deskthority

Wow nice find Seebart. I remember Haata's[0] and yours looks to be in very nice condition. Looks like an incredibly well built keyboard, I suppose it should be for the fortune it probably cost. If only the keycaps didn't seem so prone to yellow strangely. Thanks for sharing! [0] https://www.flickr.c...

Mikelittoris wrote: ↑A MX Clear stem with a MX Black spring used to be called panda clears. A heavy version of Ergo clears.

Yeah, yeah I seem to recall that. Thanks.

If the switches are plate mounted you will still have to pop them out of the plate, but otherwise they shouldn't have anything holding them into the PCB if they have been properly desoldered. Just wobble the switch back and forth, or try and move the pins. It will be pretty obvious if it is free of ...

To think that these are old bank keyboards, and they weren't immediately dumped into a grinder is impressive.

But either way this is insane, nice work!

From the look of it I would recommend upgrading your iron before attempting to finish desoldering all of yhose switches. It sounds like your iron is not getting hot enough, nor holding a consistent temperature. That’s going to make desoldering a pain in the ass, especially with 60+ switches. Also it...

I can not deny the inspiration here :D Funnily enough, these are the two only ones we have "in common" ... Great collection, reminds me that I also want to have one of those kids cst trackballs. IMG_0791.JPG That is truly insane! Looking at your post history I guess you found the Clare Pendar board...

Hello again Deskthority, long time no speak. It has been a good ~2 years since I have truly been active in the community or even thought about keyboards further than the fact that I was still constantly typing on one. I guess as life gets busier you get less time for hobbies and eventually the passi...

I bought some of these Cherry M84 switches from 7Bit a few years ago:
Are you trying to find a replacement switch?

Now sure why it was so much better with those than the ABS keycaps. I am hardly knowledgeable in this subject, but I feel like I remember reading somewhere that plastic is softer and porous so it winds up absorbing more of the ultrasonic activity, compared to say metals. In more industrial applicat...

Nice board Scott. While Futaba Complicated Linears are pretty far from a favorite switch of mine, I don't totally detest them

Besides the case yellowing, it looks like it was a very well maintained specimen. Nice pickup!

Please update on which one you eventually go with, and your impressions. I am in the market to finally get one of my own, and have also been recommended #2.

Is a Panda like a MX White and Black hybrid somehow?

I was abducted by Zilents back in 1986, and there were DEFINITELY pandas on the observation tables suspended in front of me, but due to the Zilent/Zeal war there was never any silence.

Nice restore, j0d1. I also learned the hard way regarding the plastic stabilizers. After being informed of the fact that they were actually removable, I think I broke 2 or 3. Managed to salvage them with a few drops of epoxy or gorilla glue, something like that.

Seems like a lot of people have gone MIA or inactive. I hope Lot_Lizard and his family is doing alright, and can one day grace us with his presence again. I still am killing for a Model MF...

Just wanted to say that I opened my mailbox today to find a totally unexpected German posted package. Contained within was a lone HONEYB/WEBWIT150/RED kit that I can honestly say I never knew that I never had. Thanks 7bit! I haven't seriously been on DT in a couple years but it is nice to return to ...

Very sorry to hear the situation you are in Lot. Just received my refund notification via PayPal. Good luck to you and your family.

I would say that the sound might be a tad bit lighter with these caps as opposed to the nice PBT of the AEK2 caps. As you would expect, these feel just about the same as any SP DCS keyset, so nothing crazy. The AEK2 caps are a pretty thick PBT and really do feel nice to type on, but they have that q...

Alphas are from the Alpine Winter set and the modifiers are from Badwrench's Inifinity Modifier set

I finally got around to putting my Alpine Winter/Badwrench Modifiers on my Blue Alps 60%

(Shamelessly posting these in both threads ) I finally got around to putting my Alpine Winter/Badwrench Modifiers on my Blue Alps 60%

I like to live on the bleeding edge of Model F Cap Sense technology, so CommonSense gets my vote as well. I currently have been using my Xwhatsit Model F's with 3 layers (mainly just using 2 honestly) and I don't use any keyboard macros. So I vote indifferent to macros.

Hey Rsbseb, glad you are doing better health wise. I personally am just as interested in this project as I was when I said the same thing almost 2 years ago at the beginning of this thread. I think Ellipses project and more recently Lot_Lizards fantastic Model MF project has certainly cemented a goo...

In most of my plastic case'd keyboards I add some drawer liner into the bottom shell, under the PCB. I have some in my HHKB even. It is just a single sheet so its not putting the case under any amount of tension. Generally I find the result to be pretty small, but it does seem to eliminate a little ...

This should be good...

Custom set looks fantastic, but a little too pricey for me. Especially when I have delicious one piece XT alphas I can use.

LLC makes a lot of sense for this. I don't mind the paying the PayPal fees to keep your taxes simpler.

Very nice work XMIT. I was always under the impression that a decent ultrasonic was closer to the $4-500 range, but very promising that you are getting good results out of just a $90 unit. I might put one on my shopping list. How bad were the switches before you put them through the ultrasonic? Woul...

I agree, this looks like a fantastic little project. Nice and cheap, good learning experience and you get a functional product at the end of it. I would definitely support this. Good work Matt3o.

Looks fantastic! Nice work, emdude. Those keycaps are exquisite, and I agree with your choice to use all of the keycaps, I really like that layout. 1u backspace might take a little bit to get used to though. As of right now, I think I will be on the lookout for any cheap IBM 5140s...