deskthority

I swaped the '1' and the '.' key from the number pad, the '1' was very scratchy and the '.' felt normal, but after the swap both feel a little scratchy, but the '1' key feels better, but still not fine, so it is probably the sum of the barrel and the stem?
What do you mean by filing? I mean use a ...

Welcome to the community! I have seen this occasionally. It usually happens with Unicomp key stems, however. I would suggest swapping key stems between a scratchy and non-scratchy position. This way you can determine if it is the stem or barrel that is at fault. Maybe a little light filing of the ...

Hello everybody,
I got myself a new IBM Model M 51G8572 from '97, which was never used.
The originial packaging had some scratches but was never even opened.
Some of the keys feel slightly scratchy ('k', ' ' ', 'End'), do they need some time to break in?
I don't want to rush into lubeing them with ...