Rubiks Cube Keycap

Rubiks Cube Keycap

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Rubiks Keycap / fine print - 0.1mm layer, 3 walls, 8% infill
Rubiks Keycap / fine print - 0.1mm layer, 3 walls, 8% infill
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Do you have a mechanical keyboard with Cherry switches? Do you think that your keyboard can need some colour?
Look no further and spice-up your keyboard with a Rubik's Cube Keycap.

 

This cube is 18 x 18 x18 mm and fits most Cherry-style switches. I tested the keycap with Keychron, Ducky, Epomaker and Akko keyboards. They had switches from Cherry, Gateron & Akko and all did fit. If the keycap action feels notchy or sticky it can help to rotate the keycap by 90° or even 180° (the stem is flat on two sides). You can sand the stem on the outside to optimize the fit.

 

The print is a little bit delicate because of the small size. Print it slowly (50mm/s for outer walls and top surface) and use a low layer height. Support is needed for the stem only. I used 0.1 layer, 3 walls, 5 tops, 4 bottoms and 8% gyroid infill. Set all the line widths to 0.42mm with a 0.4mm nozzle to get the fine details. Reducing acceleration and jerk helps to get a quality print result. See my 3mf file for Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer for more details.

Print the tiles seperatly and glue them in place. I recommend you print 2x 9 tiles for each colour to have some spares. The tiny tiles like to get lost before assembly.

If you have two AMS units you can assemble the cube in Bambu Studio and print all at once. But that would lead to a very long print time and a lot of waste.

 

The print was successfully tested on a Bambu Lab P1S and an Anycubic I3 Mega.

 

 

Disclaimer:
This work by blecheimer is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
You are not allowed to copy this model to other 3D printing websites without my permission.

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Nice, works well, I even 3d printed some panels to fit it
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I tried to print it, and the results could have been better.
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