deskthority

I've got a Zenith/G80-1500 keyboard: vintage MX Blacks, electronic click/bip. It's a great keyboard, very sturdy.

Some months ago, I bought a G80-1000 with MX Blues from Tarkoon. When I received the parcel I was a little bit disappointed. I first thought the parcel was empty because it was so light ....

Compared to my Zenith, the Cherry seems very flimsy and the plastic squeaks. I finally found the difference: in the Zenith keyboard, there's a metal bar screwed on the bottom of the case. This bar makes the keyboard heavier and prevents the plastic to squeaks.

So my question is: is the bar missing on my Cherry, or it was added to the Zenith keyboards?

Keyboard build varies widely concerning this kind of thing. Many don't have any metal parts.

Metal bar would have been something previous owner might have added, or maybe something extra Zenith had added, Cherry generally doesn't use metal at all in G80. I have seen several people use the metal plates from equivalent G81 after removing all the switch as a bottom weight for G80 under pcb. These types of things seem to be somewhat common mods as some G80 can flex quite a lot without doing something like this.

From Ceesa's picture, you can see where the metal bar is screwed (that is: between the two horizontal separators.)
If you don't put anything here, there're three unused screw holes (2 it cut case), so I guess the case is designed to received something here.

Can you post pics pls

yes of course