Beam Spring 104+SSK Reproduction Project! First Batch In Stock, Shipping early next year after New Model F Project

genericusername57 · 23 Jul 2025, 00:17

wobbled wrote: 28 May 2025, 00:47It’s sweet that you’re protecting him so much

"Am I being called out for being annoying? No, clearly they're protecting Joe!"

wobbled · 23 Jul 2025, 05:18

Imagine replying to me after 2 months and starting this up again. Joe probably wishes you stayed quiet. Absolute cretin.

jmaynard · 23 Jul 2025, 13:35

wobbled wrote: 23 Jul 2025, 05:18 Imagine replying to me after 2 months and starting this up again. Joe probably wishes you stayed quiet. Absolute cretin.

"A fanatic is someone who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." -- Sir Winston Churchill

You, sir, are a fanatic.

Ellipse · 24 Jul 2025, 00:00

raidon please update to the latest firmware on the project web site, inside the qmk-layout-files zip file (please download the file again today). It looks like your firmware version may have had a bug with the debounce filter not working properly. No one else appears to be reporting this from the beam spring keyboards that have been out there for the past couple years, so this is very strange.

Is your keyboard disconnecting from the computer? I suggest checking an event log to see what is happening. Maybe you need to replace the cable or make the USB-C connector a little tighter by squeezing it by hand very slightly. Additionally it could be due to power saving settings on your computer, a failing USB port, or the use of a KVM switch or USB hub.

wobbled · 24 Jul 2025, 00:38

jmaynard wrote: 23 Jul 2025, 13:35
wobbled wrote: 23 Jul 2025, 05:18 Imagine replying to me after 2 months and starting this up again. Joe probably wishes you stayed quiet. Absolute cretin.
"A fanatic is someone who can't change his mind and won't change the subject." -- Sir Winston Churchill

You, sir, are a fanatic.

Wow, you still sound like a dumbass even when quoting a legend.

dodddummy · 24 Jul 2025, 12:26

I'm curious, what's the current status?

raidon · 24 Jul 2025, 13:05

Ellipse wrote: 24 Jul 2025, 00:00 raidon please update to the latest firmware on the project web site, inside the qmk-layout-files zip file (please download the file again today). It looks like your firmware version may have had a bug with the debounce filter not working properly. No one else appears to be reporting this from the beam spring keyboards that have been out there for the past couple years, so this is very strange.

Is your keyboard disconnecting from the computer? I suggest checking an event log to see what is happening. Maybe you need to replace the cable or make the USB-C connector a little tighter by squeezing it by hand very slightly. Additionally, it could be due to power saving settings on your computer, a failing USB port, or the use of a KVM switch or USB hub.

Thanks for responding! I (re-)downloaded QMK-layout-files.zip and re-flashed the r1 firmware. So far the issue haven't manifested itself, and I was working this entire time. Hopefully I'm not jumping the gun posting this, but it seems the issue is gone now! Guess I really got lucky with the debounce bug, huh.

For your potential investigation/future reference sake - initially the keyboard was plugged into an Anker 553 USB-C Docking Station, which is a powered KVM switch I use to toggle between my work laptop and personal PC. After getting the issue I made sure to read and double-check everything from the website, so I started swapping it between the 2 computers manually. And in both cases, on both systems the ghost presses and wrong keys manifested itself every half an hour or so. However, the keyboard never got disconnected - I've made a small script that would alert me if it got unplugged, and it never did so on its own. I was very skeptical it could be a mechanical issue and really didn't want to open the keyboard up at first, because all keys worked well and rebooting the keyboard worked to solve it, so I just assumed it was a controller/software issue, but I did open it up to check all the grounding screws and solder joints (and to install stabs, as previously mentioned).

I remember trying to build QMK myself to see if I can get a more recent version running just in case, but I don't remember if I ever flashed it, because the keyboard wasn't mainlined.

Now I can really enjoy using this keyboard to the fullest, because it's the absolute best sounding/feeling one I ever had, and I've gone through a lot of different switches. It's a shame I can't install a solenoid into this chassis.

Ellipse · Yesterday, 22:43

Great raidon! As a note, you can either install a smaller solenoid like the sparkfun solenoid linked to on the project web site, or mount the solenoid externally in one of the 3d printed solenoid holder projects (or make your own - please share if you do!).

dodddummy please see the earlier postings for the recent updates and photos. The factory continues production and assembly of the B104 keyboards and will soon start production of the other keyboard inner assembly plates and cases. The modules and other parts were completed some time ago, so we are just waiting for inner assembly plates and the case, and them assembly of the BSSK, B122, and B62.

genericusername57 · Today, 00:54

wobbled wrote: 23 Jul 2025, 05:18Joe probably wishes you stayed quiet

That sucks for Joe then, because he'd be experiencing this entire community's reaction to your every post.

Also, Barry, I think it's poor form for someone touting themselves to be the brilliant headhunted scholar that you are to try the same angle again and again. I don't care about Joe. Find something else if you want to try to insult me. Or, you know, just don't. That's what we all wish for.