It's a 5251, but it's #1 in my heart
- just_add_coffee
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Model F AT, Batwing Ergodox
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- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring
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A while back, Taylorswiftttttt gave me a hell of a deal on a beamspring he had been working on. I finally got around to working on it.
I think that the crooked "Light" label adds something to the overall aesthetic. The dry-erase insert is glow-in-the-dark vinyl wrap on acetate, which has double-stick tape to hold it in position and is easily removable. I'm not crazy about that part, but I've got something better in mind if I can find some old dot-matrix printer paper.
And the warm white LEDs reflecting off the brushed copper vinyl wrap yells VINTAGE in my feeble mind.
I think that the crooked "Light" label adds something to the overall aesthetic. The dry-erase insert is glow-in-the-dark vinyl wrap on acetate, which has double-stick tape to hold it in position and is easily removable. I'm not crazy about that part, but I've got something better in mind if I can find some old dot-matrix printer paper.
And the warm white LEDs reflecting off the brushed copper vinyl wrap yells VINTAGE in my feeble mind.
- seebart
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- Location: Germany
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I like the lighting but I'd never flex the case for those flip-switches...or for anything else.
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- depletedvespene
- Location: Chile
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May I envy you?
- just_add_coffee
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Model F AT, Batwing Ergodox
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- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring
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Everything seems pretty sturdy. 1/4" thick plastic and the switch cover is mounted on a metal plate. Then again, I've been wrong many, MANY times before and my idiocy knows no bounds.seebart wrote: ↑ I like the lighting but I'd never flex the case for those flip-switches...or for anything else.
- just_add_coffee
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Model F AT, Batwing Ergodox
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- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring
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Thank you for making this possible!taylorswiftttttt wrote: ↑Nice
- seebart
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OF COURSE it's sturdy! I'm talking about the aesthetics which is a matter of taste of course. Being a vintage keyboard "purist" I just could not get myself to cut those holes in any Beamspring case.just_add_coffee wrote: ↑Everything seems pretty sturdy. 1/4" thick plastic and the switch cover is mounted on a metal plate. Then again, I've been wrong many, MANY times before and my idiocy knows no bounds.seebart wrote: ↑ I like the lighting but I'd never flex the case for those flip-switches...or for anything else.
- Halvar
- Location: Baden, DE
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M SSK / Filco MT 2
- Favorite switch: Beam & buckling spring, Monterey, MX Brown
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I especially like the illumination. How does the XT layout work out for you?
And can I ask how you get clean rounded-rectangular holes like that in a plastic case? I'd really like to be able to make holes in plastic that don't look like they were carved by a caveman, but with my Dremel, they always come out dreadful.
And can I ask how you get clean rounded-rectangular holes like that in a plastic case? I'd really like to be able to make holes in plastic that don't look like they were carved by a caveman, but with my Dremel, they always come out dreadful.
- just_add_coffee
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Model F AT, Batwing Ergodox
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The XT layout is ok. Not my favorite and legends that don't match the output annoy me. But I guess I adapt well enough.Halvar wrote: ↑I especially like the illumination. How does the XT layout work out for you?
And can I ask how you get clean rounded-rectangular holes like that in a plastic case? I'd really like to be able to make holes in plastic that don't look like they were carved by a caveman, but with my Dremel, they always come out dreadful.
And the holes are circular. The cylinder of the barrel goes through the keyboard case, then the switch cover goes on, and then a locking nut holds everything in place. The switch body is the inside of the case. And I used a Dremel to drill and widen the 15/32" -ish holes.
- just_add_coffee
- Location: United States
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- Favorite switch: Buckling Spring
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Growing up in the 70s and 80s and later when I was in the Army, these types of switches were on dang near everything ... to start vehicles, communications equipment, generators, etc., etc. They just scream vintage and over-engineered to me.OldIsNew wrote: ↑Nice use of the switches and they look cool too - either going to turn on the solenoid or launch a missile or something!
- Halvar
- Location: Baden, DE
- Main keyboard: IBM Model M SSK / Filco MT 2
- Favorite switch: Beam & buckling spring, Monterey, MX Brown
- DT Pro Member: 0051
Ah, now I see it, thanks! I totally misinterpreted the photo.just_add_coffee wrote: ↑And the holes are circular. The cylinder of the barrel goes through the keyboard case, then the switch cover goes on, and then a locking nut holds everything in place. The switch body is the inside of the case. And I used a Dremel to drill and widen the 15/32" -ish holes.