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I would have really liked to tried that but none of the shops there ship to Hungary only Amazon. But the arrival date on amazon is Oct 6 :( But thank you for the response! You don't have to get exactly that caulk. You might try asking at a local hardware store if they have any silicone caulk that d...

This is my perspective: * I never got the whole switch cracking/lubing/modification thing. Especially today, when there are a bazillion variants (especially of linear and tactile MX-mount switches), won't you get more predictable results, with less risk of breaking switches and losing parts, by jus...

Sorry for so much posts but this is really crazy. So i want to buy a wrist wrest, 205g0, lube station +, gk61, wire clippers, etc. And the total came out to 287$ Thats.... a lot of money. Bear in mind that its not all the keeb Its things i can use on other keebs aka accessories :lol: like 205g0 lube...

Next, I would put rubber O-rings on the standoffs that the PCB-plate sandwich rests on. I've heard that the GK61 uses 2.5mm screws (so you'd want O-rings with 2.5mm holes), but you might want to measure that to be sure. If you can't find thin O-rings, maybe you could punch holes in pieces of a rubb...

You could perhaps line the case with clear tape first to avoid the caulk sticking. Ordinary clear tape is made of polyethylene — and almost nothing sticks permanently to PE. I have used this trick many times with epoxy and epoxy putty, but at smaller scale and I've never actually tried PE with sili...

You can get Gateron Optical Silent switches, but I don't really like them. Like the Optical Reds and Blacks I've tried, they have that same gross bottom-out feeling that I cannot describe. It's not hollowness or anything, it's like the slider catches on something if you press it off-center and bott...

This is not for everyone, but I am really pleased with the results of basically covering the back of the circuit board and filling the case of my CM Storm MX Brown board with this stuff: https://gesealants.com/products/advanced-silicone-2-kitchen-bath-sealant/ It's 100% silicone caulk, of a type th...

I looked up a few things quickly on the GK61 and compared with what I know. I would choose the denser automotive foam. Or... first reinforce the bottom of the case with lengthwise ribs of some material epoxied to the bottom, to make the case more rigid. You could find similar automotive damping foa...

Thanks! Seriously my bad and I’m sorry if I made you feel unwelcome. Edit: i am new to keyboards as i said in my original post, so what the hell is vintage? Just saw your edit. “Vintage” here is stuff like IBM, Alps, Fujitsu, Stackpole, microswitch, mitsumi, etc. Old keyboards from back in the day ...

Thru the inter-web! And also i just wanted to build a custom keeb! Cool! There are enough people here who do MX stuff that we should be able to help you out. There's also a discord if you're into that sort of thing. There have been some interesting/cheap innovations lately including covering the ba...

Wazrach wrote: ↑

10 Sep 2021, 20:46

I use 2mm plastazoate polyethylene foam in some of my keyboards, which tightens up the sound without making it quiet.

That unfortunately isn't available on Banggood!

As TNT said, it's just been a rough couple of weeks (or months) for the forum so people have become wary and guarded over the spamming situation. With an absent owner/moderator, we're basically a headless chicken at this point and can't do anything about it. So yeah, apologies for the rough welcome...

Sorry for the rough welcome. We're actually not always this ill-mannered. Well, except Muirium of course, he's Scottish :lol: This forum has been plagued by a lot of spambots recently. Really exhausting. Regarding your question, why not buy a bigger/wider piece of foam, like a mat and cut it in a s...

WTH dude why would i be a bot? As I mentioned, you fit 95% of profile of the spambots this forum has been infiltrated by lately. However, since you are clearly not a bot - welcome and enjoy your stay! How did you learn about Deskthority? How did you learn about Deskthority? Thru the inter-web! And ...

fohat wrote: ↑

10 Sep 2021, 15:48

Just guessing, but the first one looks useless but the second on might be alright.

Sorbothane is generally considered the gold standard for dampening, but it is expensive.

Thanks for the reply!

Funny you should say that. I looked it up on DuckDuckGo before your post, and, oy!, is that duck not as smart as it used to be. Must be their reliance on Bing come home to roost. As soon as Safari offers Brave as a search engine, I'm using that. Actually, Bing's doing a better job than DuckDuckGo. ...

Account just created, account name follows the TwoWord structure of capitalization and length, no vintage tech in bio, post not about vintage, post contains the word "keeb", post reads like something you'd see on r/mk, and if I were willing to use google instead of duck duck go I'm sure as can be t...

So I want to build my first opti-mech keeb and i was thinking of the GK61 but its notoriously known as a hollow/loud keeb so i searched for dampening foam on banggood (only on banggood) and i found these: https://www.banggood.com/10pcs-28PPI-Black-Square-Activated-Carbon-Foam-Sponge-Air-Filter-Pads-...