deskthority

Hi all!

Once ago I have posted my 12x4 ortho KB.
That was first and second attempts of making fully functional KB.
Photos and a bit of description are in this comment https://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/please-help-me-finish-my-zenith-handwiring-project-t19436.html#p419073 and in next two on same ...

According to this doc https://cdn.sparkfun.com/datasheets/Components/Switches/MX%20Series.pdf
square mounting hole should have side equal to 0.551in +/-0.002in,
which (by google convertion) is 13.9954mm +/-0.0508mm.

Also I have seen information (on some wiki, but can't find right away) about 0 ...

Minus 0.15mm for mounting hole is waaaaaay to much.
You won't be able to fit MX-compat switch into 13.85mm
Else you will get switch at least deformed and not able to function properly, stem will stuck.
I have faced this when I was trying to cut 14x14mm holes manually.
Also I was ordering mounting ...

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SwissArmyTin wrote: Cheaper caps and older caps seem to be immune...funny thing, that.

Cheaps are from cheap flexible plastic, they adapts.
Old ones are just old-school-robustness, they suppress BOX stems, not visa-vesra.

Hi!
Looks like I have woke up from cryo-sleep.
I have completely missed news about Kailh BOX switch problems.

And this is real problem to me because in the beginning of january I have bought:
- "Heavy Burnt Orange" (from KBDfans Store at aliexpress);
- "Heavy Pale Blue" (from KBDfans Store at ...

PM'd about spacebars you are looking for.

Muirium wrote: Delightfully crazy, I must say. Barebones? No, skeletal!

Thank you!

Almost forgot, it's hard to see on previous photos, but there is a reset button too.
I took it from some veeery old ball mouse and soldered right into GND and RST pins on controller board.

Nice job on the low profile. Looks ugly from below, but when you see it from the side all becomes clear! What case did you put it in?
It doesn't have any case, bottom plate is just rectangular piece of bottom housing of some cheap plastic keyboard.
Just used standoffs to hold it together ...

So if anyone has experience with this stuff, could you help me out, please? :(


While I was handwiring - I was inspired by this 2 posts:
http://blog.roastpotatoes.co/guide/2015/11/04/how-to-handwire-a-planck/
https://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/brownfox-step-by-step-t6050.html

Main points that ...

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> gave me some old keyboards he found in the school's storage!
And none of them are mech...

Thank you!

Hello!
One man sells Zenith ZKB-2R on r/mechmarket.
He sent me close-up photos of switches and I`m completely in doubt about what I see.
According to DTwiki Zenith should have ALPS, and this is... hmmm... housing is just thin bent metal?
https://imgur.com/a/q9B4D

Could someone help to identify ...

Oh man, I recognized you by photos here too
It was pain to see your video about carpals, how long you need to wear this stuff?
Hope your hand gets back to 100% as soon as possible.