3D model · 2026
Mechanical keyboard, layer by layer
I modelled every layer of a 75% mechanical keyboard in Blender and made a stop-motion film of its assembly.
10
layers, each a part a real board has
82
keys on the finished board
44 s
stop-motion film, with its own sound
Built from nothing
No CAD to start from: the case, plate, switches and keycaps are modelled from the published dimensions of real boards, down to the 14 mm switch holes and the sculpted keycap rows.
The film
A stop-motion build on a desk, from the first switch to the last keycap, rendered in Cycles at 12 poses a second. The sound was made for it, not taken from a library: every click and thock lands on its frame.
Built with
Blender · Cycles