I picked up this CAN-5001CW keyboard with an integrated calculator. The box says "mechanical feeling" which is the same as a sticker saying "duck flavor" on a pack of cheap, chinese soup. I popped off a keycap and to my surprise there was a spring underneath! So far, I only knew of IBM, Brother and Alps buckling spring switches. My initial enthousiasm quickly faded away when trying the keys: the ones at the outer regions of the keyboards (like A and Num-) are clicky and tactile but the keys toward the center do not click but feel rather mushy. The inside of the keyboard looks OK in a mechanical sense, the plastic is not warped so that should not be the reason for the lack of clickyness at the center.
The spring-and-hammer assemblies can be taken out of their barrels from the top. They are literally drenched in oil; at least they do not squeak.
Oh, and the whole thing doesn't work - hopefully I just need to replace the NiMH rechargable battery to get it going.
Buckling springs: CAN-5001CW
- Kurk
- Location: Sauce Hollondaise (=The Netherlands)
- Main keyboard: Kinesis Advantage // Filco MJ2 + HID liberation
- Main mouse: ITAC Mousetrak Professional
- DT Pro Member: 0027
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- Mechanical Feeling!
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- Numpad + calculator
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- Springs!
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- Barrel housing; membrane visible
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- Keycaps and spring-and-hammer assembly
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- Close-up of the spring-and-hammer assembly
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- A furry battery
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Last edited by Kurk on 26 Feb 2012, 13:35, edited 1 time in total.
- Kurk
- Location: Sauce Hollondaise (=The Netherlands)
- Main keyboard: Kinesis Advantage // Filco MJ2 + HID liberation
- Main mouse: ITAC Mousetrak Professional
- DT Pro Member: 0027
OK, looks rather similar to these ones:
http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2041
http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=82
http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2041
http://deskthority.net/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=82
- webwit
- Wild Duck
- Location: The Netherlands
- Main keyboard: Model F62
- Favorite switch: IBM beam spring
- DT Pro Member: 0000
- Contact:
Interesting variant!
- Ascaii
- The Beard
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Main keyboard: CM Novatouch, g80-1851
- Main mouse: Corsair M65
- Favorite switch: Ergo clears, Topre
- DT Pro Member: 0019
it is a Ya Sheng buckling spring...generally considered a horrible copy of the IBM BS. Someone here poured ligher fluid over theirs and burned it for our pleasure. Pics are somewhere, I've lost the link.
- Kurk
- Location: Sauce Hollondaise (=The Netherlands)
- Main keyboard: Kinesis Advantage // Filco MJ2 + HID liberation
- Main mouse: ITAC Mousetrak Professional
- DT Pro Member: 0027
Mmmh, burning it, surely a thing to consider. There's so much oil on the switches that you won't even need the lighter fluidAscaii wrote:it is a Ya Sheng buckling spring...generally considered a horrible copy of the IBM BS. Someone here poured ligher fluid over theirs and burned it for our pleasure. Pics are somewhere, I've lost the link.
- Redmaus
- Gotta start somewhere
- Location: Near Dallas, Texas
- Main keyboard: Unsaver | 3276 | Kingsaver
- Main mouse: Kensington Slimblade
- Favorite switch: Capacitative Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
Why exactly are these so terrible?
- Muirium
- µ
- Location: Edinburgh, Scotland
- Main keyboard: HHKB Type-S with Bluetooth by Hasu
- Main mouse: Apple Magic Mouse
- Favorite switch: Gotta Try 'Em All
- DT Pro Member: µ
Looking at the mechanisms, I can take a guess:
These guys make Model M hammers look like mighty Model F flippers!
Certainly fits with my theory: more flipper = more feel.
These guys make Model M hammers look like mighty Model F flippers!
Certainly fits with my theory: more flipper = more feel.
- Redmaus
- Gotta start somewhere
- Location: Near Dallas, Texas
- Main keyboard: Unsaver | 3276 | Kingsaver
- Main mouse: Kensington Slimblade
- Favorite switch: Capacitative Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
- Contact:
I think you are right on that muirium! I wonder what the Ya Sheng keyboards sound like?