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depletedvespene wrote: 16 Sep 2020, 17:16 the telegram group.

How do I join the telegram group? I wish to discuss keyboards with everyone. Feel left out.

Also I am very interested in this item. Please whomever buys it update us to it's construction.

Hi,

Will update tomorrow.

Here are some interior pics. Has a big block of nasty foam that is top tier nasty.

Robb

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Yesterday I was able to get this IBM 5110 System. The system was owned by a single person who used it for accounting. It has not been powered on in 20 years he said.


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It came with the original floppy drive unit which is store in my parents garage for now ...

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I think this is a good idea. Very often the connectors you get are very loose. Not sure why it is, but they often fall off. This is a quick easy way to fix. Good job thanks.

j0d1 wrote: 12 Sep 2020, 00:23 IBM 5110 for 500$CAD: https://www.kijiji.ca/v-desktop-compute ... 1523386528

Nabbed this

Or the alternative could be to make a "base plate", with a thickness of 3mm or so (if it doesn't interfere with the bottoming out), with a hole (around the barrel), and a pin (that goes inside the existing hole in thenplate).

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Hi, I actually like this baseplate ...

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I must bed now but here are the parts in the UV curing thing.

You can see how the model m backspace has some stuff from where the supports were.

Robb

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And here.
You can see how the handle part peeled a bit. Still learning.

Happy with 2u backspace keycap
They all cure now.

1 stabilizer failed and the handle peeled but otherwise happy with results.


The beamspring and model m keycap look great.

Hi, and here is the print before cleaning. You can see the model m backspace key clearly. Increasing the lower level cure time has worked great.

The print is inside the box currently.

Looks like every item printed correctly. Yes.

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I will print some more stabs now. Trying to get them to fit a bit better. Previously my prints kept peeling off or not sticking to the plate. I have increased the UV exposure time of the lower levels of the print. I hope this helps.

I am still having issues making the model f flippers click ...

I have black and blue resins now and will attempt to print this in the proper colour.

As well I decided to get a custom face mask. Thought I would share. I used Daniel Beardsmore SVG alps file from the wiki and coloured it blue. Then I made the slider into a bit of a smile. Will arrive next week ...

Hey, I wanted to bump this thread to see if any progress has been made since, I used to watch it with much anticipation.


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I should do more for this project yes. I will correct this.

Just to update this is my current beamspring attachment method. A square peg with some glue. I am heavily ...

I thought that you were putting it on top of the plate, to fill the voids between two adjacent keycaps, making it level with the case. Now I see that you put it inside, between the plates, that obviously makes sense because it prevents any kind of dust from entering the assembly. Anyway the ...

I thought that you were putting it on top of the plate, to fill the voids between two adjacent keycaps, making it level with the case. Now I see that you put it inside, between the plates, that obviously makes sense because it prevents any kind of dust from entering the assembly. Anyway the ...

gianni wrote: 31 Aug 2020, 10:06 Your results look so polished and brilliant that you make it seem like an easy task!

Hi thanks.

I am hope to have some good things soon.

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So I printed a model f at/122 plug and it seems to fit and work fine. Super duper. It's a bit tall, but I can fix later.

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When I was modelling the model f I realized I didn't know how to represent the curvature of the model f. I found that ellipse and manisteinn ...

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 ...

If you need a model for the key blocker, probably you can use this stl file as a base to work on (well obviously in your version the top will be square not rounded).

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1849140
IBM_Model_M_Typewriter_Keycaps_for_German_edition.zip

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If you need a model for the key blocker, probably you can use this stl file as a base to work on (well obviously in your version the top will be square not rounded).

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1849140
IBM_Model_M_Typewriter_Keycaps_for_German_edition.zip

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Hi,

Slightly ...

The results Resin-ate with hope of success :)


Yes, agree.

I am printing 1 more set but here is the current production.

I wanted to make keycap so that I can make the board with 100% new pieces.

Happy with how the keycap looks. I think its unrealistic to make the keycap stem in resin as it ...

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Right now I don't have a flipper at hand, anyway in my opinion the only facts that count in this preliminary phase are:

- the distance between the center of rotation identified by the yellow arrow and the center of the spring

- the angle between the axis of the spring "at rest" and ...

Hi,

Okay. Must process but went well!

Very well

ZedTheMan wrote: 28 Aug 2020, 22:18 Hey, I wanted to bump this thread to see if any progress has been made since, I used to watch it with much anticipation.

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Fair statement and you are right. I am print some parts now.

I couldn't figure it out in my phone, but it seems that ellipse flippers have less detail/ resolution than yours, and that the red parts are quite smoothed out. Sincerely that makes sense, and with a simpler model you could make a flipper whose base is made of two different surfaces, with a small ...

Sorry, I got lost in your words and I didn't understand why conductive filament doesn't work in the model f flipper. You won't use it because it is worse (for the details), than the standard filament?


Hi, conductive filament will work electrically. It just is hard to make a working flipper out ...

If you need a model for the key blocker, probably you can use this stl file as a base to work on (well obviously in your version the top will be square not rounded).

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:1849140
IBM_Model_M_Typewriter_Keycaps_for_German_edition.zip

$$Clipboard01.jpg


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This is ...

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Yes the electric paint seems to work. I am trying to finalize the flipper model though as my previous ones do not click/flip. Can't say for sure if the paint will work while on the clicking flipper inside the assembled keyboard module.

Here is the current untested version
flipper newer.zip ...

Furthermore, for converting from ANSI to ISO I suppose that you need to take apart the keyboard,



Contact them directly. I am 95% certain that they would sell you an ISO board.


https://www.pckeyboard.com/page/product/00UE4UPHA

Also I agree with everything you said about unicomp. We ...

Hi. Been here a while, but first post. I hope I am in the right place.

I have some old Apple mechanical ADB keyboards, 2 spare Griffin iMate ADB-to-USB convertors, and (finally) the time and a spare Mac (2011 Mac mini, High Sierra) to try them. The results are discouraging.

I have an Apple ...

I've seen old boards with rivets that won't come off and others where you easily feel them all off. Maybe there was something off with the plastic or the manufacturing process the day it was made. Hard to say for sure without some science and engineering expertise.


The springs in the model F/M ...