![Image](https://i.imgur.com/x2AkbBq.jpg)
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/nNDsoWU.jpg)
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/og60twC.jpg)
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/G4vabYA.jpg)
![Image](https://i.imgur.com/i1D9U8L.jpg)
I haven't cleaned this up yet, so more photos incoming. Due to tooling limitations, I am not able to separate the top case from the keyboard, which is tethered to the case with a grounding cable.
So what then they need to be cleaned! It's a 30+ year old keyboard!Chyros wrote: ↑They look dirty. In my experience, these don't actually feel all that great when they're dirty.
And also:XMIT wrote: ↑I fail to see how a board with Micro Switch Hall Effect switches is ever a terrible disappointment!
WOT?y11971alex wrote: ↑It's an echo of the new show that Clarkson, May, and Hammond are hosting
Sorry to break it to you but those switches cannot be opened, I'm not sure if ultrasonic cleaning will help.y11971alex wrote: ↑Of course, since the board is still in the cleaning process, there's no telling how they originally or eventually feel. It's also why I put "preliminaries" on the title of the thread.
I'm thinking dishwasher.seebart wrote: ↑Sorry to break it to you but those switches cannot be opened, I'm not sure if ultrasonic cleaning will help.y11971alex wrote: ↑Of course, since the board is still in the cleaning process, there's no telling how they originally or eventually feel. It's also why I put "preliminaries" on the title of the thread.
I'd be happy enough if this can be any kind of a contribution to the DT wikiseebart wrote: ↑Never tried it, at least not with Honeywell Hall Effect. Like I said the switch is sealed.
Absolutely. Just clean it up and take the following pics:
You can, you can, and it does! ;Dseebart wrote: ↑WOT?y11971alex wrote: ↑It's an echo of the new show that Clarkson, May, and Hammond are hosting![]()
![]()
Sorry to break it to you but those switches cannot be opened, I'm not sure if ultrasonic cleaning will help.y11971alex wrote: ↑Of course, since the board is still in the cleaning process, there's no telling how they originally or eventually feel. It's also why I put "preliminaries" on the title of the thread.
How can you open them? I tried for quite some time and failed.Chyros wrote: ↑You can, you can, and it does! ;Dseebart wrote: ↑WOT?y11971alex wrote: ↑It's an echo of the new show that Clarkson, May, and Hammond are hosting![]()
![]()
Sorry to break it to you but those switches cannot be opened, I'm not sure if ultrasonic cleaning will help.y11971alex wrote: ↑Of course, since the board is still in the cleaning process, there's no telling how they originally or eventually feel. It's also why I put "preliminaries" on the title of the thread.
Looking foreward to some pictures!nourathar wrote: ↑aha, received that identical model quite recently !
But I have not yet had the chance to open it or even take a picture...
If you take the sensor out, the whole bottom of the switch is essentially open. You can't disassemble them further than that, but it's wide open enough to sonicate them with. I've done it myself, and it works!
I remember that picture of your keycaps, did you ever post pics of the entire keyboard? If so link plz!pr0ximity wrote: ↑My Burroughs's hall-effects are quite dirty as well. It suffers from extremely smooth dead-on keypresses, but atrociously rough off-center presses. The caps are truly beautiful on these things, though.
How is the spacebar? Mine is particularly terrible, I suspect it has something to do with the metal-on-metal friction of the stabilizing mechanisms and perhaps some kind of residue (maybe from ancient lubricant?).
Indeedseebart wrote: ↑I remember that picture of your keycaps, did you ever post pics of the entire keyboard? If so link plz!pr0ximity wrote: ↑My Burroughs's hall-effects are quite dirty as well. It suffers from extremely smooth dead-on keypresses, but atrociously rough off-center presses. The caps are truly beautiful on these things, though.
How is the spacebar? Mine is particularly terrible, I suspect it has something to do with the metal-on-metal friction of the stabilizing mechanisms and perhaps some kind of residue (maybe from ancient lubricant?).