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How much shipping to the USA?

Try Ebay.

Hospice kills.

CarpCharacin wrote: ↑

04 Nov 2019, 00:42

I'd like to see a reproduction of SKCM Brown alps.

I'll definitely try if I successfully get Blues remade.

Wasn't there a project for recreating Alps' "complicated" actuation plates? There may be some work there that you could use? Hearsay that I remember: * Different surfaces on the bottom of blue Alps sliders compared to other Alps sliders * Softer plastic in Blue sliders compared to other Alps * Blue...

CountNoctua wrote: ↑

03 Nov 2019, 14:03

I'm in, but I think we need a lot of Alps fans on board. Is the IC cross-posted elsewhere?

Planning to send a blue Alps keyboard to a prominent techtuber soon, by the way - hopefully more Alps exposure will help demand for a true modern version.

It's on GH Reddit and keebtalk.
And nice.

This time we *want* a copy of a switch. Also the fake *ealios may have been a conspiracy by Zeal and Gateron to keep a chokehold on the MX tactile switch market. Also Gateron and Zeal are getting the Chinese government involved by suing Durock so they are bad people either way. Zeal is willing to ge...

Really a lot of interest in this!

Yes, NOS tall switchplates from SKCC/L would work great (if they aren't the sealed kind) and someone on Reddit offered to send me a few blues from a NOS board for free! So the ultimate thing now would be some NOS unsoldered switchplates I can swap into the switches so the R&D people at [REDACTED] ca...

I saw him post that the blues are sold out. I messaged him anyway though.

If I got something like QuickBooks to help me with the taxes I think I could handle it.
But the first step is to send some NOS SKCM blues off to [REDACTED] so they can evaluate the cost of them better and what they would need to do specifically to recreate them.

ZedTheMan wrote: ↑

02 Nov 2019, 15:59

I believe the person who was running the White Alps NOS GB might have access to a few of them, but it might be difficult to convince them to get a few from the original seller.

Does he have the entire SKCM Blue switches or just the switchplates?

I am in need of some good specimens of Alps SKCM Blue switches to send to a switch manufacturer for evaluation (attempting to re-create them if you are not aware). What I need are several very good condition SKCM Blues, not restored but NOS. Old tall switchplate version, Preferably never soldered (i...

Update: I have decided to go with [REDACTED]. My interest check is getting a lot of replies so I think I should continue with this.
[REDACTED] has initially quoted me around $10-15K USD to make the moulds. Would something like a Kickstarter be advisable to fund this?

Title says it all. Post specs, datasheets, measurements of components, geometry and thickness of click leaf, types of plastics/lubricant, everything.

I am running this interest check to see how much demand there would be for new Alps SKCM Blue re-creation switches. These switches would be copied as accurately as possible from original Blue Alps parts including the switchplate. I have talked with several switch manufacturers that would be willing ...

Ok, I got replies from several manufacturers who say they will be able to do it! Durock seems to be the most likely candidate, but of course the moulds will be expensive to make. I am running an interest check to see how much demand there would be for these switches: https://forms.gle/yTruRbAyMXFCQy...

I don't see how RGB helps gamers at all. The people who like RGB only do it because it was marketed as a high-end feature that "gaming" brands put on their more upmarket boards.Some well-done marketing can convince people to buy a board with quality switches rather than dime-a-dozen LEDs. MX stems o...

Yueqing got back to me. Does anyone have detailed specs of an Alps SKCM blue switch?

Companies I've contacted so far:
Durock
Dongguan Fosen Electronics Technology Co., Ltd.
Yueqing Anhe Electronics Co., Ltd.
Hua-Jie
Kailh
Tai-Hao
Gateron
Alps themselves.

It may be a good idea to message these companies too to show there is interest in such a switch.

I'm going to be messaging several switch companies to see if I can find one that can recreate SKCM and the estimated cost. Then we can go from there.

Matias clicky is not as good because of the polycarb housing. It's fine on the tactiles though.

JP! wrote: ↑

30 Oct 2019, 03:32

What is this blasphemy!?

I was going to try to revive the original sliders by deep cleaning and lubing them but they are too flimsy and several of them broke.

How much do you want to mod it?

XMIT wrote: ↑

29 Oct 2019, 03:36

Do you have a picture of the donor board, the entire thing?

Do those clip on? Maybe we can 3D print some to protect Alps switches for the future.

It is ordered.

Replace the click leaf from a Matias one. Matias click leaves are almost identical and a worn out click leaf adds a lot of scratch to a switch (Restoring an extremely worn out and dirty Pine White Alps board right now and can confirm with a few loose switches I've modded. Also I've found out that th...

Perhaps you could ask Tai-Hao if they would be willing to shoot you a replacement cap. It may be expensive though and I don't know if they would even agree, but hey are the only ones left with OEM profile Alps tooling.

Almost done with the PCB, going to do some final measurements on the old plate and case before sending it off.
(I decided to put the LEDs and beeper on separate modules)