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... one individual. But instead of funding replacement case that you probably profit significantly from, your recommendation is a fkn paint pen. Get a grip man, if your products are further damaged in shipping, you can not tell people it's expected because your project allows for cosmetic ...

... by hand.

Here is my view: Model F springs really need to be pushed down all the way onto the nub for best results, and the tweezers should be gripping closer to the bottom of the spring like in the hour-long setup video so that the spring is not bent. You should have a firm grip on the spring ...

... to get it working properly. So I won't need to take apart the inner assembly, which is good news, because I still don't see where the pliers can grip the two plates on the classic F104 in order to slide them apart.

I have a couple of takeaways from this.

I don't know that it's really possible ...

... cable is just impractical for me and I had a feeling that I would eventually have to replace it anyway.

So far the cable design has been my only gripe with the Classic F104. The cable hole is about 3mm in diameter, way too small for most USB-C cables, and the hole edges are fairly sharp, which may ...

... to reattach a spring by yourself.

To answer the question I've used both angled and flat tweezers for it, but I bent the flat one a little bit to grip the spring mostly at the bottom. Then it's just a matter of using the right pressure when applying it back so you can slide the tweezers along the ...

Dear Chyros,

You can attain a grip by using Mouse Tape which there are a huge variety, giving you various textures for your liking and can easily be applied to your 'Knob'.

You don't like compacted 1800 layouts, which I adore.

Not bad keyboard, but it sounds like some kind of membrane like keyboard ...

Finger gripping? Bah! Ergonomically unsound as well as uncomfortable.

Bullshit. :D

I’ve been using mice since the late 1980s, and finger gripping then since my hands reached adult size in the 90s. The few palm-filling mice I tried which are as big as my (XL glove size) hands aren’t comfortable ...

Buttons on the front, where your fingers naturally curl…

…if you palm grip your mouse. If you finger grip, top buttons are in the right place. ;)

https://www.daskeyboard.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/claw-grip-fingertip-grip-palm-grip.jpg
https://www.daskeyboard.com/blog/claw-grip-palm-grip ...

Correct. Looks are secondary, though not entirely irrelevant.

Grip is the thing that makes mice so wildly different from one another. Finger grip users, like me, go for low profile mice like the Magic Mouse (whose multitouch top surface is very useful for me indeed). Palm grip users go for much ...

Correct. Looks are secondary, though not entirely irrelevant.

Grip is the thing that makes mice so wildly different from one another. Finger grip users, like me, go for low profile mice like the Magic Mouse (whose multitouch top surface is very useful for me indeed). Palm grip users go for much ...

I honestly think the grippy stuff wasn't really planned obsolescence. At the time they came up with that stuff, I don't think anyone knew how long it would last. It solved an immediate problem, so they went with it.

The sticky coating can be scratched or sanded off with the help of some naphta. A ...

So, it is a wireless gaming mouse. What is supposed to make it special, and stand-out compared to the competition?

I see the specs lacks mention of Bluetooth version.
I hope there has been some thought to the sensor vs grip position and weight distribution.

... 39SF010 flash-ROM chips have been delayed :P )

The texture is nice. It's a much finer grain than many vintage caps, so there's still some grip to the keys, but it doesn't *look* bumpy like some caps to. It will be interesting to see how it wears. At first touch, it feels more "dry" and PBT ...

... for working on small plastic electronic devices.


The pliers weren’t my first attempt. After prying with my fingers failed I grabbed a rubber grip mat and was able to pull one side of a switch up, but the other side was really stuck in there. I tried a couple of other switches with the same ...

... curious what, if any, modifications are available for these relics?

I know you can upgrade switches, upgrade cables, upgrade the mice feet and add grip tape, but were there(or are there) any modifications related to the ball itself? Like could you upgrade to a better quality ball? Could you replace ...

... s metal on metal, so they end up slipping past the beam spring.

That said I've had success in the form of getting the clips on the fly plate "inside" the grip of the beam spring, but one of the either sides never seem to slip into the slots it's supposed to in order to keep the flyplate in place..

Hey. It's a n00b. GET HIM!

Anyhow, yes, I'm aware of Chyros' instructions, but I don't mind seeing them reposted. I think they're pretty decent. As an idea for another thread, maybe we could talk about some updates to those instructions. As an example, for disassembling switches, I use orihalcon's ...

... with soldered in switches, but this design just isn't made for that task.
The tool can't get far enough down to grab the top housing and get enough grip to pull it up when the switch is mounted in a board.

A tool for mounted switches needs another design, which would be more complicated as it needs ...

... that can help folks switch between springs or potentially repair beam modules in the future.

Currently I remove the module, flip it upside down, grip below the washer with a flat metal wire stripper tool, and gently tap the tool with a hammer a few times. Takes a few seconds but it involves ...

Yes i need them there. 99% have them topside but i have VERY limited movement so i just grip around the arrow keys and can barely reach 1-2 keys away. Like Numpad 0, 1 & 4. Delete and End. Enter and 1 left of it. Right Ctrl and Right Shift. My body got used that even changing height of my electric ...

... seated properly but was loose and not quite in its original shape. I took the actuation leaf and pinched the top section together to ensure a firm grip on the top of the switch plate, then bent the legs outward/upwards to ensure they would contact the slider when it was pressed down. This made for a ...

... shit converter. Those Dupont connectors aren't great for permanent installations, especially if cheap ones are used because they lose their grip.

If it were ME (because I like keeping keyboards as original as possible) - I would order a replacement fixed cable from Unicomp and make a new ...

... you feared happening to the space-bar if you properly remove the two plastic parts holding the stabilizer in place and having a good and correct grip on it when you go ahead and slowly try to pull on it. Don't forget to do a gentle back- and forth motion while doing so, but I guess you already ...

... the top of the nub, in order to keep the spring centered on the nub. Then I used tweezers to slide the whole spring down onto the nub. I tried to grip the spring as close to the bottom as possible, so it wouldn't compress and buckle as I was pressing it onto the nub. It's possible I slightly ...

... the top of the nub, in order to keep the spring centered on the nub. Then I used tweezers to slide the whole spring down onto the nub. I tried to grip the spring as close to the bottom as possible, so it wouldn't compress and buckle as I was pressing it onto the nub. It's possible I slightly ...

... you consulted for those.

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Why do beamspring housings have a slot running down 2 opposite sides. Was this so some kind of parallel pliers could grip the switch from below?

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Was there an official IBM method of reattaching a buckling spring that fell out of the module. People now often use a ...

... for the new 386 machines as affordable Unix systems. The PS/2 was definitely a damp firecracker, and that is about the point that IBM lost its grip.

But the keyboard transition couldn't have been that soon. If cost pressure were already making buckling springs a losing proposition in 1987 ...

... it USB A? They’re breaking the standard and put the *host* end on the peripheral. Sure, USB C has rewired the way we think about these things lately, but use USB C then! And why the awkward grip? Did they think any of this through?

Welcome to your sleepy, USB port disabling typing experience. :roll:

... purchased this from eBay and the seller told me he cleaned the switches and keyboard, which look brand new and feel great. He also put some rubber grip padding under the PCB which explains why the sound is so nice compared to my other FK-2001 boards.
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... got a SpaceExplorer with the modern puck shape and 90deg spaced homing bumps.

More recently I got a cadman for 10€ and I'm really not a fan of the grip, the flat sides provide no real grip to pull upwards and it's just too large. I considered printing a new shell for it but the sensor assembly is ...