Topre sliders, MX caps

osxoep

17 Mar 2014, 19:59

It's the feet.

If I put the slider in the wrong way (barrel through the top) it would fall right out, so there's a bit of room there.
The original one has a bit of space around the barrel, so I think it's fine.

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matt3o
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17 Mar 2014, 20:05

osxoep wrote:It's the feet.

If I put the slider in the wrong way (barrel through the top) it would fall right out, so there's a bit of room there.
The original one has a bit of space around the barrel, so I think it's fine.
cool, thanks!

you can file the feet just a micron, I bet you can easily fix it! I made the feet thicker than the original so they are stiffer. Now waiting for more feedback with other cheaper materials. The frosted material is the one the shrinks less.

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matt3o
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17 Mar 2014, 20:18

PS: is the hole under the slider too big? ie: does the key get pressed correctly?
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osxoep

17 Mar 2014, 20:35

That should be something I should check...

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Yep. Works :)

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Shinryuu

17 Mar 2014, 22:40

That's sick 8-)

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8bit

25 Mar 2014, 22:51

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cookie

26 Mar 2014, 19:13

Good one :)

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Spikebolt
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25 Feb 2015, 19:12

Such an interesting project! Too bad the cost is so high, any news on mass producing it? How does it feel compared to the Novatouch and stock Topre? :P

cepheid46e2

05 Aug 2015, 01:38

Just wanted to hop on here and voice my support. I really hope you can get this off the ground and move these into some kind of mass production because there's a high demand for them. Currently they're just a bit too expensive but I'm hoping in the future you get something worked out that can make them affordable. :mrgreen:

Vizir

08 Aug 2015, 03:47

It appears that JTK has already got topre sliders. I'm waiting for the first batch which should ship end of the month, I think. And from the group buy it seems they're only $15 or so for a set of 104...

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zslane

31 Aug 2015, 22:02

I don't have a Realforce board to experiment with, so I have to ask the gurus here:

If you try to stick an MX keycap onto a standard Topre stem, the vertical groove guides inside the plunger form an obstacle to the little cylindrical stem mount with the female cross inside the keycap, preventing it from resting fully inside the Topre slider, correct?

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sth
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01 Sep 2015, 09:03

Vizir wrote: It appears that JTK has already got topre sliders. I'm waiting for the first batch which should ship end of the month, I think. And from the group buy it seems they're only $15 or so for a set of 104...
they haven't yet got stabilizers though :|

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Muirium
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01 Sep 2015, 14:09

Yup. A lot of half baked, half finished ideas rush towards GBs these days. Clueveat Lector, as the Latinos say.

I'm up for trying a set of those myself, but I don't expect a stab-less Realforce to be especially practical. More of a proof of concept. Which seems an odd thing to sell in numbers!

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chzel

01 Sep 2015, 16:54

From what I understand, the JTK ones do have 2u stabs, just no spacebar stabs.

Vizir

02 Sep 2015, 16:24

I'm happy with that. The space bar is coming from the topre pbt drop, anyway :)

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Muirium
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02 Sep 2015, 16:39

O really? That's more like it. Still bloody difficult to match a spacebar profile from a completely different continent of the keyboard universe, but spacebars are always an odd fish anyway.

Any pictures of these things in action?

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chzel

02 Sep 2015, 17:10

Not yet, just production sample pics, I'll link a bit later!

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chzel

02 Sep 2015, 20:14


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Muirium
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02 Sep 2015, 20:30

Inteyresting…

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vs. NovaTouch sliders:

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Bunny's look a bit thicker walled to me. But it could just be the NovaTouch sliders' chamfered edge that gives the visual effect.

Notably, Topre sliders do indeed only feature a single mount in the middle for (non-spacebar) stabilised keys. Which is why you'd likely have trouble shoving NovaTouch ones in a Realforce.

vang0341

03 Sep 2015, 17:59

Crap I missed the gb for these sliders. [TIRED FACE]

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chzel

03 Sep 2015, 18:42

Don't worry, they will be sold at the shop after the GB.

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Touch_It

03 Sep 2015, 22:35

would these work in a type heaven? (Topre nub)

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002
Topre Enthusiast

03 Sep 2015, 23:32

I don't see why not :)
The Type Heaven switches are the same as the Realforce.

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zslane

04 Sep 2015, 00:04

Okay, I'm gonna try asking this with a picture...
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Topre Enthusiast

04 Sep 2015, 00:08

Yes...that's why people are making their own custom MX sliders for Topre switch housings.

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zslane

04 Sep 2015, 00:21

That's what I figured; I just wanted to be sure.

nwmn

17 Sep 2015, 20:25

These look amazing!

Has anyone had a hand's on/seen ctrl alt's offering of their own topre sliders. How do they compare?

Also hi DT, I'm new here.

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