Buckling Spring Numpad - possible?
- hammelgammler
- Vintage
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: IBM Model F Unsaver
- Main mouse: G-Wolves Skoll
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring (Model F)
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Hey guys,
As i get my SSK in a few weeks i thought about building my own buckling spring numpad from a functional full size Model M.
Has anyone done something like this already? I saw the thread where somebody made his own HHKB Model M, so i thought it will be possible to make a buckling spring numpad as well.
There will be soldering required i think, but thats no problem in any way.
Best regards,
David
As i get my SSK in a few weeks i thought about building my own buckling spring numpad from a functional full size Model M.
Has anyone done something like this already? I saw the thread where somebody made his own HHKB Model M, so i thought it will be possible to make a buckling spring numpad as well.
There will be soldering required i think, but thats no problem in any way.
Best regards,
David
- XMIT
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- Main mouse: CST L-Trac Trackball
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Look into hasu's "Happy Buckling Spring Board" which is the project you mentioned. Why in fact you could chop a full sized M into a keypad and an SSK. But you'll be short one side of a case and one controller board.
If you just want to turn an M into a keypad: you'll need to do a fair amount of work to get the traces correct on the membranes. Copper tape is a better solution here than solder as the soldering iron will melt the membrane.
If you just want to turn an M into a keypad: you'll need to do a fair amount of work to get the traces correct on the membranes. Copper tape is a better solution here than solder as the soldering iron will melt the membrane.
- fohat
- Elder Messenger
- Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Main keyboard: Model F 122-key terminal
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- Favorite switch: Model F Buckling Spring
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An actual IBM numpad exists, although it was a pretty rare accessory and you would have to be very lucky to find one.
- ramnes
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- hammelgammler
- Vintage
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: IBM Model F Unsaver
- Main mouse: G-Wolves Skoll
- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring (Model F)
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Well that seems like a kind of low price to me doesn't it?
15000 Yen =~ 115€?
But yeah, an original numpad would be even better.
15000 Yen =~ 115€?
But yeah, an original numpad would be even better.
- photekq
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Btw, ramnes, I know you were unhappy about that being posted on GH.
Just to let you know.. It didn't go to a GHer
http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/index.php?mi ... rl=8769865
Just to let you know.. It didn't go to a GHer
http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/index.php?mi ... rl=8769865
- joc
- Location: The Lone Star State
- Main keyboard: IBM F104 (Unsaver) || IBM SSK
- Main mouse: Logitech M570
- Favorite switch: IBM Beam Spring
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- joc
- Location: The Lone Star State
- Main keyboard: IBM F104 (Unsaver) || IBM SSK
- Main mouse: Logitech M570
- Favorite switch: IBM Beam Spring
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I've only seen this LPFK and the similar black version. The keypad I saw was different - it looked as if some had cut off the numpad area of an F122 and was using it standalone (the keys were arranged in a square 5x5 matrix).Parak wrote: ↑The older LPFK variant maybe? That one was Cherry M8, and not buckling spring.
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Was doing some box sorting today, so thought I'd take a few quick terrible phone pics of it:joc wrote: ↑I've only seen this LPFK and the similar black version. The keypad I saw was different - it looked as if some had cut off the numpad area of an F122 and was using it standalone (the keys were arranged in a square 5x5 matrix).Parak wrote: ↑The older LPFK variant maybe? That one was Cherry M8, and not buckling spring.