Anyone ever replace the tilting legs for their keyboard?

[GoodEnough]

Ebay is surprisingly barren on this product.




Moved from GH.

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KeithTalent

 

[ElFenix]

1. buy 3d printer
2. model keyboard legs
3. ???
4. profit!

 

[Cerb]

No. How much is simply getting a replacement keyboard?

 

[corkyg]

Most keyboards tilt in the wrong direction. Best ergonomic angle is bottom higher than top. This is best done with a small board under the keyboard so that the tilt follows the natural angle of the wrists and avoids the wrists being bent like \/.

 

[Cerb]

I don't get that. With an up-tilt on the keyboard, my wrists are pretty much straight. Down-tilt hurts like hell within about 15 seconds. The tilt being upwards makes it easier to have room to bend fingers inwards for the lower rows.

 

[Morbus]

Most keyboards tilt in the wrong direction. Best ergonomic angle is bottom higher than top. This is best done with a small board under the keyboard so that the tilt follows the natural angle of the wrists and avoids the wrists being bent like \/.

I'm not sure we all use keyboards in the same way.

I personally like my keyboard tilted because I don't like moving my wrists a lot. That way, the top row keys are about as hard to press as the bottom row keys, because when my fingers are contracted (to press the bottom row keys) they basically need more room than when they're stretched out (to press the top row keys).

That's why I like my keyboard titled. Theories be damn, I couldn't give a damn.

 

[corkyg]

All good comments. But, prolonged typing with the wrists bent up can increase the likelihood of developing CTS.
https://www.google.com/search?q=Bes...SDsz0oATLzoCgCg&ved=0CDsQsAQ&biw=1055&bih=511

 

[Morbus]

I don't be up my wrists at all, and having a titled keyboard doesn't mean you have to bend up your wrists.

 

[Cerb]

Using Corkyg's link:
http://www.daskeyboard.com/blog/desk-ergonomics-for-improved-posture-and-typing-speed/
In the 3 closeups, the middle is what is necessary for a down-tilted keyboard, for me, plus needing to bend my fingers a lot more than normal. If I move my forearm back, it naturally tilts downward, not upwards.

http://www.eyeprotectorpro.com/2012/01/31/top-10-tips-of-rsi-prevention-recovery/
#6: their placement/alignment that is supposedly "correct" is physically impossible. I'm not Asian, nor am I a thin woman.

http://www.ergomatters.co.uk/blog/rsi/lateral-wrist-deviation-angle-and-rsi/
They actually make sense.

http://www.ergomatters.co.uk/blog/rsi/typing-with-clawed-hands/
Likewise, note the standard up-tilted keyboard.

Most desks can't adjust height, adding shelves under can be too coarse, and chairs tend to stop at a pretty low height. The only way to make a single best work out is to have everyone use a keyboard sized to their hands and shoulders, with ideal chair and desk geometry. Not gonna happen.

 

[schmuckley]

i use a umm..vga to dvi converter to replace a leg on one of mine
When it wears out..I Have another.
Wow..that'd be my last ps2 mechanical though..
I guess i need to get a few more
@ yard sales
for $3

 

[corkyg]

If you must have a tilt and the leg is busted, get a foot long piece of wood about an inch wide and half an inch thick and Velcro it to your desk, then set the legless KB back edge on it. As for healthy wrist positions, pay attention to those of a concert pianist.