IBM 3741 Data Station / System 3 Barn Find
- JP!
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Currently a Model M
- Main mouse: Steel Series Sensei
- Favorite switch: Beam Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0194
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I should have the rest of the parts I left in storage this week.
- flowerlandfilms
- Location: Australia
- Main keyboard: Silicon Graphics Mechanical
- Main mouse: Razer KOTOR
- Favorite switch: the on/off switch
- DT Pro Member: -
...wow...
- digital_matthew
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Ellipse Model F62
- Main mouse: It's a Secret.
- Favorite switch: Capacative Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
Well this just looks awesome. I love the idea of the keyboard being integrated into the desk (especially a beam spring), and the overall look and color scheme. Now you got me looking for/building a similar looking setup for my workstation. Thanks for the thread!
- paecific.jr
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: IBM Model F 122
- Main mouse: Logitech Performance MX
- Favorite switch: Capacitive Buckling Springs
- DT Pro Member: -
Wow! That's looking really nice!
- JP!
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Currently a Model M
- Main mouse: Steel Series Sensei
- Favorite switch: Beam Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0194
- Contact:
It's Alive!
- JP!
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Currently a Model M
- Main mouse: Steel Series Sensei
- Favorite switch: Beam Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0194
- Contact:
I plugged it in and I typed stuff. I spent a good chunk of my free time this week sonic cleaning parts, oiling springs, ptfe lubing the sliders, making new foam, finding parts and assembling. I still have a few finishing touches but this is a good milestone for me.
New foam. Two by two, hands of blue. Naked. Notice the upside down z
New foam. Two by two, hands of blue. Naked. Notice the upside down z
Last edited by JP! on 13 Jan 2018, 06:15, edited 1 time in total.
- //gainsborough
- ALPSの日常
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: some kind of alps keyboard
- Favorite switch: clk: SKCM blue, lin: SKCL cream, tac: SKCM cream
- DT Pro Member: 0188
wooooaaahhhhh That looks super clean! Did you punch the holes in the foam? Looks fantastic, dude!
- Techno Trousers
- 100,000,000 actuations
- Location: California
- Main keyboard: IBM Model F-122
- Main mouse: Mionix Naos
- Favorite switch: Capacitive Buckling Spring (Model F)
- DT Pro Member: 0159
Awesome work. I'm looking forward to seeing it all together.
- JP!
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Currently a Model M
- Main mouse: Steel Series Sensei
- Favorite switch: Beam Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0194
- Contact:
- seebart
- Offtopicthority Instigator
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Rotation
- Main mouse: Steelseries Sensei
- Favorite switch: IBM capacitive buckling spring
- DT Pro Member: 0061
- Contact:
Looks fantastic! A rare gem even in the world of Beamsprings!JP! wrote: ↑I plugged it in and I typed stuff. I spent a good chunk of my free time this week sonic cleaning parts, oiling springs, ptfe lubing the sliders, making new foam, finding parts and assembling. I still have a few finishing touches but this is a good milestone for me.
New foam.
- digital_matthew
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Ellipse Model F62
- Main mouse: It's a Secret.
- Favorite switch: Capacative Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
The solenoid sound must really resonate through that thing.
- //gainsborough
- ALPSの日常
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: some kind of alps keyboard
- Favorite switch: clk: SKCM blue, lin: SKCL cream, tac: SKCM cream
- DT Pro Member: 0188
The wingnut is a nice touch! That's the beginnings of a great "battlestation"! Do you plan to hook it up to a computer and monitor?
- JP!
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Currently a Model M
- Main mouse: Steel Series Sensei
- Favorite switch: Beam Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0194
- Contact:
I imagine that it will be quite loud. Maybe it will resonate through the walls so the neighbors can hear it I've have not hooked this solenoid up yet .digital_matthew wrote: ↑The solenoid sound must really resonate through that thing.
Beamstation prototype://gainsborough wrote: ↑ The wingnut is a nice touch! That's the beginnings of a great "battlestation"! Do you plan to hook it up to a computer and monitor?
Spoiler:
- digital_matthew
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Ellipse Model F62
- Main mouse: It's a Secret.
- Favorite switch: Capacative Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
Tell them you have Unelevatable Wrist Syndrome (totally a real thing xD ) and that you need a special "droopy desk" to accommodate it.JP! wrote: ↑I imagine that it will be quite loud. Maybe it will resonate through the walls so the neighbors can hear it I've have not hooked this solenoid up yet .digital_matthew wrote: ↑The solenoid sound must really resonate through that thing.
Beamstation prototype://gainsborough wrote: ↑ The wingnut is a nice touch! That's the beginnings of a great "battlestation"! Do you plan to hook it up to a computer and monitor?
