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elecplus wrote: ↑There are 4 small white tabs or ears that stick out from the center rectangle. I want to know what these tabs are called?

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I think they are called "Slider Rails" or "Slider Guides"

I still need to restore my F122, but I prefer any F over the beamspring. A tough opponent to the F122 would be the F107, I'm still not sure which I prefer (I would need to use my F122 to actually know) Understandable, the F122 and F107 have much more useable layouts. I also find capacitive buckling...

Findecanor wrote: ↑Would using it yourself be considered cheating?

Practice

Anyone have a quick and easy to follow guide for screw modding a Model M? I have a Unicomp to restore but I'm not sure what parts I need and I'm too lazy to look through a bunch of guides. :mrgreen: Razor blade, dremel with drill bit, 2mm nut and bolt. Cut off broken/loose rivet, drill a hole throu...

Too bad you went through all that work and didn't like it. Although I think a majority ( >50% ) of people with beamsprings do not use them as their daily drivers. I personally only pull mine out when I am writing something other then code.

Many collectables sharkfin, all depends on demand. Demand is high today but the people looking for these old keyboards is a subset of a subset and is not growing fast (Look at DT DAU vs /r/MK). I think the most rare keyboards will platau and the uncommon ones will drop in value.

rich1051414 wrote: ↑Is that BTC foam and foil?
Maybe Deyi foam and foil...

Foam and foil for sure, I had a similar keyboard. The F&F was roasted but the caps were nice, I am currently using them on my home computer (with cherry mx switches in it)

So is this the classic zinc F77 and the compact versions lined up in the photo? If so, the compact certainly looks a lot smaller. I am starting to worry that my love for the lovely retro solid case might end up costing me in terms of usability. I will say that the small form factor one is heavy as ...

Would love to see a beamspring compilation! The project would be big and it'll cost a small fortune to ship, but the thought of gathering as many beamspring in one video is an amazing idea. Sent from my SM-G965F using Tapatalk Yes that would be awesome. Just imagine a bunch of them in one location....

I would say that even if it is oily and smells like decomposing plastic that you should still use it. My beamsprings mat was also slick and smelled of decomposing plastic but works just fine. Really??? Idk it just seems odd to not replace it. My mat is really gross. I understand keeping it for orig...

I would say that even if it is oily and smells like decomposing plastic that you should still use it. My beamsprings mat was also slick and smelled of decomposing plastic but works just fine.

If you look at the inside of their first run of PBT SA keycaps, ala Ice Cap and Industrial, the thickness was the same as their ABS keycaps for the bottom half of the shell, but the inner-most half was twice as thick, as if there was another "shot" of plastic molded in there, just like you'd see in...

Sample packs contain 7 random blank keys for those wanting to see and feel the new thick SA-P PBT blank keys before purchasing keysets. See "What's New" for more information on the SA-P program.

From the product page

I for one am psyched

News here:
https://pimpmykeyboard.com/whats-new

Pics here:
https://pimpmykeyboard.com/sa-p-sample-packs

thegoldenmandenis wrote: ↑What are those keycaps? I've been thinking about getting some spherical keycaps for a while but they all seem so expensive, and it's even harder and more expensive to get them in UK layout.

Looks like it is probably this one:
https://pimpmykeyboard.com/dsa-hc-granite/

Would we be able to widen the whole in the plate to be able to use a TaiHao capslock? (what I am getting at is I will to modification to the plate to get a TaiHao set working)

The 60% dark gray samples also arrived and are shown below. I think it's the best we can do to have a legible legend but please let me know what you think. I'm glad that they're the right colour for some, but I'd imagined something more like the HHKB black with black legends. Back to black blanks t...

Halo True, while not the worst ever they are the most over hyped switch. Can't stand how heavy they are and how they just flop over the tactile bump. Like take the thing I like least about old linear switches and rubber domes and put them together.

If you ever do get more in stock post here. Also would you guys ever sell the bamboo cases uncoated? I personally would buy one and paint it as I don't care for the look of bamboo but would like a solid wood case.

People have their reasons, I think everyone mentioned here is welcome back at any time. I know that some times people feel personally hurt by something someone said or did. Life is too short, just let things be.

Can anyone confirm there is a pad under the dummy, I went and looked through some restoration photos and haven't seen a model with a pad under the dummy. (My 3276 also does not have a pad under the dummy)

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Leading-Edge-Vintage-PC-Keyboard-DC-3014-5-pin-DIN-Functional-NeedsCleaned-As-is-/163106356935?hash=item25f9e57ec7%3Ag%3A0ZYAAOSwbm9bKWAe&nma=true&si=YmtzJHvvjbKAOsSZNys1oXWe2dE%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557 anyone get this!? It was up for like 1 minute! ...

JP! (jp-u13249) AFAIK is the only other person who has one. Quite rare indeed, take care of it.

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https://flashquark.com/nyc-mechanical-k ... etup-2018/
https://imgur.com/a/alA6pDy#iMGD44t

Ill post some photos as well, it seemed the one r/mk-er's album was all artisans and the flashquark album was all people.

Looks like it could be an SMK 2nd Gen (Monterey blue), hard to tell because the color balance. You could try to take a pic in the sunlight with a white postcard next to it. Use the postcard to balance the white levels. Maybe pull off a few more keycaps while your at it.

I must have mis read the post, the clear mat does not need to be replaced. It should be silicone, mine just needed to be cleaned with soapy water.

Ive been using Box Jades for about 2 weeks now, they are fine for long term typing but terrible for gaming. I wouldn't say they are the second coming of jesus but it's more like a slightly improved Matias Clicky

2mm Art foam seems to be the standard for replacing the degrading foam, don't get too exotic with different materials unless you want to be a guinea pig. I get mine from Michaels (there all around the US). The answer to should you pull it off and replace it is, probably. If its falling apart and sti...

The difficulty is figuring out how to organize. I am not sure if the wiki is well organized now, but I can think of a few ways to organize and the most logical one is what system they went to. That being said there is not a whole load of information on some more obscure IBM systems.

a few observations. a htpc keyboard is usually (or anyway, it can be) used on the couch holding it with one hand. A middle nub is rather unpractical in that setup. Not to mention that you need mouse buttons and you should be able to drag-n-drop, scroll, and so on all holding the keyboard in your ha...