Yeah, I fell over while leaning back on a few of those. I am sitting in front of the matching tanker desk that I have used for over 40 years, but I am sitting in a modern chair. I have the chair adjusted high and use a footstool to keep the desk surface the correct height for typing.This is the type I use.
Manufactured by Steelcase.
(Photo of old metal and naugahyde chair, 1950s style with four caster "wings", not five.)
Hope it's not considered off topic but it has been mentioned in several of the above posts.
I've heard of that happening but have not had that happen.Yeah, I fell over while leaning back on a few of those. I am sitting in front of the matching tanker desk that I have used for over 40 years, but I am sitting in a modern chair. I have the chair adjusted high and use a footstool to keep the desk surface the correct height for typing.
That is a great question. This can be a huge rabbit hole with more technical detail than you could possibly want. I do not know much more than you.Back to keyboards, what advantage is a $150.00 to $199.00 keyboard going to have over the standard oem keyboard that comes with most desktop computers.
For some reason I can't see spending that kind of money on a keyboard so what am I missing or not understanding.
(Does anyone still put the bumps on D and K?)
I never notice that but I do have a horizontal line on the F key and the J key.All of my disposable keyboards have those bumps on them still - currently. I believe I've had a couple that did not have the bumps, but the few that I currently use all have the dots.
If you type sparingly, there’s no much advantage, but if you type a lot, everyday, every year, then you’ll get a much better experience, healthier for your fingers. My keyboard has brown switches that require me to apply a bit of pressure, and have a nice and comfortable “spring back”; those characteristics prevent my fingers to “hit” the keyboard backplate. They reduce the impact on my fingers’ joints.Back to keyboards, what advantage is a $150.00 to $199.00 keyboard going to have over the standard oem keyboard that comes with most desktop computers.
Those are the “return cues”. They allow you to put your hands back to the “rest position” without having to look at the keyboard. They support touch-typing.I never notice that but I do have a horizontal line on the F key and the J key.
I use a big sponge under each arm to keep pressure off of my wrists which helps with the numbness of my finger tips.
my 'weapon' of choice was hand/home made. It has proven to be remarkably successfully. Yes that is a curtain rod holder acting as the support underneath. I have covered it with a simple piece of soft cloth since making it, and secure the cloth with string. (Maybe I should patent it ?)I use a big sponge under each arm to keep pressure off of my wrists which helps with the numbness of my finger tips.
M model keyboards FTW. I like the nostalgia and I like the noise! IBM Model F/M nerds should check out Wendell at Level 1 Tech's several videos and modelfkeyboards.com if you really want to use those keyboards again.I think the best that I have used would have been an IBM, no idea if still available, (I tend to prefer small form factor keyboards).
I have a couple of these new in a box never used that a guy at a garage sale tossed to the curb while I was leaving so I grabbed both of them.M model keyboards FTW. I like the nostalgia and I like the noise! IBM Model F/M nerds should check out Wendell at Level 1 Tech's several videos and modelfkeyboards.com if you really want to use those keyboards again.
I can not speak for Condobloke but I build the same as Condobloke.I gotta say something about @Condobloke's woodworking. I truly admire people like that who grab a few scraps, cut 'em on the chop saw, screw it together, and are back at work sipping coffee and eating a sandwich in less than five minutes. Extra credit goes out for not bothering to erase or sand the "here" and "not here" markings for the screw holes.
I would have taken ten minutes to make notes in my notebook, another ten to choose a block of wood from the scrap bin, five minutes to mark and measure (twice, of course!), drilled the wrong hole and gone back to the bin to find a clean new scrap so nobody would ever see the bad hole, ... chamfer the edges to hide the tearout ... sand ... (finish?) ... ... ... Done in a couple hours. :-(
So often I wish I could be more like Condobloke, but hopefully the world can use a few slow methodical people, too.
I had a mechanical keyboard for a while and it worked fine: Corsair K70 RGB MK.2
However at some point I missed my Microsoft Ergonomic keyboard so I through out the mechanical keybaord and got myself a new one of the one I had before.
The Corsair one of the Microsoft one?Heh... That's the same keyboard (I think) that I've been reading a little about. It's even on sale, so I'll probably order one just to try it.