Great work!
And what a rust! I personally would have sprayed an antirust paint first on the plate as a prep to the final paint , but that's a matter of preference.
Thanks for the cross link to my Model F restoration video!!!
Cheers
Luca
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- 23 May 2019, 10:54
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: UPDATED: IBM Model F restoration - May 2019
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3472
- 26 Apr 2019, 00:27
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: IBM 5251 Beam Spring Restoration
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3357
- 26 Apr 2019, 00:18
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: IBM 5251 Beam Spring Restoration
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3357
Re: IBM 5251 Beam Spring Restoration
Hi! Great work! And lucky owner !! Do anyone know if the crossed grooves in the lower metal plate have any use? I always ask myself why did IBM bother to make that grooves... Are they functional to the PCB , capacitance or whatever? Luca There is a plastic sheet between the plate and PCB with the s...
- 18 Apr 2019, 17:25
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: IBM 5251 Beam Spring Restoration
- Replies: 8
- Views: 3357
Re: IBM 5251 Beam Spring Restoration
Hi! Great work! And lucky owner !!
Do anyone know if the crossed grooves in the lower metal plate have any use?
I always ask myself why did IBM bother to make that grooves...
Are they functional to the PCB , capacitance or whatever?
Luca
Do anyone know if the crossed grooves in the lower metal plate have any use?
I always ask myself why did IBM bother to make that grooves...
Are they functional to the PCB , capacitance or whatever?
Luca
- 08 Apr 2019, 16:55
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Yet another beamspring refurb (5251)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 19155
Re: Yet another beamspring refurb (5251)
I'm using EVA also for my bigfoot/XT project and it gets just the right after some time pressed. Right now I have a new sheet under weigh load so I can work better with it later without clamps or other tools. Hi, if you didn't already, I strongly suggest You to release some spacebar stabilizer tens...
- 08 Apr 2019, 08:10
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Yet another beamspring refurb (5251)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 19155
Re: Yet another beamspring refurb (5251)
Hi Luca, In the end it was about 2 mm thick. But I fear that information isn't worth much, unless you have foam with the same firmness... Thanks for the information. I'm restoring a Model F "BigFoot" and I used 1 mm thick Eva art foam and It works well after I failed with 3 mm insulation foam. The ...
- 07 Apr 2019, 09:25
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: Yet another beamspring refurb (5251)
- Replies: 49
- Views: 19155
Re: Yet another beamspring refurb (5251)
@matt3o: Oh, thank you. @darkcruiz: Thanks. There is no wobble (at the moment). After cutting around on the foam to make it thinner (by about a good third), I hit the sweet spot: Thin enough to enable a correct assembly, and thick enough to hold the switches properly. Could You Express that in mm ?...
- 07 Apr 2019, 09:12
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Decision Data 8010
- Replies: 2
- Views: 1714
Re: Decision Data 8010
Very nice color scheme!
- 26 Mar 2019, 13:14
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Quefrency Split Keyboard Build
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5222
Re: Quefrency Split Keyboard Build
I didn't find a matching one, instead, I'm waiting for a black sleeved 90 degr magnetic cable form china.
The Pro Micro micro-usb connector is too weak for normal use. I already broke one.
- 26 Mar 2019, 12:50
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Quefrency Split Keyboard Build
- Replies: 5
- Views: 5222
Quefrency Split Keyboard Build
Hello, I built this Quefrency split keyboard starting from the pcbs... Parts List: - Quefrency 65% Split Staggered Keyboard PCBs - N. 70 stock, lubed, Gateron yellow switches - GMK "Monochrome" double shot keycaps - Laser cut, top and bottom stainless steel plates - 3D printed, middle layer - N. 4 a...
- 27 Feb 2019, 15:23
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Anyone in Italy? Go rescue those beams man!
- Replies: 41
- Views: 10898
Re: Anyone in Italy? Go rescue those beams man!
that's for checking that for "us" :) Luca! I was pretty sure of that You're welcome. Italy is a strange country, I bet in some other country the authorities would have welcomed a cleaning effort by privates and for free. The funny part is that I had the phone contacs by a local ecologist group and ...
- 27 Feb 2019, 07:48
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Anyone in Italy? Go rescue those beams man!
- Replies: 41
- Views: 10898
Re: Anyone in Italy? Go rescue those beams man!
As a follow-up, I report that I contacted local authorities and I also the actual owners of the place: there is no interest in letting anyone enter the site. It's all polluted with asbestos and other chemical agents, nor the place is safe to walk in from the general local building safety rules. I've...
- 18 Feb 2019, 09:22
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: find one special ibm model M
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1710
- 07 Feb 2019, 23:07
- Forum: Gallery
- Topic: Cleaning up zrrion's Wyse PCE
- Replies: 27
- Views: 10623
Re: Cleaning up zrrion's Wyse PCE
Hi!
I arrived late on that classified, check my restore video of a Bull Questar (Wyse pce) , those are great keyboards!
