Hi,
this was posted on a German forum and I thought, you might find it interesting, too (don't worry, it's in english):
Greetings,
Nuum
Cherry MX Factory Tour
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Julle
- Location: Finland
- Main keyboard: Wooting Two HE
- Main mouse: CST L-trac
- Favorite switch: Lekker Hall effect
- DT Pro Member: -
They say in the video Cherry wouldn't let them see the MX production line because Cherry wanted to protect "all the improvements" they've made to the Cherry MX over the years.
Someone please tear apart a switch from 20 years ago and a switch of 2014. I want to see all the improvements they made.
Someone please tear apart a switch from 20 years ago and a switch of 2014. I want to see all the improvements they made.
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Halvar
- Location: Baden, DE
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M SSK / Filco MT 2
- Favorite switch: Beam & buckling spring, Monterey, MX Brown
- DT Pro Member: 0051
That's not how I understood it. Newer production lines would be for new products of ZF, not for old products like Cherry MX (or their keyboards, it seems).
Nice video, thanks! I wonder if the impression of the two reporters that everything looks so overengineered at Cherry is indeed right. I guess it would look the same at the site of other switch makers all over the world, with all the testing equipment and automated production.
Nice video, thanks! I wonder if the impression of the two reporters that everything looks so overengineered at Cherry is indeed right. I guess it would look the same at the site of other switch makers all over the world, with all the testing equipment and automated production.
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andrewjoy
- Location: UK
- Main keyboard: Filco ZERO green alps, Model F 122 Terminal
- Main mouse: Ducky Secret / Roller Mouse Pro 1
- Favorite switch: MX Mount Topre / Model F Buckling
- DT Pro Member: 0167
I would have loved to have seen the production line for the beamspring switch.
Also make ergo clears cherry !
Also make ergo clears cherry !
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scottc
- ☃
- Location: Remote locations in Europe
- Main keyboard: GH60-HASRO 62g Nixies, HHKB Pro1 HS, Novatouch
- Main mouse: Steelseries Rival 300
- Favorite switch: Nixdorf 'Soft Touch' MX Black
- DT Pro Member: -
Cherry's automation is controlled by a PC running Windows XP?
WTS: All of my Cherry boards...
WTS: All of my Cherry boards...
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Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
That's how the world works. 10 years ago, the obsolete system of choice they were likely running was OS/2.
Anything interesting? Seeing those hosts made me skip around after a few seconds, as something about that presentation style gives me attention deficit disorder. I exceeded my lifetime exposure level back in the 1990s… Could someone remake this as a Swedish avant garde arthouse film? Or maybe get Mike Judge on it.
Anything interesting? Seeing those hosts made me skip around after a few seconds, as something about that presentation style gives me attention deficit disorder. I exceeded my lifetime exposure level back in the 1990s… Could someone remake this as a Swedish avant garde arthouse film? Or maybe get Mike Judge on it.
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Halvar
- Location: Baden, DE
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M SSK / Filco MT 2
- Favorite switch: Beam & buckling spring, Monterey, MX Brown
- DT Pro Member: 0051
The most interesting information was that both their switch and keyboard manufacturing tech seem to be from the 90s and haven't changed a lot since then. No wonder they can't satisfy the switch demand in any timely manner and their switch business will be eaten by the Chinese in short time now that they really got started.
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webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
- DT Pro Member: 0000
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Might not turn out bad if they give up. Because they will sell the assets, probably to some Asian outfit. It would at least kick some live into the product line.
