What's in the box?!?!?! (IBM Industrial SSK)
- snacksthecat
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- Chyros
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A Mopar! Beautiful, nice find, man! Hope it didn't put you out of pocket too much .
Was the case always that bent, or was shipping unkind to it?
Was the case always that bent, or was shipping unkind to it?
- Muirium
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Seeing this thread in the Forum Spy via the comment above, I thought Ellipse had shipped his Kishsaver run at last! Fine way to ring out 2018.
But no, instead it’s just a lousy Industrial SSK. Pfft!
But no, instead it’s just a lousy Industrial SSK. Pfft!
- snacksthecat
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Aw I'm sorry for the false alarm.Muirium wrote: ↑Seeing this thread in the Forum Spy via the comment above, I thought Ellipse had shipped his Kishsaver run at last! Fine way to ring out 2018.
But no, instead it’s just a lousy Industrial SSK. Pfft!
Indeed this is the industrial SSK from modelfkeyboards.com. It was steeply discounted due to the warping of the top case. I purchased it well aware of this fact but without seeing an actual photo so I was very interested to receive the board and check it out.
The warping is different than I expected. I'm not 100% sure how I'll deal with it yet but my current thinking is to use hot water and clamps/ties to straighten it out. I'm going to do some experiments with some other scrap cases first so I'll know rough temperature ranges to keep the water. Obviously I need to be very careful not to further damage it! I'll post the process and results once I'm ready to give it a shot.
I use a regular SSK 99% of the time and I absolutely love it. I'm very excited for this upgrade.
- JP!
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I regret not buying one of these when I had a chance to buy one a fair bit less than the going rate. My end game SSK would be to take one in rough condition, paint the case in industrial gray, get a pcb replacement black badge, add reproduction industrial blue keys, and convert it to a Model F SSK...sigh one of these days!
- snacksthecat
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My plan right now is to use hot water to gently heat the case. Then apply force, either with weight or clamps, while it cools down. Just doing this a little bit I've already noticed the more drastic bends straightening out.
It will be difficult to deal with the warping though. For instance, the case around the arrow keys is warped to the point where they can't move freely without rubbing, causing them to stick.
I think this is going to be a slow grind with lots of little tweaks until I end up with something "good enough".
It will be difficult to deal with the warping though. For instance, the case around the arrow keys is warped to the point where they can't move freely without rubbing, causing them to stick.
I think this is going to be a slow grind with lots of little tweaks until I end up with something "good enough".
- JP!
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Reminds me of my M122 that a previous owner left in the sun to dry where the bottom part of the case now bows out pretty bad. I've yet to attempt anything like this.
- snuci
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Hey @snacksthecat how did it end up? Did it work out okay?
- digital_matthew
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What...is...the deal?!snacksthecat wrote: ↑21 Dec 2018, 22:51My plan right now is to use hot water to gently heat the case. Then apply force, either with weight or clamps, while it cools down. Just doing this a little bit I've already noticed the more drastic bends straightening out.
It will be difficult to deal with the warping though. For instance, the case around the arrow keys is warped to the point where they can't move freely without rubbing, causing them to stick.
I think this is going to be a slow grind with lots of little tweaks until I end up with something "good enough".
Seriously though, good luck on the project.