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So I think the collar must have been put on incorrectly whenever this was serviced last, or something. The shaft was in the right way before. ... ... Now I just need to come up with a sufficiently small puller to pull the collar off (it's got a splined interface, I can see by how much I've gotten t...

Old keyboard for presumably cheap. Looks like some kind of PC XT layout, can't spot more because of the dust cover above it. Description says, "everything apart from the crossed out items still available". Take a look here: http://www.ebay.de/itm/261354876313?ssPageName=STRK:MESINDXX:IT&_trksid=p398...

I guessed so as for the gear.
How does the driving pin compare in appearance to the the pin (is there one?) on the left spool axis?

...The pin in that collar is supposed to be sticking above, not below. And, I can't get it pressed up. What it means is that it can't feed the ribbon to the right, because it has no way of driving the spool. nice one. As for your problem, how did you figure it has to be this way? I mean, the drivin...

and @ all others about backlight.. Its as you know due to the fact that the LED is mounted on the top of the Cherry switch and therefor the top letter (if more then 1 on a keycap) get better light then the bottom one. There is very little we can do about that. For example we do make the plate where...

I don't think it is easy. I just prefer to have non over uneven lighting. Findecanor proposed a promising approach with the corner LEDs, i threw in different beam angles. However I "fear" that the topic keyboard might emerge as a regular QFR with LEDs in place and CMs regular shinethrough caps, as w...

...Just because many of us are grown-up and computer professionals, does not meant that we don't like playing games. Just because you like to play games doesn't mean you'ld buy a keyboard just because the manufacturer added backlight. Double shots with transparent legends might look cool and be use...

I bought a good condition used one a year ago for 25€ afair. From a forum member, not NIB ofc. So i'ld say 50€ for a NIB one might just be the edge to take or drop. The 65€ he asked before for sure were over the top imo.

I see the Topre topic gets a little more interest then this one I see from the DT community :P!?... The reason is the orientation of this forum, no overclock/gamer/kiddie forum, but mostly grown up professional programmer/coder/typists who touch type and use the keyboard as their tool - at daylight...

the front one is a Apple design keyboard, regular rubberdome, caps might be Alps compatible depends where it was made. The one behind it looks like an AEK II so cream Alps most likely.

Daniel Beardsmore wrote:I think you're referring to the guide posts for the slider...

of course you are correct. I guess i just assumed the slider is guided externally like with MX, and didn't look at the pic careful enough...

seems they distrusted their own cloning... :P Downstroke dampened crossover switch too, hence the little rubber (?) barrels in the slider. Sounds promising, as for typing experience, but using the Alps style click leaf is also worst of both worlds for me as well, as fiddling with these in an open sw...

http://www.ebay.de/itm/Tastatur-K7634-fur-Robotron-K8915-DDR-Computer-auch-fur-8911-8912-8913-8917-/201004251238?pt=Klassische_Computer&hash=item2eccc97866 and the innards seperately: http://www.ebay.de/itm/Innenleben-Robotron-Tastatur-K7637-mit-Hall-Tasten-/321275134131?pt=Klassische_Computer&hash=...

How do we handle picture quality in the wiki? I did a quick search but couldn't find requirements. I guess it's: rather a shitty one than none, only a better one to replace a shitty one and only the best if a good one is already there, -but maybe I'm wrong? I've got some pics of keyboards/switches n...

The Ersa Multipro is even nicer as it uses the same tips the more expensive Ersa Stations use, so the choice of tips is way bigger than on the Multitip series. But it's another 5€ more and those who really have use for concave tips or conical .5mm tips will likely go with a more expensive station an...

http://deskthority.net/photos-videos-f8 ... ml#p138165

this post, it's an HP keyboard but what switch has it?
Also: While I love to see all of the pics, I'm missing the artist touch in some of them.

10 seconds is way off. This isn't only related to wattage, I did solder with a 15W iron for some time and it works for switches too. Tbh I suspect you have a worn/oxydized tip much rather than a problem with the power of the station. Solderd some plastic of MX switches? :D scratched over metal with ...

make sure you'll heat more of the switch wire than touching/scratching the pad itself with the tip. You'll want no mechanical stress to the pad at all. Remove the iron tip just the fraction of a second before you trigger your desolder pump. There is some action and motion when the spring in the pump...

nathanscribe wrote:terminal pic

Just my worn eyes or is this blurry

Broadmonkey wrote:Double shot? Seems to be, and the Esc even has the crooked E.

so this is why Cherry is listed in GMKs references ?

robin13867 wrote:... - 2000pcs in black, 2000pcs in light-grey. ....

Seems they are ripping Cherry off with MOQ too...

...Is it wise to use a 60W soldering gun like this for desolder switches on an old PCB ? The tips on these are heated directly by current flow through it, as opposed to regular irons. To make this system work it uses low voltage but high current - they are likely to fry electronic circuitry. It won...

Muirium wrote:.... It was 1976 you know…

I have the feeling you might like Rare Bird, vocals though:

So what heat do I want for the 60W station I bought for soldering / desoldering switches? I'm going to be using some 63/37 rosin core solder, 2% flux. I don't want to go overboard with the heat I guess, but thought I'd ask people with more experience than me. More heat = more wear to the tip. Your ...

so do I. :D As Mackem seems settled I don't see anything wrong in derailling a thread... :twisted: I'm assuming you're talking "temperature setting" by the user - as all of the irons are "controlled" in some way. Well, yes, because even a basic variable temp soldering station is a better buy than th...

A temperature controlled one is a must, since most things use RoHS solders these days that need hotter temps to melt. A wide chisel tip is also needed. I call bullshit on that statement. Which part of that statement is bullshit? :? sorry, in this generalization imo all of it. :? I'm assuming you're...

nowhere he said switch. From his profile:

Matias
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i suspect a rodent with dampened clickiness

Looks kind of metallic in the picture. (Could just be the flash.) Anyone know what these are made of? And would they be a source for Cherry stabs? (Plate mount ones would be very useful for me.) There are no stabs in the pictures. These are Cherry MY with integrated stabs in the switches. There are...

A temperature controlled one is a must, since most things use RoHS solders these days that need hotter temps to melt. A wide chisel tip is also needed. I call bullshit on that statement. Get the station matt3o linked this one , it is a known one and seems to be ok, as they are sold for some time no...

Sabrina was a pop star in the '80s. Whilst technically true , I guess you confuse Sabrina with Samantha and Webwit speaks about Sabrina the teenage witch a 90s girly TV series based on comic books. Give me Sabrina over these fake plastic-titted freaks anytime. true. Never understood why some seem t...