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by mode1ace
06 Jul 2022, 09:53
Forum: Group buys
Topic: F104+SSK+122+62+77+50+Ergo orders now open! New Kishsaver+Industrial Model F Keyboards
Replies: 8669
Views: 3800563

Re: F62+F77 orders now open! New Kishsaver+Industrial Model F Keyboards

mode1ace please send me another email as I don't have your user name in the order database. Some of my email replies (and shipping confirmation emails!) are ending up in junk folders. I've sent another, I put my DT username in the email, iirc when I bought it I put my geekhack username "mode" which...
by mode1ace
06 Jul 2022, 08:32
Forum: Group buys
Topic: F104+SSK+122+62+77+50+Ergo orders now open! New Kishsaver+Industrial Model F Keyboards
Replies: 8669
Views: 3800563

Re: F62+F77 orders now open! New Kishsaver+Industrial Model F Keyboards

Is there a backlog for getting support on a delivered keyboard? I emailed a week ago but have not received a reply, I just need single replacement key as it arrived damaged.
by mode1ace
04 Jul 2022, 14:15
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Appreciation
Replies: 4210
Views: 1142559

Re: Alps Appreciation

the_ambyguous wrote:
29 May 2022, 05:52
holy crap, this looks awesome! ive never seen canon caps used like this before, covering a whole board and and using the flat caps. is this a custom pcb?
Yup.

I have a lot of excellent mostly alps keyboards but this is above and beyond all the rest. I'm not sure I'll ever have a nicer keyboard.
by mode1ace
21 Feb 2022, 10:00
Forum: For sale
Topic: [SOLD] [EU-DE] WTS: DSA GRANITE Kit (International)
Replies: 6
Views: 1300

Re: [EU-DE] WTS: DSA GRANITE Kit (International)

what mount? MX or alps
by mode1ace
21 Feb 2022, 09:57
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Mechanical keyboards, are they worth it?
Replies: 8
Views: 1210

Re: Mechanical keyboards, are they worth it?

No, not at all. Just get a rubber dome bro.
by mode1ace
15 Nov 2021, 09:15
Forum: Vendors
Topic: Kuritakey M0110/A PCBs: Orders now open
Replies: 22
Views: 16959

Re: Kuritakey M0110/A PCBs: Orders now open

Yes, it's done by moving the rj9 port from the original pcb to this, then soldering a snipped micro usb cable from the pro micro to the pcb.

You can crimp an rj9 port onto most usb cables.
by mode1ace
10 Nov 2021, 17:18
Forum: For sale
Topic: (EU-NL) 10 NeXT Keyboard's with feet-Make offers in comments!
Replies: 82
Views: 17636

Re: (EU-NL) 10 NeXT Keyboard's with feet and some other boards

I bid, but then withdrew. cba with the silent auction nonsense. Just put them on ebay auctions mate.
by mode1ace
30 Oct 2021, 17:05
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps wax mod - procedure & evaluation!
Replies: 175
Views: 102109

Re: Alps wax mod - procedure & evaluation!

Just finished putting together my sasol 5203 waxboiled M0110 and it came out great!
by mode1ace
30 Oct 2021, 12:21
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps wax mod - procedure & evaluation!
Replies: 175
Views: 102109

Re: Alps wax mod - procedure & evaluation!

sasol 5203 seems to work much better than the tealights I have, I strongly recommend everyone just get that.
by mode1ace
27 Oct 2021, 22:38
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Appreciation
Replies: 4210
Views: 1142559

Re: Alps Appreciation

No all newly fabricated, the cad exists, I just don't have it.
by mode1ace
27 Oct 2021, 20:36
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Appreciation
Replies: 4210
Views: 1142559

Re: Alps Appreciation

SK-8K wrote:
27 Oct 2021, 20:18
Nice, do you have plate and PCB files available?
No.
by mode1ace
27 Oct 2021, 20:00
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Appreciation
Replies: 4210
Views: 1142559

Re: Alps Appreciation

nice work!

skfl are underrated, they’re nice when in good condition.
by mode1ace
27 Oct 2021, 15:56
Forum: Group buys
Topic: [GB] NCR-80 R2 (TKL)
Replies: 7
Views: 10146

Re: [GB] NCR-80 R2 (TKL)

https://deskthority.net/download/file.php?id=71493 So I got my alps build together. Please do consider posting CAD to help people do their own PCBs and plates, just where the mounting holes are relative to the key blocks would be immensely helpful, it took us a couple of revisions to get a pcb to f...
by mode1ace
27 Oct 2021, 15:54
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Appreciation
Replies: 4210
Views: 1142559

Re: Alps Appreciation

My work in progress.

SKCM orange, canon keycaps, and the NCR80 case.
by mode1ace
23 Oct 2021, 07:24
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Lubricant FOUND!
Replies: 694
Views: 275710

Re: Alps Lubricant FOUND!

