Dampening the HHKB spacebar?

decayl

07 Dec 2016, 14:43

Hi,

I own the hhkb pro 2, and i have the pbt spacebars from the massdrop groupbuy. the problem is that the spacebar makes a plastic on plastic sound when pressed. I think the tiny round landing pads are not enough so maybe I can replace them.
Does anyone have experience with custom landing pads for the hhkb? which materials? where to buy?

Thank you.

Hking0036

07 Dec 2016, 14:46

I don't know about the hhkb in particular but if it's the bottom out noise that bothers you a thin foam pad at the bottom is supposed to help reduce the sound, since the caps aren't hitting plastic at the bottom.

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Menuhin

07 Dec 2016, 17:37

It shouldn't be too noisy. Have you lost your space bar spring?
If the spring is there, perhaps swapping it to a heavier spring? A HHKB replacement spring is at around 80g to bottom out.

face

07 Dec 2016, 19:03

My pbt spacebars were soundy too. Thought it was my personal HHKB since I own the BT version. Try a thin foam pad as Hking suggested, should solve the problem. (I was to lazy to try that.)

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