How to make a vertical, ergonomic (tie-fighter) keyboard

Step 2 Disassemble the Goldtouch

The Goldtouch is a really easy to take apart, and I applaud them for making a hacker-friendly device.

Remove the screws and take off the bottom half of the case. Remove the screws holding the ball joint in place.

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[diN0bot]

on mine the ball joint screws require an allen wrench.

[diN0bot]

i decided on mine to lay them against my legs. I use loops on my pants to hold in place. Maybe I'll post a sewing follow-up instructable. My main problem with the goldtouch is that the pinky keys are still pretty far away (delete, return, ctrl<--mapped to caps lock). wish there were thumb/forefinger keys for these instead, but oh well. will see how this works out. foot pedals might be a solution for that problem. wrt hand position i hope this helps.

[diN0bot]

yeah!
foot pedal added

thanks for the inspiration with the goldtouch.
(i'd tried cutting a keyboard in half and soldering longer wires between the halves, but i didn't make it, and without copper wire the soldering messed up the plastic pretty bad.)