More pics: https://pixelfed.social/p/wjrii/838255973232132267

I messed up in a million ways, but I managed not to screw it up too badly to be happy with it. This was also my first build with QMK and then VIAL. Some lessons:

• ALPS stabilizers are a pain.
• Don’t let sleepy English majors design PCBs after midnight. Seriously, the thing barely works for this layout, but should be slightly better for Cherry MX switches.
• One is strangely zen when one accidentally deletes all the PCB design files for such a flawed PCB. Still have the fabrication Gerber, but with half a dozen errors that’s very near to useless.
• Don’t be a coward with your woodworking. There is a bigger gap between case and keys than I’d like.
• On the other hand, don’t be stupid. The pecan inlay on the back may be there to cover up where I sliced right into the dowels joining the frame together.