YouTuber puts mechanical keyboard in his 13-inch Lenovo Yoga laptop after original one failed twice
YouTuber Marcin Plaza shows in his latest, very humorous video how he puts an internal mechanical keyboard to his 13-inch laptop - a DIY project that many users have certainly thought about themselves, since Notebooks with mechanical keyboards are usually rather heavy and bulky and use ultra-low profile switches with only 1.8 mm travel.
The desktop keyboard used in the DIY project (see the embedded video at the end of this article) is low-profile and has a travel of around 3.0 mm. Add to that the mounting plate and you can see the obvious problem of trying to fit such a keyboard into the 14mm thin Lenovo Yoga 730-13 convertible laptop that Marcin is using for this project.
This is where the custom notebook adventure begins. The solution presented by the YouTuber requires a complete redesign of the laptop's base unit - the screen, hinges, motherboard, battery and trackpad are reused. But can this project be replicated by the average user? Certainly, but it is not practical for most people, especially as not all functions are addressed, such as the speakers, which seem not to have been reused.
Not only did Marcin have to complete a 12-hour design speed run for the new case, he also had to deal with a myriad of small issues, starting with the internal wiring of the keyboard and other components.
The rather thick case was not 3D printed at home, but by a company that is also the sponsor of the YouTube video - the material used is aluminium, while Plexiglass was chosen for the removable bottom cover.
In conclusion, Plaza's DIY project is certainly interesting, and hopefully it will inspire some companies to build mechanical keyboards with significantly more travel into modern, relatively thin laptops. Until then, those interested will have to resort to DIY projects, the possibilities of which are almost limitless.
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