deskthority

Hi, Transparent resin is okay but too much UV makes it turn a weird colour. Functionally it's fine. I will get gray next time. Functionally the caps work. The orientation of print made some distort of the top, but I think it's pretty good. I will change the orientation later. The skcm plate is good ...

This was the thought process for this key. I think the indent will be adjusted but I am happy with shape to a degree otherwise. I notice the original one has a more cross pattern and a shallower indent, but I will try this first regardless. I have reduced the filet here and made it more square vs th...

Hi. I see you have quite a lot of inspiration and decision to actually do (at least) some really interesting experiments. If you don't mind I would like to suggest another similar switches to put an eye on, like Fujitsu magnetic reed tactile, HTK and ProWorld MX. It's clear that the leaf is the cor...

Would you be able to take images of the inside of your ibm model f numpad?

Hi, I was using the one from the low profile beamspring thread but I have been trying to make my own from the ground up. https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=21925 This is the top row version I am with currently trying below. I am still trying to understand the curvature profiles in 3d modelling....

Have started to print/test resin switch plates.

Resolution pretty good
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Also if you need any files for skcm I have been making and can help to provide you with them!

You are absolutelly right. You literally wrote down my absolute first idea that was: -A recreation of SKCM Lime green tactile switches - since they are so rare. And then I rolled the idea forward, and got where we are right now. EDIT: If Xiang Min KSB switches are any similar to Mathias switches re...

I found at least a sort of sound bite of the sound. https://youtu.be/UflBWphiPoA?t=141 Sounds pretty familiar... http://www.leningrad.su/museum/show_calc.php?n=241 From one of these computers Small world in the link below. Seems to be people organizing a group (collective in Russia?) buy of a small...

what type of model f do you have? Generally imho the model f relies on slick keycaps and slack between surfaces to lubricate. This is why I would echo fohats notion of cleaning. Often the model f will just have stuff inside it causing friction. Disassembly and cleaning is almost always the way to go.

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27 Dec 2020, 15:40

Actually finishing projects from years past?

This is the correct answer for me as well

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This is really cool. Good job! I don't know enough about the switches to say about cleaning. I will say with skcm alps you know when they need cleaning. If they are good and you like using them, it may be correct to just keep using them

Hi, Many IRL work so slow progress but still alive. Did manage to print black top housing. Investigating alcohol dyes to match the original slider colour. Working to finish up a good usable switchplate model. Has presented some problems re:bending. Getting a proper bench vise so I can 3d print press...

Hi good to hear people are enjoying this project. Also Chyros your videos are great and I enjoy watching them. I also want to see if I can make a neon green style actuation/tactile leaf for the big alps. I am ordering some skcm brown from orihalcon as I think the location of the leaf on those would ...

Hi, So I will soon have the model m silver badge from Redmaus for a top case. Will decide how to mod. Maybe use some wood for wrist wrest. Keyboard module works for about 35-65 mins before error. Maybe due to no ground plane or also unclean flyplates. Basically works good though. Currently using $10...

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Nicely done. Sometimes we need to take the simplest and most obvious path to fix something. So this is great to see. Good job!

Hi Thanks. I am unsure about kits. My goal really was just to make a keyboard for fun. I wanted to create and share the process and not necessarily sell any product. Regardless I want to share the design. Also currently we can only reconfigure existing beamspring switches into new layouts. Still hav...

The beamspring uses a cylinder slider versus the more square ones of alps/cherry/ This means that the actual friction contact of the slider and housing has a very low contact point, leading to low friction. Major friction point would be the barrel housings rail guides for the slider inside. The inte...

This looks challenging and like great fun. Can't wait to see more. As the slider and the beamspring are intact, the hardest parts to recreate imho are actually in good shape. So good buy!

For the stabs I found they do in fact sit too low. This is only really a large issue for the space bar. What im going to do is either make a new stab vertical, or shave off an existing one and glue a hat ontop of it. I think the hat method will be easier. Left side has a taller cross which I am not ...

Hi, So that model m case never arrived. No problem though. I am doing some test fitting right now and need to adjust the foam as it's causing keys to bind. Otherwise I should have this fully working by the end of the weekend. Using just Beamspring keycaps for now before I get the stabs working right...

Its either surface or deep. If its surface id follow user hellothere's recommends. If it's deep then its penetrated. Removing might be hard. I would personally try what hellothere recommends.

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can you show images inside the case? This is cool and very impressive. Good job

Robb

It is a great project and inspiring for sure. I am in the middle of a project I will post on the workshop once it's finished, I'm curious about how people will receive it as it involves acer switch over membrane and not everyone likes them, but they are everywhere and I can get them for free withou...

About the flipper, could it be that it doesn't work perfectly because the spring is not seated correctly on the little stem? When the spring buckles, it applies a "moment" (not sure if the translation is correct), and if it is not seated firmly, the buckling doesn't translate in a "moment" acting o...

Hi, the laboratory unfortunately wanted the equivalent of 1/2 rice grain of lubricant. I have no way of collecting this much. There was another user who had alps north america give them an out of production Threebond product though. Some users are in the process of trying to find out exactly what it...

Very nice! Any chance you'd be interested in making spherical caps for Model M/F? There was a previous project but OP vanished. https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=11186 Hi, This could be possible. I will look through this thread to see if there are models. Interesting regardless. I like sp...

Update on the flippers: Today SneakyRobb printed for me his latest flipper model, as well as my model that I sent him. His spring holder needs a revision but with some destructive modification (jammed the spring on) it works very well. Here is a sound test comparing both of our flippers to IBM flip...

any idea of what are you using the giant switch for yet? I suggest a couple things: -make it into a giant enter key (like those usb fluffy things you pound to hit enter) so you can hammer it down to send emails and stuff. -go big or go home and make the world's biggest keyboard, full layout XD Hi, ...

Will respond to messages tomorrow. Sorry for delay.

Printing has gone well.

The black resin legit smells like death. Many science is required. The beamspring keycap in black does not fit on stem. No matter.

The model F stabs are almost ready.

Keyboards.