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Button Castle (Stripped down Dactyl Lightcycle)

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This is a stripped down version of Dactyl keyboard case, minimalistic and easy to print, enough to see if that board fits you.

I attempted to build a Dactyl (in its Lightcycle incarnation) but was unable to print it right. Cases were warped, legs got crooked, total failure. So I decided to play with the Clojure file to remove all the unnecessary parts and make a simple hull with the working surface and some walls only.
Behold the results.

There are holes on the sides, the walls are paper thin, looks ugly as hell, but it is actually quite good result. I could put the switches in, wire it up and have a working board. Despite flimsy wall there is enough strength overall to make a good sample build.

No, I don't plan to build it any further, mostly because the extra keys in the outer lower row.
But someone may.find it useful, so here it is.

Clojure file is provided. I imported the results into Fusion 360 to cut down the excessive walls.
https://a360.co/2KQ4TfL

Source
Thingiverse
What you need to print this: Beginner Low confidence
Single piece
Supports 1/3
Assembly 0/3
Settings 1/3
Bed size 0/3
Post-process 0/3
Printer
FDM / FFF
File format
STL
Material
PLA
Software
Cura, PrusaSlicer, or similar
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