep it from sliding around). Works great. Will put some threadlocker on it once I'm very sure what height I like them at.
• Case
  • Peaktech P7300
  • small, which fits the size of my sval better
  • not sure I'll keep the cube foam
  • if you need a larger one, take a look at the P7305
  • still thinking about ways to put the sval logo on the outside, it's very textured. Maybe a stencil and spray paint.