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19 changes: 13 additions & 6 deletions src/content/docs/build/index.mdx
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- A 3D printer with a 0.4 mm nozzle, or access to one (for example, at a library or makerspace). We recommend Bambu printers, but anything from a Prusa MK3S up can do the job.
- At least one full spool of filament. Black PLA is the basic choice. Any filament that isn't opaque to infrared light at 940 nm needs [silver Sharpie](https://www.amazon.com/Sharpie-39108PP-Metallic-Permanent-Blister/dp/B00009RAX4) on the key flags ([Step 5](/build/#step-5-ink-the-key-flags)). Only Sharpie-brand silver works reliably. Sharpie gold, bronze and copper are less reliable.
- [Medium CA glue, with fine applicator tips](https://a.co/d/0MWOtlK).
- Adjustable parallel pliers. We recommend the [Knipex Pliers Wrench, 180 mm](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081K8WFTF).
- Adjustable parallel pliers. We recommend the [Knipex Pliers Wrench, 180 mm](https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081K8WFTF). These are required for pressing magnets fully flush.
- A small flat-blade screwdriver, about 4 mm wide and 1 mm thick.
- A heat set insert kit or a soldering iron, for example [this one](https://amzn.to/3TOY4MW).
- 3D printing experience. This is an advanced build. Depending on your filament and your printer, you may need to tune your slicer settings to get working parts.
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All magnets are 2.0 mm x 1.5 mm N35.

**Press every magnet fully flush.** The fit between keys and clusters has little room to spare, and a proud magnet uses some of it up.

- **Clusters:** the **north** pole faces out.
- **Keys:** the **south** pole faces out, so it's the visible side.

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4. Pick up a magnet with a thin flat-blade screwdriver.
5. Dip the magnet in the glue.
6. Press it into the hole in the key.
7. Squeeze the magnet flush with parallel pliers.
7. Squeeze the magnet flush with parallel pliers, every time, even when it already looks flush.
8. Let the glue cure before you use the key.

<CadFigure name="cad-magnet-flush" alt="Two cut-away views of a key with its magnet. Before: the magnet stands proud of the key between the open jaws of parallel pliers. After: the jaws are closed and the magnet is flush." caption="Squeeze the magnet flush with parallel pliers." />
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3. Put glue in the magnet holes of the keys.
4. Pick up a magnet with a thin flat-blade screwdriver.
5. Press it into the hole in the key.
6. Squeeze the magnet flush with parallel pliers.
6. Squeeze the magnet flush with parallel pliers, every time, even when it already looks flush.
7. Let the glue cure.

### Cluster magnets

Install the cluster magnets the same way, from the Cluster stage (north pole up). Orange rings mark each magnet.
Install the cluster magnets the same way, from the Cluster stage (north pole up). Press the side key magnets in with the screwdriver first, then finish with the pliers: put the jaw tips into two opposite key wells and squeeze to push both magnets flush. Orange rings mark each magnet.

<CadFigure name="cad-magnets-finger-cluster" alt="A finger cluster from above and the same cluster turned over. Orange rings mark the five magnets: one in the wall of each side key slot, and the center key magnet on the underside." caption="Finger cluster magnets: one in each side key slot, one for the center key on the underside." />

<CadFigure name="cad-magnets-thumb-cluster" alt="A right thumb cluster from above. Orange rings mark the five magnets: Nail, Knuckle, Pad, Up and Down." caption="Thumb cluster magnets (right cluster shown; the left cluster is the mirror image)." />

<CadFigure name="cad-magnet-screwdriver-slot" alt="A finger cluster with a flat-blade screwdriver in the East key slot. The flat of the blade is on the magnet, and an arrow shows it pressed toward the slot wall." caption="Press each side key magnet into its hole with the screwdriver first." />

<CadFigure name="cad-magnet-pliers-tips" alt="A cross-section of a finger cluster through its East and West key wells, with a pliers jaw tip down in each well. Before: the magnet in the inner wall of each well stands slightly proud, each jaw rests on its magnet, and arrows show the jaws closing toward the center. After: both magnets are flush. The curved backs of the jaw tips pass over the outer walls of the wells." caption="Jaw tips in opposite key wells: squeeze to push both magnets flush." />


### Key magnets

<CadFigure name="cad-magnets-keys" alt="The keys in a row, each with its magnet in orange and ringed: North, side, tipping center, Nail, Knuckle, Pad, Up, the curved Up, and Down." caption="Where the magnet goes in each key. The south pole faces out." />
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### Insert the keys

Every key should slide easily into place and snap to its magnet.
Press each key into its slot until it snaps to its magnet. It takes a little force to go in, and then it moves freely.

<CadFigure name="cad-key-insert" alt="A finger cluster with its keys in place except the East key (orange), which is above its slot with an arrow pointing straight down." caption="Slide each key straight down into its slot until it snaps to its magnet." />
<CadFigure name="cad-key-insert" alt="A finger cluster with its keys in place except the East key (orange), which is above its slot with an arrow pointing straight down." caption="Press each key straight down into its slot until it snaps to its magnet." />

If a key doesn't slide in easily or doesn't move freely:

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