deskthority

Thanks darkcruix, for your comment about my config. I've played some more and fitted some feet. My spacebar issues were solved by pulling the spacebar up off the stabiliser stems by 0.5 mm or so allowing the bottom of the spacebar to rest at the same level as the surrounding keys. Next time I open t...

All the keys seemed to work fine on my round 1 BSSK apart from the odd-feeling spacebar. I opened it up to play and soon needed to refit 4 key modules as the fly plates fell off. I did finally get the knack of refitting the fly plates by watching your setup video. The follow-ups you posted with bett...

Yeah. It was pretty much bang on what I was expecting. So I can't complain. Well. I can.

£118.42.

£106.42 of VAT (sales tax) @ 20%
£12 clearance fee (which the receipt helpfully points out is "zero rated for VAT")

Woo hoo! Rescued at last from ParcelForce after paying His Majesty's Revenue and Customs their cut:
Time to do the mandatory training ...

How about the ESC flip. It's feet ... on a stick.

So a funny thing happened when cleaning my compact F62. I removed the case to dust it and I happened to rest the case top over the mechanism for a moment ... and the keyboard looked so much cooler with an inclined top. Anyway. I've made a prototype replacement for the "mid case" which has a 12 mm hi...

consensual-penis wrote: ↑

08 Jul 2021, 01:45

to someone that has one, is the ultra compact f62 case angled or is it flat?

The keyboard mechanism is tilted forward slighty but the top and bottom of the case are parallel to each other. There's no angling feet by default but I'm using an "ESC flip" keyboard stand to tilt mine.

Ellipse wrote: ↑

25 Jun 2021, 02:34

Thank you for the additional support clickclack. The separate shipping dark gray and blue sets will be going out beginning in several months from now and starting with the single digit "all in stock" orders, but I have just mailed yours after seeing your post

Thanks!

Not wanted to be that guy but do single digit supporters get to skip any of the queue for additional key sets? I so want my printed dark greys.

darkcruix wrote: ↑

12 Feb 2021, 13:25

Just to complete my previous response ... the first attempt on the F62 looks quite nice, still working on the alignment, but here you go:

Nice. Extra points for the use of the shift symbol for 'up'.

The really cute thing is that the 1.25 U key is an ISO left shift key. So there'll be a printed version of it as a "normal" key from both Unicomp and ellipse.

The inv. T made of 1.25 U keys lines up perfectly with a similar gap on the left and right of the 'up' key and to the left of the 'left' key. I didn't like the way the non-stepped part of the Caps Lock wasn't centred above the 'down' key. I superglued a Model M stem into a 1.25 U key to make the peb...

Finally got out the superglue and made my 1.25 U right shift key.

Something like this:

While I'm counting fractional units, something that's presumably part of Model M/F lore but I don't know: what's the deal with the off-centre stem on 1.5 U keys? I notice that the 1.5 Us on the bottom row compensate for it to the left and right edges but don't seem to inside the 1.5, 1, 1.5 U cluste...

I've tried that but I don't like the way it doesn't line up perfectly with the 'down' key. Actually, i mistyped in the previous message and it's actually a 1.25 U key I'd want to hollow out. That would give (I think) the same gap to the left and right of 'up' and to the left of 'left'.

I've done a similar mod to my HHKB-layout board. I've fitted Unicomp 1.25 U keys to make that inv. T. The stem spacing is perfect for it. It's a shame there isn't a 1.5 U key with an offset stem to replace the Fn key. I might try making my own by hollowing-out a 1.5 U and gluing in a Model M two-par...

My compact F62 had a similar problem when delivered. It turned out to be the soldered contacts of the ribbon cable on the PCB piercing the tape over them and shorting on the inside of the case.

I bought some fine tweezers and have had no trouble removing the floss when needed. I believe the only difference between the F62 and the compact F62 is the attachment method of the bottom plate to the case of the keyboard ('tabs' on the side vs folded legs), so I doubt that's an issue.

I flossed my compact F62 with the same floss in lengths of 14 mm and it went fine. 14 mm is short enough that the floss doesn't protrude above the spring.

daphnis, I had the same problem and dropped the /usr/include from INCLUDEPATH on line 27 of ibm-capsense-usb-util.pro. The section of the file looks like this (now): unix:!macx { LIBS += -lhidapi-libusb INCLUDEPATH += \ /usr/include/hidapi } I'm on Fedora 31 with Qt5. Actually, I tried building this...

Cubella, have you tried adding the Fn key mapping on the 'target' layer of the Layer Condition as well as on the Base Layer? I had the same spamming problem and setting Layer 1's mapping to be the same key seems to solve it (although after doing that it seems to still work even if I remove the Layer...

Spacebar heatshrink mod: I used some tubing I had lying around with a 3.6 mm unshrunk outside diameter. tubing.jpg After marking the positions of the existing tape (my stabiliser had the original black electrical tape) and removing that tape, I pushed two 10-12 mm long pieces of tubing onto one end ...

The middle case is really satisfyingly snug fit around the keyboard mechanism. The foam squeezed out the sides of the keyboard locates the case perfectly.

Her Majesty's Customs and Excise finally decided to release my keyboard. Yay! play-keys.jpg Applied the updated firmware with dfu-programmer under Linux and replaced the electrical tape on the space bar stabiliser with heat-shrink tubing and it's purring along nicely. Looks interesting without a top...

The new keys look really crisp and refreshingly step free.

I notice the backspace on the HHKB layouts in pearl/pebble is the lighter of the two colours. Shouldn't it be darker to match the other non alpha-num keys?

It's usually pretty easy to push heat shrink along wires that are only slightly narrower than the pre-shrinking inner diameter.
I'd rate it as easier than applying tape to a narrow wire.

Would heatshrink tubing not be a better choice than electrical tape?
It won't ooze glue over time.