deskthority

Okay, cool, thanks for the clarification. Daniel, have you ever asked Cherry directly about any of this? It seems that you are often emailing companies about their products to get more detailed information, I'm curious to hear what kind of communication you have had with Cherry (if any).

From the part numbers, I would deduce that it's an M6 switch that came before the M7. However, I can't find any M7 datasheet that would confirm their M7_ part numbers, nor any suggestion that an M6 ever existed. Cherry M61, M62, pages 36-38, with illustration. (This is webwit's link that he posted ...

I see, I thought you were referring to the last image he posted, not the second. You have a good eye.

Daniel Beardsmore wrote:Wow. A totally different Cherry MY … (and a much cleaner design, too)

You should add a close-up of one of the switches to the wiki: [wiki]Cherry MY[/wiki]

These are browns, he swapped the PCB out.

I discovered this on my own when I opened up my GH guitar. I found it at the same time when I was still researching mechanical keyboards, but didn't own one yet. You may have found this on your own, but there are a few different versions where the internals of the guitar vary. As far as I know, all ...

Matias wrote:I also heard that Microsoft is getting into the mechanical gaming keyboard market. Not a big surprise, but perhaps a little too late to have much impact.

As always.

I don't have one, and I recon it would be troublesome. That design holds onto the edges of the plate, where the Filco plate is bent and has a flange. Couldn't we potentially just get a replacement plate for filcos, and use the same case? I'm certain plenty of people would be interested in this if i...

Intrested in seeing how you did this. Looks a lot cleaner.

Nice PC, I wish I had some old hardware like that. Very cool.

Got it yesterday, excited to start fooling around with it. Had a little bit of trouble placing the pins in their sockets, it looked like the pins were a few degrees inwards. Not warped, but it seems like when it was soldered they were a little off, and then were stuck there. (No offence to your sold...

Cool, I updated the wiki with more accurate information.
[wiki]Fame_GOG3YLTH-5539[/wiki]
[wiki]Aruz[/wiki]

It wasn't public for me. I clicked on details and it is restricted access. I had a look at other "fame" keyboards mentioned on GH but those do not have the elusive Aruz switch. I got the name from the manufacturer just by searching the ID number and looking at the page, without clicking on "detail"...

Maybe the clone maker used a short fantasy name starting with an A. That actually would make sense, I would guess the switch was made by the same company who made the board they were found on. Just did a bit of research... It was made by these guys, according to the FCC ID. http://www.tai-hao.com/ ...

Any idea on what "Aruz" is? It always bothers me how a company that was large enough to produce keyboard switches, even if they're no longer around, is not even noted in any documents anywhere. It also bothers me that even a company like Cherry doesn't have any information about their earlier M7 swi...

If you're interested in getting something that is extremely low-friction, I personally love the Razer Scarab.

http://www.razerzone.com/gaming-mouse-pads/razer-scarab

After reading over this thread, it's pretty clear that we all mostly agree on what we mean by a "mechanical" keyboard, even if we can't exactly agree on what defines it. Rather than finding a synonym for "mechanical", I think we should look at more of what we are looking for in a keyboard. I think w...

The PCB files have been sent to pcbwing for final checking before they go into production. I usually try to pull off some stunt altering the gerber files. So there may be a few issues to work out before the design passes their DRC. I think they like the challenges I put them up to though... Looking...

Possible interest in one... what would shipping cost to the US?

I personally really like engraved keycaps, you can get some engraved PBTs on ebay. Most ergonomic LED color? Probably yellow. There's glasses that reduce eye strain while staring at a monitor for hours and hours, and they're tinted yellow. Personally I would just purchase whatever color you think lo...

I put a .zip in the OP.

Well, the problem is that literally in about an hour or so I'm leaving and not going to be at home for about a month. That's why I chose to post this today, so maybe someone could work on it, and get more accurate measurements. Otherwise, I'll get back to it when I'm home again.

http://deskthority.net/keyboards-f2/design-database-drawings-vectorimages-cad-files-etc-t3474.html Edit: My homemade 3D scans can't get those small details, great work. Accurately measuring those to get them right is very difficult. How accurate is it? I wish it was more accurate, the reason I made...

Have been working on this the past few weeks, it's not totally complete yet, either. I still have to create the switch housing, and fix a few quirks with the assembly. The part files and a few screenshots are attached. My hope with providing the files is so that someone can improve on them. I am cur...

Not even the LED's changed, you can make them any color.

DanGWanG wrote:

Icarium wrote:Why are those skulls upside down?

Leds are on the bottom

You should flip the switches... totally worth doing after blowing all that money.

Apple should integrate something like this into their laptops... that would be revolutionary.

http://leapmotion.com/

80$, being released this fall. Might actually be really useful for CAD purposes, but in addition to a keyboard and mouse.

A friend of mine showed that to me, pretty cool. I love how you can purchase 3d art that other people have created. Someone should make some 3d keycap models and put them on the site.

I just want to point this out and be over with it, but the guy came here looking for praise, and was pretty excited and wanted to share. I feel bad for him... all anyone even said to him was how stupid he was for posting this. It may not be personally insulting, however it was certainly rude to igno...

That CC blends in perfectly with the rest of that keyboard, looks awesome.