I literally cringed when I saw you bring out that metal strainer. Please use plastic. Plastic strainers and colanders are really cheap. Why? I've used a metal strainer for caps and switchparts for years, never had an issue with scratching. Metal isn't inherently scratchy unless you force an edge on...
by mode1ace
22 Oct 2021, 20:21
Forum: Workshop
Topic: Kuritakey brand M0110 Rejuvenation PCB
Replies: 9
Views: 9439

Re: Kuritakey brand M0110 Rejuvenation PCB

Nice, my M0110B is ready!
by mode1ace
22 Oct 2021, 20:08
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps wax mod - procedure & evaluation!
Replies: 175
Views: 102109

Re: Alps wax mod - procedure & evaluation!

hellothere wrote:
22 Oct 2021, 19:34
I've been meaning to ask, but keep forgetting to ask, if lubricating springs for any kind of switch you can open is a good idea.
Depends how you feel about ping, lubing springs does reduce ping. I like a bit of ping, so it's not a good idea for me, but I understand why people do it.
by mode1ace
20 Oct 2021, 23:54
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps wax mod - procedure & evaluation!
Replies: 175
Views: 102109

Re: Alps wax mod - procedure & evaluation!

Eurobeat is unironically good.
by mode1ace
14 Oct 2021, 19:16
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps wax mod - procedure & evaluation!
Replies: 175
Views: 102109

Re: Alps wax mod - procedure & evaluation!

He made an excellent video where he really gave it his best for what anyone with a basic intelligence can easily figure out doesn't work. He is a chemist who knows organic chemistry much better than the folks criticizing him. tl;dr re the rest of your post, but jeeze, you sure do love jerking him o...
by mode1ace
14 Sep 2021, 07:44
Forum: Group buys
Topic: Recreate Cherry G81-3077(TKL)
Replies: 38
Views: 78628

Re: Recreate Cherry G81-3077(TKL)

Not really after an argument over such a petty issue, if you want to be anxious about labelling enforcement that's up to you, don't import one.

I still think you radically overestimate the degree to which customs agents give a crap about the small stuff.
by mode1ace
13 Sep 2021, 17:03
Forum: Group buys
Topic: Recreate Cherry G81-3077(TKL)
Replies: 38
Views: 78628

Re: Recreate Cherry G81-3077(TKL)

I don't understand losing any sleep over it, as a a buyer it's not your risk. […] It is definitely your risk if you import (that's what you do when you buy from a foreign country not party to a common market scheme your country belongs to) electrical devices showing fake security labels. At least t...
by mode1ace
11 Sep 2021, 22:17
Forum: Group buys
Topic: Recreate Cherry G81-3077(TKL)
Replies: 38
Views: 78628

Re: Recreate Cherry G81-3077(TKL)

I don't understand losing any sleep over it, as a a buyer it's not your risk. I highly doubt NCR gives a crap about small runs of keyboard replicas commissioned and sold from china. It'd be quite futile to try and enforce their trademark, just search taobao for some popular trademarks and you'll fin...
by mode1ace
04 Sep 2021, 18:39
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: question about lubing mechanical keyboard
Replies: 5
Views: 1185

Re: question about lubing mechanical keyboard

Yeah, just rub a candle on it.
by mode1ace
30 Aug 2021, 12:05
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Lubricant FOUND!
Replies: 694
Views: 275710

Re: Alps Lubricant FOUND!

I’d agree that wax gets you to 9/10 not 10/10. Just thats good enough for me. I want a method to get back to 9/10 that I can repeat every few years.
by mode1ace
26 Aug 2021, 11:04
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Lubricant FOUND!
Replies: 694
Views: 275710

Re: Alps Lubricant FOUND!

So I'm wondering, surely it's not necessary for the water to be boiling, right? It's about delivering some heat, enough to clean the dirt off and melt the wax. So for the ABS housings, anything under 100C should be ok? (iirc that's when it starts warping?) So maybe a sous vide heater, set to like 7...
by mode1ace
25 Aug 2021, 23:40
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Lubricant FOUND!
Replies: 694
Views: 275710

Re: Alps Lubricant FOUND!

That’s the key, encouraging others to try and experiment :)

i’ve got 300 of the finest rekt taobao blues coming my way, so I’m going to see how this method fares at scale.

it’s a shame I have no NOS blues, but if they come out better than my NOS white then that’s a win :)
by mode1ace
25 Aug 2021, 22:10
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Lubricant FOUND!
Replies: 694
Views: 275710

Re: Alps Lubricant FOUND!

I really love how this guy hadn't read this thread, just noticed that the original lube seemed waxy, so tried rubbing a candle on it.

Amazing.
by mode1ace
25 Aug 2021, 22:05
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Lubricant FOUND!
Replies: 694
Views: 275710

Re: Alps Lubricant FOUND!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXnfZp1cqUM This guy tried wax first. I saw him talk about it on discord and just gave it a go, and it spread from there to various people who were already boiling switches and then combined the methods.
by mode1ace
25 Aug 2021, 21:03
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Lubricant FOUND!
Replies: 694
Views: 275710

Re: Alps Lubricant FOUND!

NeK wrote:
25 Aug 2021, 21:00
mode1ace wrote:
25 Aug 2021, 20:54
FWIW, I do have NOS switches, green, white and orange.
Good. I believe you. Did you try only the wax-boil step? If not please do.
yes I did, it embedded dirt in the layer of wax.


It was ok, but, not amazing. I reboiled, rewaxed and then it was good.
by mode1ace
25 Aug 2021, 21:02
Forum: Keyboards
Topic: Alps Lubricant FOUND!
Replies: 694
Views: 275710

Re: Alps Lubricant FOUND!

NeK wrote:
25 Aug 2021, 20:59
This exactly.
I'm actually pretty happy to hear of this boiling technique. However I do want to understand it more in detail and also some things are not really making sense to me, so I point them out.
Try it for yourself then.

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