deskthority

Also will consider cash offers.
Unsurprisingly nobody wants to part with battleship

bump

Can't believe people are recommending theft so blatantly.
It's wrong on so many levels. With the only goal being to satisfy egoistic desire.

Just ask. And if the answer is no just move on, and buy one yourself.
Have some honor.

Model: G80-1501 HAD Switch: MX Black Date code: M12 https://abload.de/img/20200123_133027frksm.jpg https://abload.de/img/20200123_133042smj0d.jpg https://abload.de/img/20200123_133052hcjab.jpg https://abload.de/img/20200123_1330552gjie.jpg https://abload.de/img/20200123_133118o3knv.jpg https://abloa...

Bottom plates arrived and.... they do not fit
They fucked up. Hoped I would finish at least one board by the end of the month...
Fuck fuck fuck!

You have no idea, I've been wanting to try these for a while, but I can't find any sources of them! It does take time and patience not gonna lie. But simple search "olympia es" on ebay is a good start. Currently there are two available. One in Washington for 100$ or best offer. Local pick up though...

Best switch there is. Someone described it as cracking an egg shell with your fingers. Very crisp, smooth. Granted I do have very limited experience with one of those. Their biggest disadvantage (by modern standards) is how tall they are. Which ironically is also the biggest strength. I doubt it cou...

Hello. Keyboard from Magnavox VideoWriter in very good condition. Wanted to convert it initially, but truth be told I'm not going to use it anyway. Not cleaned, switches feel fine. https://abload.de/img/20200112_14475153jh7.jpg https://abload.de/img/20200112_1448057rknd.jpg https://abload.de/img/202...

Yes, provided you have the physical space for the switches.

Just ignore the "Schematic" part of the guide and follow the rest I guess. When you get to the Routing paragraph, align the traces to correspond to the Pro Micro pinout. https://deskthority.net/wiki/Arduino_Pro_Micro. Or maybe try handwiring method first. It'll be way easier, and it is great learnin...

No it is for the chip alone. Pro Micro has all the necessary stuff built in (like crystal, capacitors, resistors).
And has 18 pins available for use so up to 80 keys (10x8). So the only thing left is trace management and diodes.

I'm confused. You want to use Pro Micro as a daughter board or 32U4 chip integrated into pcb itself?

Do you still have the photo with traces available somewhere?

Maybe something along the lines of "modifying" matias switches would be easier to do. Instead of building whole switch from the ground up.
Long switchplates (do they fit matias housing?) and click leafs for a starter.
Then the top housing with slits...
Bit by bit

So, I polished that and I confirm it's becoming smooth again, but doing it properly, not altering much of the geometry there... it's an OCD-kind of activity... 30 mins per switch sometimes? Got to ask what did you use to polish those sliders? Would assume something like stropping paddle (piece of l...

Has anyone tried to polish the side of a alps slider ? To get rid of any roughness or scratchiness that results form wear ? Polishing sides wont do much. Some people do recommend gently rounding the corners at the bottom of the slider. Never tried that myself so cannot attest if this helps or not.

The best way to go about it is to sell or trade those caps for normal ones.
You have DS caps with Cyrillic letters which is trendy. I'm sure someone will want those.

Or as title suggest... you can rub out the pad printing (literally) with your fingers.
But you will get shine on them afterwards.

Got the board without more couple days ago. In my first thought, its a 5251 beam spring or some kinda variant, but now I know it's not. Its much shorter than a nornal 77-key beam, more like being from a nondetachable device with case gone, so anybody here could give some help for identifying? Thank...

Don't know what to say really... other than great job and keep it up!
This stuff is way to advanced for me

Since recently nothing interesting is showing up locally. I think it's a good idea to just create a list of what I'm looking for and scout for offers. So if you have one of this keyboards or switches listed in your collection, and want to part with it... don't hesitate. Unobtanium - just really har...

Elrick wrote: ↑

26 Dec 2019, 10:15

John Doe wrote: ↑

24 Dec 2019, 08:49

Easy, it shows 475$ shipping cost to my country.

$509USD, beat you for the most rip-off pricing on anything to my 3RD World establishment .

785.47$, welcome to the east of Europe

That's such a beautiful job. How much did you paid for the custom case? Thanks! It was around 41 bucks for 2 pieces. I'm guessing bottom plates will be similarly priced. Since it'll be less laser cutting, but thicker .(4mm vs 2mm). Been a bit busy last night. https://abload.de/img/20191223_232522gv...

Very cool! Like the look with that case. Nice work! Thanks for the kind words. Really appreciated. Christmas around the corner so I doubt I'll be able to finish what was planned. Lots of other work ahead ;) But who knows... Meanwhile small progress and small update: https://abload.de/img/20191222_1...

So... when can we expect new "fridge magnets" project?

On more serious note. Nice find, hope that at least one of those CRTs is in good working condition.
They do look cute.

And the journey continues... Did some measuring of the space between switchplate and the case. Cut some metal brackets and drilled the holes. Then glued those brackets to the case. https://abload.de/img/20191216_1230423wjcn.jpg https://abload.de/img/20191216_123103ijkf8.jpg Left it curing for 24 hou...

It’s a trading organisation, on a slow and winding path to federalism. But the U.K. is a different beast. I think you are underestimating the current power and the speed of the path , but in any case, now you're arguing short term. In the long term, if the UK is a beast now, the EU will become that...

I've been using one keyboard for the last two years, which still in itself is unfinished project https://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?t=18239. So as a holiday/new year resolution of sorts. I will at least try to make a new one finished :lol: Picked recently acquired Olympia ES 110 typewriter: https...

How tight or loose is the fit ?

I'm gonna go out on a limb on this one.
Buckling spring, plate spring >>>> click leaf...
It's a flawed design, if it's not part of mechanism itself.

Come on guys. Put yourselves in Ellipse boots.
1,349 keyboards in storage. Every single one has to be tested and shipped.
Don’t make things more complicated than necessary...