Pocket Enigma pieces are coming together! If you want to see the renderings, check out the OpenSCAD source https://github.com/osresearch/enigma
The Pocket Enigma is ratcheting and carrying! No enciphering yet, still need to wire up the rotors.
@th for my spacefox I just ordered springs from aliexoress
@th since your time zone is 6 hours ahead of mine, I assume it’s almost done now
@th when you look at a normal keyboard P and L stick out. if you move then to the bottom, the layout is more rectangular fitting better into the box.
You could not write with normal speed anyway because you need to copy the illuminated letter.
@th: QWERTZ is common for German layouts.
Why'd P and L get moved around, I'm not sure, though. But, well, it's a hundred-year-old machine, and keyboard layouts back then were a matter of customs, not standards yet.
The advance mechanism torsion springs are hand wound out of 1.8mm wire on a printed mandrel. They are very bulky and impact the centering arms so I’m still looking for a better solution.