Luca
I arrived late on that classified, check my restore video of a Bull Questar (Wyse pce) , those are great keyboards!
Luca
- 28 Jan 2019, 10:00
- Forum: For sale
- Topic: [ENDED] WTS/WTT Some vintage stuff.
- Replies: 24
- Views: 7887
Re: WTS/WTT Some vintage stuff.
PMing in queue for the 2x very dirty WYSE PCE.
- 06 Jan 2019, 20:57
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: AEK64 Keyboard build log
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7129
Hey Luca, yeah, also have a Performa 200 in the mail which I don't need (if anybody wants that, please pm me), was just keen on the M0118. But yes, it is also sad to separate them. Shortly after my last reply I was curious about any other videos of yours, and to my delight I saw the Wyse restaurati...
- 06 Jan 2019, 10:34
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: AEK64 Keyboard build log
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7129
Hi lucar, congrats to the great video and new board. Still hoping, considering your careful work, .... Cheers and happy typing. Hello, thank You for Your kind words that I really appreciate. In reality I ask myself the same questions whenever I'm in the position of changing, replacing, hacking some...
- 02 Jan 2019, 09:29
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: AEK64 Keyboard build log
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7129
Great build vid. I built mine from an Irish board and the same case, albeit with less care and expertise. Mine would benefit from a proper cleaning as you demonstrated. Did you lube the sliders? Also, where did you get the plate and insulating strip that you adhered to the case? Hi, I did lube the ...
- 30 Dec 2018, 14:09
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Anyone in Italy? Go rescue those beams man!
- Replies: 41
- Views: 10898
There must be many other similar factories somewhere in Italy or Canada with a lot of beams in good condition waiting to be found and rescued. As far as I know, Canada and Italy had IBM subsidaries in charge of manufacturing Beamsprings. It's very likely that factories bankrupted in the same period...
- 30 Dec 2018, 10:42
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Anyone in Italy? Go rescue those beams man!
- Replies: 41
- Views: 10898
It's called CCCP (nothing connected to ussr) , it's on Telegram, pm me if You want an invitation linkmatt3o wrote: ↑what Italian mech group?
luca
- 30 Dec 2018, 10:22
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: Anyone in Italy? Go rescue those beams man!
- Replies: 41
- Views: 10898
I alerted our Italian mech group, we have a couple of people in the area but probably scared of the place conditions and local laws that would'nt permit stealing the parts from there and getting in to a private property. Contact me if someone wants try to go there. For sure it's a pity to see all th...
- 29 Dec 2018, 09:14
- Forum: Other
- Topic: (Free/Raffle) Election Day 2018 - "Your vote, your keyboard."
- Replies: 79
- Views: 114984
- 25 Dec 2018, 18:08
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: AEK64 Keyboard build log
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7129
So beautiful! I've always wanted the JP legends, but I struck gold before christmas and found an NIB AEKII with the Swedish layout that I've been wanting for a long time. Do you feel that the metal plate is to harsh with the white dampened alps? Sincerely, I've built custom keyboards using only sta...
- 24 Dec 2018, 18:42
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: AEK64 Keyboard build log
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7129
- 24 Dec 2018, 17:33
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: AEK64 Keyboard build log
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7129
Hello Matteo, it's my personal Apple II , I bought it myself in New York in 1984, I still have the original invoice: it's equipped with a 16k Ram Card, 1MB Apple II Memory Expansion Card, 80 col Videx , 6809 OS/9 card, Softcard II, floppy controller, serial card , Mountain CPS card and Sanyo 4509 B...
- 24 Dec 2018, 17:26
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: AEK64 Keyboard build log
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7129
- 24 Dec 2018, 17:22
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: AEK64 Keyboard build log
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7129
Hello Matteo, it's my personal Apple II , I bought it myself in New York in 1984, I still have the original invoice: it's equipped with a 16k Ram Card, 1MB Apple II Memory Expansion Card, 80 col Videx , 6809 OS/9 card, Softcard II, floppy controller, serial card , Mountain CPS card and Sanyo 4509 B/...
- 24 Dec 2018, 16:55
- Forum: Keyboards
- Topic: AEK64 Keyboard build log
- Replies: 17
- Views: 7129
AEK64 Keyboard build log
I finally got it done!
Merry Christmas
Luca
Merry Christmas
Luca
- 21 Dec 2018, 17:44
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: IBM 5110/5120 keyboard conversion
- Replies: 75
- Views: 19726
- 10 Dec 2018, 10:53
- Forum: Workshop
- Topic: IBM 5110/5120 keyboard conversion
- Replies: 75
- Views: 19726
Have you tried giving Al an email @ bitsavers? It is possible that there is still documentation that has not yet been digitized yet. That's a great idea. I hadn't thought to try that. Can anyone help me identify the other capacitors? https://i.imgur.com/Dbr4RcS.jpg #1, #2, #9 https://i.imgur.com/bO...