What is SpaceFN and why you should give it a try
The SpaceFN concept - setting up your space key as a layer switch when held - is probably one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby. Let me explain how it works. My SpaceFN article on kbd.news made some rounds recently - quite surprisingly given the age of this concept. This piece you're reading is a condensed version of the full post. If you're left with unanswered questions, you'll most likely find the info you're looking for in the original write-up. On my imaginary top list of the most useful keyboard features, tweaks and hacks, SpaceFN would deserve a podium finish for sure. But what makes it so special? In short: SpaceFN is easy to implement, easy to learn, costs nothing, can be used with any keyboard, and can improve your productivity instantly. I will list its benefits below, but can state right at this point that the SpaceFN concept, setting up your space key as a layer switch when held, is clearly one of the most useful tweaks in the keyboard hobby....
Apr 30, 2024
So when I hear people say anything about "I can do it at home" yeah you can, in your dreams.
No one at home without an investment and the time to learn the skill is going to make a wrist rest comparable to those available on MD.
Sorry even your 20 min job didn't convince me. How could it? I still need some basic tools.
Appreciate you living up to your buddy's offer. You showed him. No sarcasm.
Honestly, it really is about the simplest thing you could make from wood, it's just an offcut trimmed to the right width and length with a saw, and cleaned up to smooth with a plane, that sloped bit at the front done with the plane, and then the corners knocked off it with a spokeshave. You could do it on a kitchen table. And the timber yard I normally buy my timber from would give away offcuts in this size if you just wanted one and they had it kicking around, I've been given larger bits of sapele by them in the past like that.