deskthority

Just managed to reattach the spring for my "4" key -- I managed to nail it by using some floss to keep it from falling into the inner assembly housing and actually managed to reattach it by lying the keyboard down flat, attach the spring, then held the 'board vertical to put the keycap in place. My ...

Thanks very much for your assistance, NathanA -- due to my wacky shift-hours, I haven't been able to reply until now, but your help is seriously appreciated. The community here looks pretty damn awesome, should've joined years ago. So, after a brief moment o' thought, I discovered what was wrong wit...

I followed the instructions of ensuring the "ears" were to the side, but the instructions don't specify which way up the stabilizer bars are supposed to go? I may have put them in upside down, but I picked the orientation I did because I thought the stabs would fall straight through. I may have don...

Also, is it normal for larger stabilized keys to feel stiff and fail to register except if pressed directly above the spring/barrel, or have I put those on wrong too? :? Absolutely not normal. Should be smooth as butta. Otherwise what's the point of the stabilizers. Are you sure you used the correc...

Hi everyone, been lurking for awhile and finally received the F77 repro. today. As someone who has only owned a (Unicomp) Model M in the last decade, I'm having trouble getting mine up and running, so any help would be appreciated. This is the first time I'm getting my hands dirty with a Model F. I'...