cristicbz
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2 years ago In the EU Aisler makes reasonably priced boards, in the US people will typically pick Oshpark though I have no experience with them.
Generally, if you want cheap boards you have to with Chinese manufacturers and pay a bit more on shipping (assuming you're not in China). I used JLCPCB, uploaded gerber files, picked black soldermask, 1.6mm FR4, HASL Lead-free, and got some beautiful boards for ~$30 for 5 pcb-s including shipping.
For the actual assembly I found the blogpost that is ultimately linked form the readme (if you jump through a few links) very helpful: https://oddrocketkeyboards.blogspot.com/2018/05/koda-keyboard-4x12-grid-using-kailh-lp.html
See PCB and assembled board:
This project is really cool, props!
I was wondering if you could flush out the README with more info as to how to order a version of the keyboard PCB? I've never tried ordering PCBs before and had no luck trying to find a fiscal way of getting it done. The only websites I could find to print custom PCBs wanted ~$60 to print 1x piece, so I was hoping maybe you had some good info on cheaper/decent pricing for ordering?
If there's a better place for this just let me know!