Vintage LGI
- Mr. J
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Vortex Tab75
- Main mouse: ThinkPad Laser
- Favorite switch: Lubed Cherry MX Silent Red
- DT Pro Member: -
I bought a vintage 286 manufactured by LGI... This thing is running without any problems! It comes with nice dye sublimed caps and vintage Blacks. These are my first vintage Blacks and guess what I think about them now...
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Great computer, but I hope you didn't buy this keyboard for just the switches and the caps! At least put in some other cherry switches you don't care about back in there!
Are you sure that the caps are dye sublimed pbt? This shape of caps always reminds me of pad printed abs. If these caps are pbt it's a swett find, this board has a pretty nice legend and font which looks pretty.
- Blaise170
- ALPS キーボード
- Location: Boston, MA
- Main keyboard: Cooler Master Quickfire Stealth
- Main mouse: Logitech G502
- Favorite switch: Alps SKCM Blue
- DT Pro Member: 0129
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If you zoom in the edges are a bit blurry, indicative of dye sub.
- Mr. J
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Vortex Tab75
- Main mouse: ThinkPad Laser
- Favorite switch: Lubed Cherry MX Silent Red
- DT Pro Member: -
I'm sure that these caps are dye sublimed pbt...
And no, I did not bought the system for harvesting switches and caps... First I wanted to build a Unix-Console with a Raspberry Pi but then I've seen that the system was "fully loaded" with games and apps...
And no, I did not bought the system for harvesting switches and caps... First I wanted to build a Unix-Console with a Raspberry Pi but then I've seen that the system was "fully loaded" with games and apps...
- digital_matthew
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Ellipse Model F62
- Main mouse: It's a Secret.
- Favorite switch: Capacative Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
The ink on the 2 is raised, while it is flat on that asterisk sublegend. I'm not sure what these are.
- Noobmaen
- Location: Bonn, Germany
- Main keyboard: FC660M MX Brown, HHKB, IBM6580
- Main mouse: Logitech G502
- Favorite switch: Beamspring, Vintage MX brown, Cap. BS
- DT Pro Member: -
If you have some acetone handy you can try applying a small amount to the inside of a keycap, if it is ABS it will dissolve. I would be surprised if these are actually dyesub PBT
- Mr. J
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Vortex Tab75
- Main mouse: ThinkPad Laser
- Favorite switch: Lubed Cherry MX Silent Red
- DT Pro Member: -
It is like playing Sherlock Holmes for me...
Lucky me I can provide some comparison shots. I'm 100% sure that these are at least PBT and not ABS.
Dye sub PBT -- ? PBT -- Double Shot ABS -- Pad printed
The questionable caps had "BTC" inside, maybe this helps a bit?
Lucky me I can provide some comparison shots. I'm 100% sure that these are at least PBT and not ABS.
Dye sub PBT -- ? PBT -- Double Shot ABS -- Pad printed
The questionable caps had "BTC" inside, maybe this helps a bit?
- Myoth
- Location: Strasbourg
- Main keyboard: IDB60
- Main mouse: EC1-A
- Favorite switch: Cap BS
- DT Pro Member: -
how can you be sure it's PBT ?
I've said it now multiple times but as far as I can see this is clearly pad printed ABS ...
and even then, you can clearly see what it is in this pic :
I've said it now multiple times but as far as I can see this is clearly pad printed ABS ...
and even then, you can clearly see what it is in this pic :
you can't get a much better clue than this ..Mr. J wrote: ↑
- Mr. J
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Vortex Tab75
- Main mouse: ThinkPad Laser
- Favorite switch: Lubed Cherry MX Silent Red
- DT Pro Member: -
My fault - of course they are lasered & they are shithansichen wrote: ↑The black POM cap is lasered and not pad printed. Cherrys lasered POM caps are shit.
Ok, sounds like pad printed for me...
- Myoth
- Location: Strasbourg
- Main keyboard: IDB60
- Main mouse: EC1-A
- Favorite switch: Cap BS
- DT Pro Member: -
I'm still not sure why you still say this but they're not bad IMO, okay the lasering might not be to everyone's liking but they're certainly not shit ... they're cheap and thick. what else do you need ?hansichen wrote: ↑The black POM cap is lasered and not pad printed. Cherrys lasered POM caps are shit.
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- Location: Stockholm, Sweden
- DT Pro Member: 0011
Oh, I thought those looked like BTC caps.
You can test for ABS with acetone. Wet the tip of a q-tip with acetone and rub it on an area on the inside of a keycap. If it smears, it is ABS.
You can test for ABS with acetone. Wet the tip of a q-tip with acetone and rub it on an area on the inside of a keycap. If it smears, it is ABS.
- digital_matthew
- Location: United States
- Main keyboard: Ellipse Model F62
- Main mouse: It's a Secret.
- Favorite switch: Capacative Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: -
When I paint on top of another layer of paint, the brush strokes from the first layer come through.Anakey wrote: ↑all you would need to do is to zoom up even on that 2 keycap. the texture of the cap does not change when it gets to the 2 therefore how can it be printed?
- Blaise170
- ALPS キーボード
- Location: Boston, MA
- Main keyboard: Cooler Master Quickfire Stealth
- Main mouse: Logitech G502
- Favorite switch: Alps SKCM Blue
- DT Pro Member: 0129
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Yeah after the second image with the 2, I'm thinking it's some kind of printing as well, though it may not be pad print.
- Mr. J
- Location: Germany
- Main keyboard: Vortex Tab75
- Main mouse: ThinkPad Laser
- Favorite switch: Lubed Cherry MX Silent Red
- DT Pro Member: -
It is a very good quality, the printing is crisp sharp. Meanwhile I found the manufacturer BTC in the wiki but without any information how they manufacture their caps...
- kbdfr
- The Tiproman
- Location: Berlin, Germany
- Main keyboard: Tipro MID-QM-128A + two Tipro matrix modules
- Main mouse: Contour Rollermouse Pro
- Favorite switch: Cherry black
- DT Pro Member: 0010
Crisp sharp edges literally exclude dye subs because dye sublimation, as explained in the wiki,Mr. J wrote: ↑It is a very good quality, the printing is crisp sharp. […]
is different to printing in that printing forms a layer of paint on top of the plastic, whereas dye sublimation causes the dye to sink into the plastic.
Compare:
- Daniel Beardsmore
- Location: Hertfordshire, England
- Main keyboard: Filco Majestouch 1 (home)/Poker II backlit (work)
- Main mouse: MS IMO 1.1
- Favorite switch: Probably not whatever I wrote here
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I am not sure I have ever seen branding on (well, inside) a keycap before!Mr. J wrote: ↑The questionable caps had "BTC" inside, maybe this helps a bit?
I was looking at the keycaps and noticing that the typeface is a lot like Key Tronics, which seemed an odd company to make a keyboard with Cherry switches. However, being BTC makes sense, as BTC used the same typeface as Key Tronic for a while (albeit normally as double-shot).