Open Source 60% Alps Plates

[emdude]

The goal of this project is to aggregate working, open source (under CC0-1.0) 60% plate designs for various Alps layouts, including AEK I/II, Dell AT101, AT101W, etc, so that they may be used for one-offs or group buys.

The initial keyboard plates that I will be working on will be created with Swill's great plate builder, then modified to fully support various layouts.

+ To download a design directly, just right-click the 'Direct' or 'SVG' link and save-as "<plate>.dxf" or "<plate>.svg", respectively

+ Layouts are tested and without issue unless otherwise stated

Completed Layouts:

• AEK, by hasu:
  - Direct, Github, Image
• Dell AT101 (7u Space Bar, Stepped Caps Lock):
  - Alps-style stabilizers: Direct, SVG, Github, Image
  - Alps-style stabilizers, Costar-stabilized space bar (Untested): Direct, SVG, Github, Image
• Dell AT101W (6.25u Space Bar, Stepped Caps Lock):
  - Alps-style stabilizers (Untested): Direct, SVG, Github, Image
  - Alps-style stabilizers, Costar-stabilized space bar (Untested): Direct, SVG, Github, Image
• Tai-Hao (6.25u Space Bar, Unstepped Caps Lock):
  - Alps-style stabilizers, Costar-stabilized space bar (Tested, with potential issues with right shift stab?): Direct, SVG, Github, Image
• IBM 5140 (7u Space Bar, Unstepped Caps Lock, Big-Ass Enter, Winkeyless):
  - Alps-style stabilizers: Direct, SVG, Github, Image
  - NOTE: This is a unique BAE layout! This is likely incompatible with BAE keys from Northgate, Focus, etc. keyboards!
• Infinity (6u Space Bar, Unstepped Caps Lock):
  - Alps-style stabilizers, Costar-stabilized space bar (Untested): Direct, SVG, Github, Image
• HHKB (6u Space Bar, Unstepped Caps Lock):
  - Alps-style stabilizers, Costar-stabilized space bar (Untested): Direct, SVG, Github, Image

Layouts in Progress:

• Nothing ATM

Tentative Future Layouts:

• AT102W

+ If you have a plate made and discover an issue, please report it here so I can make the necessary corrections!
+ Note that plates should be 1.0-1.2mm in thickness per Alps specs in order for switches to properly clip in!

Please let me know if you have suggestions, advice, criticism, etc. as I am a bit inexperienced with CAD and just projects like these in general.

Many thanks to Swill, Phoible, Wingpad, BlueNalgene, Alh84001, FletchINKy, hasu, and the others who have helped contribute to this!

[need]

AEKII please !

[emdude]

Wingpad has been working on an open source AEK plate himself, and is getting a prototype cut. I've refrained from including an AEK plate here because of that. If he is okay with it, I will include a link to it once he finalizes the design.

EDIT: And he is indeed fine with me putting his design here, updated OP.

[emdude]

Update: The AT101W design has been done for a little while now but cannot test it right now so if anyone is feeling brave, they're more than welcome to have a prototype made to test it. I recommend Lasergist for this, their work seems to be good and their pricing is nice.

I am also now finished with the AT101 plate and am having a prototype for that made since I have the caps for it. Spent a bit of time testing it against my SGI key set, with any luck it will work just fine.



Note the two bottom space bar stabilizers, they are closer together than they would be on an AT101 plate to accommodate a stabilizer wire like the one below. The SGI stabilizer is like this one, but I don't think it will matter if a traditional, longer stab is used.

[emdude]

An update: Both the AEK and AT101 designs have had prototypes made; everything seems to be in order except for the circular space bar stab cutouts. They seem to be too large for the adjacent clips to snap in and hold the stab firmly. From an initial, imprecise measurement, it seems that they are closer to being 2.0mm squares than 2.5mm ones, I would be grateful if somebody could confirm this or provide a more precise measurement.

That said, the circular stab stuff is a relatively minor issue, everything works and the circular stab will remain in as long as the space bar is fitted. They are confirmed working and have been marked as completed, with the caveat that the stab measurements are slightly off.