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Joker key-caps? Let's put a smile on that keyboard!

Nice, I recently did a bolt-mod on a M122 and this new controller would go great with it.

kbdfr wrote: ↑I would suggest giving the keyboard the form of a Christmas tree. And, why not, its colour.
After all, it already has its frantic, flashy lighting

It should have a little speaker to bleep Christmas songs to go with the blinking.

16 Model Ms (15 actually, with one Model F)
https://www.ebay.com/itm/LOT-16-VINTAGE ... 5459f1be2d

I loosened the bolts around the S and M key. Testing will point out if it worked (there really is something as "too tight" with bolt-modding a Model M).
And that drill in the pictures is what I've used. I just pick up whatever tool I can use in the garage, just like the spray can of primer.

Many moons ago I bought a 122-key Model M from eBay and somehow I got the freaky idea of attempting to bolt-mod the thing. I enjoy reading workshop topics so why not make one yourself? For the record, I have no previous experience with this sort of thing and the attempt was no more but an experiment...

Stuff came in. Just_bought_stuff.jpg The black Model M is for the key caps, just_add_coffee is restoring a F122 for me and I like my boards black. The Cherry Board has Hi-Pro PBT key-caps ( linky ) . The rest are tools for keyboard figgeting stuff. I was thinking about selling the Cherry board since...

Here's mine little corner of the moon;

My first key-cap set got in; Dolche.jpg I don't know if this is a trait of PBT/double shot but the legends aren't the best (keypad enter for example). I like the coarse texture, though. I bought the set here . Now on what keyboard to put them. Edit; Installed them on my Das Keyboard Prof. 4; Dolche-...

Blaise170 wrote: ↑No, the problem is my life was perfectly fine not knowing all the granular level of variables of keyboards. Now I can't use rubber dome keyboards anymore and I have over thirty keyboards.

So you mean to tell that you were happy with rubber domes until you met mechanical keyboards?

Have you tried any of the Logitech G series mice? I'm curious about what you think of them, if you have. I got a few of those and so here's my $0,02. I have a G900, G602, G502 and a MX master. The G900 (Chaos Spectrum) is great for it is both wireless and wired (I prefer wired), but not very ergono...

You're not even close to insanity, Iggy. I just added up my Round 6 invoice totals in Excel and I ended up ordering a total of 1357 keycaps. And there are 28 others out there who have spent even more than I have (though their totals no doubt include keycaps from Round 5, which I missed out on). So ...

There, just made the payment for my order. A measly 310 key-caps. I'm now ready for the mental asylum.

Hey, who took my Model F straight jacket?!

Another SSK with additional IBM stuff; https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-8525-PS-2-Model-25-w-SSK-SCSI-Speech-Adapter-Case-ULTIMATE-VTG-KIT/142170726990?_trkparms=aid%3D222007%26algo%3DSIM.MBE%26ao%3D2%26asc%3D44039%26meid%3D214a9f04ada2412f877369e91c1c2a9d%26pid%3D100623%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D6%26mehot%3Dpp%...

y11971alex wrote: ↑https://www.ebay.com/itm/IBM-keyboard-3 ... OSwh41atTv~

I can hardly believe my eyes.

Meh, I'm waiting for the beamspring that breaks the 5 grand barrier.

Oh look what the mailman dropped off, some fancy cables.

I don't know if this has been posted before, but here's a Model M SSK;
https://www.ebay.com/itm/New-In-Box-IBM ... 28525711f7

IMG_20180305_200623.jpg On top, a Filco TKL with round 6 phase 1 (the alphas are the "wrong" size caps that got produced by error, they look better than the "proper" sized ones IMVHO). On the bottom a Rosewill with round 6 phase 2. I finally finished painting the case top of (one of) my Realforce R...

What exactly is expected from a PayPal collector? Does someone have to use his/her own PayPal account or open up a new one?

And we really ought to open a thread for Keyboard cats.

kbdfr wrote: ↑

Iggy wrote: ↑There is some mighty contributions in here. That wooden keyboard looks actually nice, though.

Somehow I had expected that kind of answer

Nice key-cap set hypkx, those look quite similar to this set I am awaiting.

There is some mighty contributions in here. That wooden keyboard looks actually nice, though.

hansichen wrote: ↑Make sure that it's not too thick, many screwdrivers don't work cause the holes in the Model M are pretty deep and thin

That's what I learned the hard way when I bought a bit set.

Ha ha ha, have fun with it!

As I'm waiting for that delivery to arrive did I replace the key-caps of the Ajazz with those of my Das Keyboard Professional 4. And the result is much better than I thought. Despite having a good quality digital camera (Canon EOS 700D), I failed in capturing the beauty of this keyboard. photo_1.jpg...

I've send SP an e-mail asking if they have done anything to prevent the yellowing process. Abandon all hope. Thanks for the email! Unfortunately yellowing is a natural side affect of ABS plastic over time. We do not take steps to prevent this as the yellow occurs over the course of a number of year...

Wodan wrote: ↑Not really hard to come by in Germany:
https://www.amazon.de/SM-55-Wasserstoff ... ref=sr_1_7

Thanks for the link. So that is the only liquid one needs to Retr0bright?

snoopy wrote: ↑Sorry that I can't really help with prices.

No problem, I sold it already.

snoopy wrote: ↑I'm just curious... chinese solenoid?

Well, that's the term the seller used where I bought it from. I didn't use the keyboard much, only to discover I have too much stuff and some of it needs to go (sorry hypkx). Here's the solenoid;

hansichen wrote: ↑Yes they will yellow

Ah, thank you for the answers. This does put a damper on my initial enthusiasm. I'm thinking of canceling my order.

Edit;
I've send SP an e-mail asking if they have done anything to prevent the yellowing process.