Spoiler:
- //gainsborough
- ALPSの日常
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: some kind of alps keyboard
- Favorite switch: clk: SKCM blue, lin: SKCL cream, tac: SKCM cream
- DT Pro Member: 0188
I just realized - did you repaint the bottom part red?
- seebart
- Offtopicthority Instigator
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Rotation
- Main mouse: Steelseries Sensei
- Favorite switch: IBM capacitive buckling spring
- DT Pro Member: 0061
- Contact:
Hit the spoilers further up the page in JP!s posts.Phenix wrote: ↑did i really oversee the pics everyone talks about??
Could someone please link me?
- Phenix
- -p
- Location: Germany, Cologne
- Main keyboard: F122, soarer´d|Novatouch-s
- Main mouse: Roccat Kone Pure|Rollermouse
- Favorite switch: BS F|Topre-s
- DT Pro Member: -
oversaw the spoiler for some reason dammit.seebart wrote:Hit the spoilers further up the page in JP!s posts.Phenix wrote: ↑did i really oversee the pics everyone talks about??
Could someone please link me?
thanks! :thumbs:
- Menuhin
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: HHKB PD-KB400BN lubed, has Hasu Bt Controller
- Main mouse: How to make scroll ring of Expert Mouse smoother?
- Favorite switch: Gateron ink lubed
- DT Pro Member: -
Talking about ergonomic, assuming you're going to sit on that luxurious classic Aeron chair, it seems that only the recessed Beamstation keyboard meets the ergonomic requirement, all other keyboards being at least 10cm too high; the middle of the screen should be at the level of the top of the speakers, now the screen are approx. 20cm too high.
You can easily crank down the desk level.
Interestingly, more and more people are getting height-adjustable standing desks, at least I have seen them among my colleagues, especially when they don't have to pay for that.
- vometia
- irritant
- Location: Somewhere in England
- Main keyboard: Durrr-God with fancy keycaps
- Main mouse: Roccat Malarky
- Favorite switch: Avocent Thingy
- DT Pro Member: 0184
I tried that for a few weeks: got a workbench out of the garage and made "stilts" for it out of square-section aluminium tubes. It worked quite well; unfortunately my knee did not and I'm not sure it ever fully recovered from the experience...Menuhin wrote: ↑Interestingly, more and more people are getting height-adjustable standing desks, at least I have seen them among my colleagues, especially when they don't have to pay for that.
- Menuhin
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: HHKB PD-KB400BN lubed, has Hasu Bt Controller
- Main mouse: How to make scroll ring of Expert Mouse smoother?
- Favorite switch: Gateron ink lubed
- DT Pro Member: -
Those standing desks they requested to have cost north of 1000€, and can be electrically adjusted in a few seconds with a button press. Well, some of them ordered them just less than 1 year they planned to leave for another job.
I was first skeptical about standing desk because the first person I know doing that was a postdoc who never finished a project and who could never convey his ideas completely or clearly for audience of any level, and then went on to start a startup that is not making money. I always thought he is just escaping the high unemployment rate from his south European home. When I visited his home for a party, I found his work space has no chair - it was a standing desk setup, and he had more than 3 or 5 keyboards, some ergo lying around. I thought, "Such a crazy work setting..." (In hindsight, I have a number of keyboards and keyboard kits that I lost count now...)
Not until I had heard from some colleagues who did research for the US army that standing desk is becoming a real thing to improve work efficiency did I start taking the standing desk setup seriously. While standing desks may not be suitable for people who have knee injuries or who are recovering from one, I am a fan of ergo chairs (kneeling chair, and leaning stool) and regular exercise to minimizing neck and back pain.
- The Canadian government suggested that the desk should be at 5cm below elbow height for computer users:
Some quite good infographics:
I was first skeptical about standing desk because the first person I know doing that was a postdoc who never finished a project and who could never convey his ideas completely or clearly for audience of any level, and then went on to start a startup that is not making money. I always thought he is just escaping the high unemployment rate from his south European home. When I visited his home for a party, I found his work space has no chair - it was a standing desk setup, and he had more than 3 or 5 keyboards, some ergo lying around. I thought, "Such a crazy work setting..." (In hindsight, I have a number of keyboards and keyboard kits that I lost count now...)
Not until I had heard from some colleagues who did research for the US army that standing desk is becoming a real thing to improve work efficiency did I start taking the standing desk setup seriously. While standing desks may not be suitable for people who have knee injuries or who are recovering from one, I am a fan of ergo chairs (kneeling chair, and leaning stool) and regular exercise to minimizing neck and back pain.
- The Canadian government suggested that the desk should be at 5cm below elbow height for computer users:
Some quite good infographics:
Spoiler: