deskthority

bumping this for some important information. There is a chance, unsure how high that chance is, that this board will damage your caps. SKCC is not rotationally symmetrical and as a result putting a cap on a switch that isn't aligned correctly has the potential to damage the caps. For single unit cap...

considering I received mine only partially assembled I'd expect that getting them completely unassembled wouldn't be too far off the usual experience

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/777228126639751188/927825403308032000/keyboardtestutility.exe The program I use is called "keyboard test utility" and that's so generic that I somehow found it once and haven't actually been able to find it again so I've pinned a link in a discord I'm in so tha...

I've tried mixing in PTFE powder but I don't know if my mixture had the correct ratios for it to matter much. I think using bike chain wax with PTFE already in it would be the way to go. As far as mixed results, I've found that on overwaxed parts there's a break in period for them after which they w...

I may be in the minority here but I would prefer these sorts of boards way more if they ditched the arrow keys and were just alpha + numpad + fkeys. the arrows being so far away from the other nav keys means it's easire to just turn off numlock and use the nav keys on the numpad but at that point yo...

>Either go non-contact or go home
feature bloat
getting the simplest switch out the door as soon as possible is way better than never getting out the perfect switch made. (looking at you silo switches)

>WTB
>tells you to make something
not really the point of the thread lmao

Prone? Is that a “first person shooter” reference? In my day, they were called Doom, you played with the arrow keys and you liked it! ;) I was there and I at least didn't like it :lol: When quake came around I was still trying to play that with just the keyboard and looking up/down with the keyboar...

topre caps would be incredibly cool for sure, especially in a similar colourway to the pearl/pebble that the realforce101 uses

https://i.imgur.com/pA0xSW3.jpg https://i.imgur.com/Geh5t6I.jpg Mostly finished cleaning these up and today was cool compared to the last few days so I figured it was a good time to get some pictures in the nice outdoor light. Left to right we have a FK2001 clone for an unknown system made by (pres...

for sure blues are overrated, this isn't to say that they're bad or anything, they're comparable to nice whites, but if you look at the ebay prices for blue alps boards you could conclude that they're significantly better when that's simply not the case. I also personally like more tactility, so blu...

you tell us about the quick release but don't actually release it? you tease! depending on how the keyboard panel comes off it might not be too difficult for someone to design a replacement module for that which uses proper switches, although the number of people who would actually use something lik...

I didn't see anything when I looked previously, but since the switches need cleaned anyway I can look again to see if something is tucked away. Will report back with whatever I find

beardsmore's page is good, but primarily deals with jelco switches that are recognized by the branding on the membrane whereas I'm interested in dome over PCB switches that they likely made. It looks like most folks who got the mystery switches that I suspect are jelco made chose to have their names...

Yeah, if this is Jelco then that might be a lead for not only these domes, but for the other dome switches that silver reed used that were not din compliant but that will be hard to figure out since the documentation is likely in Japanese. I can try trolling around google patents some more though an...

Picked this up because it had documentation with it and I wanted to see what all was in that and figured I could always use more SKFF. It gets here and it turns out it's domes. Normally that would be a disappointment but SR DWS is good stuff so in this case it was a nice change of pace. https://i.im...

Did you find this in something? would love to know what they were used in

Picked this thing up forever ago and expected to document is pretty quickly and then forgot for a few years, whoops. I can't really comment on how this is ti use for video captioning for a few reasons so IDK how good this is outside of how the switches feel. Anyway here's a few pictures: https://i.i...

I have used a wax+wet lube approach and it works very well. I wasn't using light lube either but rather a decent amount of dielectric grease which seems to work fine in the 2 boards I've used it on so far. I have some gat yellows I waxboiled for the hell of it that I used krytox on but since those a...

I've had success using a tealight candle I found in the misc trash/debris on the side of the street in philly if that's any sort of endorsement. unless you get the amount of wax perfect though it does require break in for the extra wax to be rubbed off before it gets really good though. I suspect an...

almond?

Boiling would only be recommended if your switches feel rough, if the switches are clean you are probably fine. As for sound, a lot of MX cases aren't really designed for alps sound and it shows. You can certainly get decent mileage from MX cases though, especially with simple modding. What is your ...

nah, just means you don't keep it closed

It sounds like you would want to actually hire an employee instead of asking the community to do work for free that you will make money off of.

Cubic doesn't really seem all that bad looking to me. I don't have anything to use it with though but more alps mount caps is always good IMO

They're lightly tactile, think MX brown or SKCL, but unlike either of those there's hysteresis so you can't tease the tactile bump. I haven't felt a similar switch in that regard as most switches w/ hysteresis like that are clicky and are a lot sharper. Sound is another thing too, the sound of the s...

this is such a pretty keypad! relegendables too, quite the find

don't see why it would need to be a fembot for either of the things I'm looking for at that price point. Gender is irrelevant so long as it's got the right layout I too got a bunch of stuff before price creep positioned their cost above their quality. Would hate to buy blue alps in the current marke...

lol no keyboard is worth 2000+ unless it can cook a good meal for me and/or suck my dick.

Didn't even know this existed, but saw it on ebay the other day and had to know what was up with this one. It's made by the same folks who make the KeyPad A . https://i.imgur.com/ffoOVuo.jpg As the box says, this is a SoftKey, and a basic one at that. I'm not sure what makes it basic, don't have a m...