We made some new keycaps for the Voyager, and so can you! If you'd like to try these out for yourself, they're available on our MakerWorld and Printables pages.
These keycaps come from the KLP Lamé keycap set by braindefender with some modifications (more on that below). Despite the name, these are very cool ;) The name is actually Lamé, not "lame". Lamé is a type of fabric woven with metallic strands. Fun fact: it is also a piece of fencing gear (a conductive vest you wear to help with scoring), a sport I did for many years when I was younger. Anyway, onto the keycaps:
These are slightly angled keycaps that create a mild keywell effect. It's subtle enough that they still feel more-or-less normal if you're not a fan of keywells, but keywell appreciators will like how they meet your fingers a little more closely than our standard Choc keycaps.
When we first tried to print the Lamé keycaps with an FDM printer, we found out it's really hard to do cleanly because of the shape of the keycap. There wasn't a good way to attach it to the build plate without supports, and support removal caused artifacts.
So, our 3D-artist Steve put some thought into it and tweaked the keycaps to flatten their sides while carefully preserving the overall shape. The result is a keycap profile that's faithful to the KLP Lamé one but is much easier to print. You get a super clean result with zero supports, zero wasted material, and no post-processing.
The orientation of the keys on the plate works with the new model to make the Choc stems stronger, and because of how the layer lines flow across the key, it makes the keycap itself feel smoother in use (because the keys run towards/from your fingers, and not "across").
We then took these keys and put them into a 3mf in a layout that gives you one half of the Voyager, with three different sculpted profiles "flowing" across the keyboard.
And of course, being 3D-printed, you can do tons of fun things with the colors. Here are some renders (also featuring our other new printable, the wrist rest system).
Happy printing!
