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Void_Of_Galaxies2727 t1_ivh7fo9 wrote

Reply to comment by Wanye2020Kest in My dad made me a wrist rest in pine wood by Regolith_

Now the question is how to protect it, because pine, from my experience in woodshop classes, takes damage easily depending on what happens to it, my recommendation is everything you said, then after that, putting a couple of coats of epoxy resin on it. That's what I was thinking about doing to my desk after talking to my old woodworking professor a week ago. It's just what to use, probably fast curing crystal clear resin. That's just my idea though, to preserve something to make it last longer, y'know?

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timtucker_com t1_ivgpk28 wrote

Reply to comment by solracarevir in My dad made me a wrist rest in pine wood by Regolith_

Having just went through the process of doing a few custom wrist rests like this over the last few days, it's not worth sealing up until you're sure that you've gotten the ergonomics right.

Far better to work quickly & test it out for a few days first to see if the angle / height / depth are off at all.

My kids wound up with new wrist rests on their keyboards after I realized from an initial attempt that I really needed at least 4" of depth.

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Apex_Cole t1_ivgm3s4 wrote

Reply to My dad made me a wrist rest in pine wood by Regolith_

Man I wish it wasn't made out of pine, tends to be a cheaper softer wood more prone to damage, you can actually dent it simply by digging your fingernail into it, very nice looking and I would also heavily recommend at least finishing it with a protective mineral oil or clear poly coat.

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Nouache OP t1_ivg6r8r wrote

Reply to comment by TURNTHATSHITDOWN in This rock is full of MAGIC by Nouache

As of now, not as good as it should x) got some issues with the plate not fitting in so it's plateless for now and I didn't get dampeners for the case since it was already pretty expensive with taxes and shipping, so it does sound a bit hollow. I'm planning to change these things and rebuild it properly but for now it sounds pretty clacky

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adamgeo1 t1_ivfw0hs wrote

Reply to comment by obi318 in My dad made me a wrist rest in pine wood by Regolith_

SK71. I have this board, and while the layout is unique and cool, there is a gripe I would be aware of. It doesn’t seem like a big deal, but the backspace key being 1u to the left of its usual position makes me almost always hit NumLock instead of itself

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