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If the color is carefully selected and the keyboard is in dire need of a repaint, then I don't see the harm. As long as the history of the keyboard is respected in the restoration job. Well that's what I think, of course everyone can paint their keyboard the way they want, except in pink. Never pain...

Oh ok I missed that F107 on the first page! Oh... poor keyboard. Maybe with standard keycaps instead of the relegendable ones, and with the case on, it would look OK.

pansku wrote: ↑I don't recognise the seller but is it from the guy with the ruined 5251 or from the person with the purple plate F107?

I am intrigued, I want to see those keyboards but I don't find anything with the search feature, do you have links nearby?

yac wrote:I looked at the GB for the curly cables, seemed a tad short for me.

The picture in the group buy doesn't seem to represent the end product. L1 in the diagram is supposed to be 150 mm, which hopefully is enough to avoid tension inside the F77 case.

One with a missing keycap sold for 2.5k$ on eBay some days (weeks?) ago. So yeah, that's what I would call "incredibly expensive" for a keyboard.

Awesome, thanks for the info.

From the pictures of the F77, the cable is not removable, right? I will probably get a coiled cable too and I want to make sure I pick the right one.

This is magnificient

I am from Montreal and you must be a registered company to access the inventory of a recycling center.

Good job! Did you left the rubber mat out on purpose? Which paint did you use for the coating? On a Model M restoration that I did, I used Rust-Oleum flat gray cold galvanizing spray paint and it worked very well. I also ruined the metal plate sticker on that restoration... those things are just too...

It would not be a Model F replica with a modern form factor if the springs were feeling different. Also, a lot of people are buying those keyboards because they love the tactility and sound of Model F buckling springs. Nobody knows the tactility and sound of "better material than IBM yet more quiet,...

Only $837.23 shipping here, a bargain!

Bottom line, the color is nice but you should redo that paint job. I know it sucks to do a job twice but you're learning, take your time and follow the very good advices here

Darkshado wrote:But came up with the "zip tie" mod!

Oh that's very clever! I will need to re-open mine when I'll find spring replacements so I'll definitely try this!

Fixing the SHIFT stabilizer That one was easy. I applied a little bit of krazy glue and wait a few minutes. It's head to see but the crack is filled with glue 22.stabilizer.fixed1.jpg At some angles, it doesn't look cracked 23.stabilizer.fixed2.jpg I did not have a lot of hope and I was ready to us...

fohat wrote:Good fix. I have always wondered about the electrical properties of hot glue.

From what I read, it depends on the composition of the hot glue but in most cases, it is an insulator.

fohat wrote:The piece you asked about is a grommet.

Thank you!

Fixing the cable How it looks like before the fix 17.cable.issue.jpg Close up on the issues 18.cable.issue.2.jpg As you can see: The ground cable is cut in half. Part of the cable sleeve is stuck in the holder. Cleaning the holder... oops. 19.cable.cleaned_holder.jpg I made a cut in the holder (is ...

10$CAD for an M2 is a bargain! Fixing the capacitors I replaced the two faulty capacitors. C1 requires a 47uF 16v capacitor. C3 requires a 2.2uF 50v capacitor. Removed the old capacitors 15.pcb.removed_capacitors.jpg I simply pulled the capacitors with pliers while applying heat to the pads and they...

Are you the buyer?

So, hmmm, that overpriced IBM 3278 without the badge did sold for 3k$ after all...

Are you planning an auction with a reserved price?
From what I saw in the last couple weeks, if the auction starts high, it won't sell.

Also, do it!

I received the keyboard with all the broken tabs under the keycaps so it looks like it happened during shipping. I assume the previous owner would have removed the broken tabs if he opened the case before selling it to me. That mystery will never be resolved. :?: For the PCB tabs, I managed to break...

Yeah they are really fragile. There are a total of 13 on the keyboard and 5 of those are broken. 07.before.broken_pins.2.jpg The top case was still firmly attached to the bottom case so I'm wondering if I should replace them or not. If I do, some kind of bolt mod is a better idea than trying to put ...

In the following days, I will restore this IBM Model M2, which I acquired for 50$CAD shipped (~38.75$USD). This keyboard has a bad reputation but frankly, I like typing on it and the build quality is not as poor as I read. However this keyboard is not working and I do not accept non-working keyboard...

@green-squid What you are doing is disrespectful. The business of Ellipse only concerns Ellipse. Don't go talking to others on his behalf, or at least ask to Ellipse first if he minds. I asked ellipse, btw. You did not wait for his response before contacting UncleFan. That's not how asking works :l...

@green-squid What you are doing is disrespectful. The business of Ellipse only concerns Ellipse. Don't go talking to others on his behalf, or at least ask to Ellipse first if he minds.

I am up for it.

I don't know if this kind of situation/need happens a lot so I would stick it like [External] Great/Interesting Finds for awhile and if there is no activity in it, unstick it.

So I guess that would be a thread where people say I want to buy X from Japan, who can proxy it? and also vendors could say I have the opportunity to import X from China, who's interested? ?

I am interested in using a single color LED for each key Ok and I assume you don't want to control each LED individually. In that case, a matrix of single color LEDs is very similar to a matrix of switches. You build a MxN matrix and then you scan that matrix at a certain frequency to give current ...

Can you be more specific on what you want to do with the LEDs?
Do you want single color LEDs or RGB LEDs?
Do you want to be able to program the LEDs?
There is a huge difference in design between a strip of LEDs under the keyboard vs programmable RGB LEDs!