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Looking sweet! Do the Matias switches also have the same "wiggle room" the Alps have?

Always had my keyboards raised. Until I built a mod that required removing the leg on one side. Changed to all flat now and I like that too actually

Just saw this "lifehack" at Cracked, anyone tried this on keyboards?

Even though I made a booboo in my order it works out great!



It's the modifiers and spacebar.. great! Hard to get fitting keycaps for a 11800!
(already had the orange arrow keys, psyched about the orange spacebar )

Got my order, thanx 7bit!

Now to hang my head in shame because I ordered keys for the wrong row!

Mmmm, there's lot of those in ebay... why saw the trackball? Seems like a good idea to save going to the mouse...

Resolution of the trackball is really low compared to a mouse and it's not nice to use instead of a mouse. These are meant in a rackmount to control a server.

So might as well just ...

hsu wrote:Wow, that is beautiful... did you make a custom case and pcb?

Pretty sure it's a hacksawed Compaq MX-11800

Doing one now: http://imgur.com/a/DZ36e

Sorry if I was not 100% clear.

So the current situation is like this:
- Neal has send the parcel to me
- The parcel service has screwed up my address (they lost/removed/forget a part of my address)
- At the moment the parcel is sitting in some parcel depot in germany, or on the way back to the ...

Here (Netherlands) you can just buy Quickfire Rapids with reds or blacks at regular stores for 75-80 euros. (no browns or blues though )

Awesome.. making a lot of people happy with those packages!

Question.. my order #757 are all blanks. These won't need to wait for replacements right?

C'mon #757 I promise I will treat you right if you get here!

Is it possible to post statuses of the orders that are not shipping/shipped? Or is that too much work? (will understand if it is)

These lists are like checking lottery numbers

Still waiting patiently with #757

I already started shipping last Friday and did continue shipping yesterday. Today comes another buch of packages.

Dummy kit orders: I wait indeed until Friday and then fill everybody's order up with random stuff.
I pack the complete dummy kits into the orders and ship.

Some orders require ...

Not sure if I understand what is going on. Are all packages waiting until people have picked dummy keys before they will be sent out?

Waiting for this moment

JBert wrote:

They are hard to break, but not unbreakable. The caps might come loose, the case might get cracked, ...
Do you really want to leave it to some postal guy to break your keyboard?

Oh definitely not.. If I would send it I would pad it up properly for sure!

It's a Model M, it will be fine.. I've had people just send me one in a big cardboard box without any padding whatsoever and it was still fine

Yeah first try them for a bit.. sometimes you have to get used to not bottoming out (after using a rubberdome for a while) and "feeling" a bit more.

If you still like the bump to be more pronounced you could try regular clears (bigger bump, slightly heavier spring) or ergo clears (same spring ...

At home:



At work:

I would love to get an ANSI Model M but I live in Germany. It would be $90 with shipping - 70 Euro. Not even close to the awesome deal this is for US people :P

There's one for sale on a Dutch site here . Shipping shouldn't be too bad. No asking price given though.

Seller just responded to this ...

prdlm2009 wrote:Replacing PCB-mount switches is quite easy. I can do it with a modified paper clip. I would link a YouTube video but I'm on my IPhone right now and I'm feeling rather unambitious.

Because he is lazy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YaXOuTEHwkw

If you're not up for the soldering and such.. I've seen people that will replace all the switches for you for a reasonable pay

I really want to see the face of the people at the postoffice when you drop this off. Please take some pics!

HID45 wrote:Where's the nearest airport with cheap-flight operators like Norwegian, Air Berlin, Ryanair or such?

Eindhoven itself has an airport that is often used for "cheaper" flights so probably best to try that

wow, I'm #757.. you've got a lot of work ahead! Great job, really appreciate it!

Already tried this in round 1 (and absolutely loved it).. just wanted to say 002 is a champ for sending his Realforce around the continent!

You ask why we don't have such a thread when GH has :
That's because having such a thread almost certainly results in FUBAR-prices,
unless the item is only desirable to less than a handful of people .
( I believe I have proven that point ! )
In fact, ANY public discussion of an auction can ...