{"id":1162624,"date":"2026-02-10T17:23:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/HnGnryiJ4d9m6A7bEg37q9"},"modified":"2026-02-10T17:23:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T17:23:08","slug":"in-the-market-for-a-split-keyboard-why-not-chop-a-regular-one-in-half-and-then-attach-it-back-together-with-a-nightmare-of-wires-said-no-one-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/in-the-market-for-a-split-keyboard-why-not-chop-a-regular-one-in-half-and-then-attach-it-back-together-with-a-nightmare-of-wires-said-no-one-ever\/","title":{"rendered":"In the market for a split keyboard? Why not chop a regular one in half and then attach it back together with a nightmare of wires, said no-one ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<div class=\"youtube-video\" data-nosnippet >\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\"><iframe data-lazy-priority=\"low\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/8VDWwFVJIfA\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>Split keyboards are not for everyone. But if you fancy the hands-spread typing experience and don&#8217;t feel like paying $200+ for something like the <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/kinesis-gaming-freestyle-edge-rgb-review\/\">Kinesis Freestyle Edge<\/a>, Japanese YouTube channel Nomoluk Report has shown a quick and easy method for cutting a regular one in half. Okay, I lied. Nothing about this looks quick and easy at all.<\/p>\n<p>As spotted by <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hackaday.com\/2025\/03\/29\/diy-split-keyboard-made-with-a-saw\/\" target=\"_blank\">Hackaday<\/a>, Nomuluk Report has done the unthinkable and taken a rather-fancy-looking saw blade to a regular mechanical keyboard and <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=8VDWwFVJIfA\" target=\"_blank\">chopped it in half<\/a>, like an amateur magician having a very bad day.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"kibdw8B2nKuAKz398epkqh\" name=\"(30) DIY Split Keyboard - Made with a Saw - YouTube - 0-1-09\" alt=\"A keyboard being cut in half with a sawblade, with blocks of wood being used to straighten the cut\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/in-the-market-for-a-split-keyboard-why-not-chop-a-regular-one-in-half-and-then-attach-it-back-together-with-a-nightmare-of-wires-said-no-one-ever.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: \u30ce\u30e2\u30eb\u30af\u30fb\u30ec\u30dd\u30fc\u30c8)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>After hacking the innocent keyboard into what looks like an ignominious death, the channel then gets to work with a soldering iron and wires the traces back together, creating a device that very much looks like it&#8217;s begging to be put out of its misery. A quick bit of cable conduit wizardry later, and the device looks perfectly usable\u2014although still begging for its electronic life.<\/p>\n<p>My favourite part comes at <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/8VDWwFVJIfA?si=ZrP74LjJGyB8d-gw&#038;t=97\" target=\"_blank\">1:37<\/a>, where the hacked-in-half keeb is demonstrated to only work on one side before it&#8217;s wired back together. Who would have thought chopping a circuit board in half would ruin at least some of its functionality? Not me, I tell you what.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I regret why I started doing this,&#8221; the narrator says as they wire together the disparate halves. &#8220;The detailed work was too hard so I escaped and came to see the sunset.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Looking at that nightmare of wires, I&#8217;m really not surprised. Still, the end result looks surprisingly functional. Even the RGB lighting appears to work, although the spacebar is left dangling off of one side of the board.<\/p>\n<p>The switch itself needed to remain on the right-hand side for a &#8220;clean&#8221; cut, so there it remains, a grim reminder of the intact keeb that once was.<\/p>\n<p>Later in the video a split <a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-gaming-keyboard\/#section-the-best-membrane-gaming-keyboard\" target=\"_blank\">membrane keyboard<\/a> is shown wired together with a similar method, although this poor peripheral didn&#8217;t even receive conduit surgery to tidy up its trace wiring. If you&#8217;re a keyboard enthusiast, look away now. This really isn&#8217;t pretty.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure inline-layout\" data-bordeaux-image-check >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:1920px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"GSWkFgAGrtsxJp28Z7bux8\" name=\"(30) DIY Split Keyboard - Made with a Saw - YouTube - 0-5-24\" alt=\"A membrane keyboard that's been split in half, sitting on a desk with many individual wires connecting the two sides\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/in-the-market-for-a-split-keyboard-why-not-chop-a-regular-one-in-half-and-then-attach-it-back-together-with-a-nightmare-of-wires-said-no-one-ever-1.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\" inline-layout\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: \u30ce\u30e2\u30eb\u30af\u30fb\u30ec\u30dd\u30fc\u30c8)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If I was to describe my face while watching this video with a single word, I think I would choose &#8220;aghast.&#8221; Anyway, it&#8217;s done now, and both keyboards look to be fully functional. If, it must be said, not entirely happy with their new lives as two separate-yet-ever-connected peripherals.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fancy-box\">\n<div class=\"fancy_box-title\">Perfect peripherals<\/div>\n<div class=\"fancy_box_body\">\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' >\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:56.25%;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"czbNLcab5b3bWpSup92ZRH\" name=\"colorwave-logitech-g703.jpg\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/in-the-market-for-a-split-keyboard-why-not-chop-a-regular-one-in-half-and-then-attach-it-back-together-with-a-nightmare-of-wires-said-no-one-ever-2.jpg\" mos=\"\" link=\"\" align=\"\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"\" height=\"\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" class=\"pinterest-pin-exclude\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><figcaption itemprop=\"caption description\" class=\"\"><span class=\"credit\" itemprop=\"copyrightHolder\">(Image credit: Colorwave)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p class=\"fancy-box__body-text\"><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-gaming-mouse\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best gaming mouse<\/strong><\/a>: the top rodents for gaming<br \/><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-gaming-keyboard\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best gaming keyboard<\/strong><\/a>: your PC&#8217;s best friend&#8230;<br \/><a data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/best-gaming-headset\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Best gaming headset<\/strong><\/a>: don&#8217;t ignore in-game audio<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There&#8217;s hackery and then there&#8217;s, well, hackery. Still, if you too have a desire for a split keyboard and happen to have an old model lying around\u2026 leave it alone. Keyboards have enough of a terrible existence if you ask me, taking a relentless bashing from our greasy fingertips and absorbing spillages, crumbs, and in my keebs case, dubious writing.<\/p>\n<p>Leave this one to the, err, professionals. Or don&#8217;t, if you&#8217;ve got some sort of grudge against regular keyboards that simply must be fulfilled. Now, if you&#8217;ll excuse me, I&#8217;m feeling slightly woozy. I think I need to go for a lie down.<\/p>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/hardware\/gaming-keyboards\/in-the-market-for-a-split-keyboard-why-not-chop-a-regular-one-in-half-and-then-attach-it-back-together-with-a-nightmare-of-wires-said-no-one-ever\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Split keyboards are not for everyone. But if you fancy the hands-spread typing experience and don&#8217;t feel like paying $200+ for something like the Kinesis Freestyle Edge, Japanese YouTube channel Nomoluk Report has shown a quick and easy method for cutting a regular one in half. Okay, I lied. Nothing about this looks quick and easy at all. As spotted by Hackaday, Nomuluk Report has done the unthinkable and taken a rather-fancy-looking saw blade to a regular mechanical keyboard and chopped it in half, like an amateur magician having a very bad day. 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