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 Current best friend board. Traded my last Model F away for this, pretty cool Alps SKCC board where the ancient layout isn't super far from usability (with a bunch of remapping ofc). Boba Pearl posted:I'm looking for a keyboard switch that, when pressed, immediately releases, as in you can not hold them down. It's ok if it has almost no travel. I'd like for the time for it to release to be around 4 frames, or 250ms. Micro Switch SW/SD with pulse hall sensors do this, it's usually seen as undesirable so you might be able to find someone that has a board with them that they don't want. These are pretty much the only switches I'm aware of that do stuff like that out of the box - that box is admittedly something like 40 years old, though.
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Lazy Fair posted:I opened up the casing to one of my broken Rosewill mechanical keyboard (drink spill on it) to see if I could clean it up and maybe replace the switches but I'm a little unsure as to how the circuit board is attached to the metal plate, anyone know? are they just held together by the soldered switches or something? Depending on the way the plate cutouts are done on your board, you may be able to remove single switches by just desoldering that switch and popping the tabs in to release it from the plate.
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nielsm posted:Is there anything like a super detailed keyboard database to help find ones you may like? Sounds to me like you want a RealForce.
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Rexxed posted:I had some keycaps that were a bit loose on the stabilizers but I just used some thin paper strips to shim them a bit. Seemed okay without glue but that works too, it's just a bit more permanent. My go-to for loose anything with keyboards (caps, stabilizer keycap inserts, you name it) is little torn off squares of cig rolling papers. They really improve the seal between parts that've lost tolerance.
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YerDa Zabam posted:Any of you guys got an HHKB (or any Topre I guess)? If so have you done any of the "make it a bit quieter" fuckery shown here - Most of the stuff on that page is okay but whatever you do, do not lube the PCB - the guy who posted that invented this nonsense and it just causes the springs to get caught in the lube and twang a bunch in a way that you can 100% feel. I wasn't able to fix this without cleaning all the lube off the PCB and every spring individually. It's not worth it. Also, general warning that the guy behind that site, BuddyOG is a raging anti-LGBT nutter, so, might be worth looking at somewhere like Deskeys if you don't want to support that.
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Said gently caress it and decided to import a Realforce R3 from Japan cause I wanted bluetooth Topre and can't stand HHKB layout. What I wasn't expecting was the worst Topre experience I've ever had. Fresh out of the (sealed) box, every single key had this horrible sound on bottom out, like pulling tape off skin. I used it for a couple of days hoping it would go away, but there didn't even seem to be any real improvement. So, I decided to just open it up cause trying to return it via some Japanese eBay proxy would probably be a total nightmare. What I discovered was even weirder tbf, which is that the cause of the weird sticky sound was that the domes and springs were too dry (???) - they were so dry I could feel them wicking moisture from my skin and drying out my fingers. After rubbing them all in my fingers and smearing my personal oils all over them, everything seems to be fine now. Kinda wild to me that Topre charge over $200 for these and would ship out something so awful from the factory. That said, works well now and bluetooth and remapping on a Realforce feels extremely luxury. I do appreciate the new design as well, cause the R2 looked a bit sad to me. Overall, worryingly bad keyboard from factory. Excellent keyboard with added me-grease.
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buglord posted:My weeb coworker is going to Japan soon and is gonna take advantage of the weak yen to get a fancy made in Japan mechanical keyboard. He has several requests: Pretty much the main JP keyboard player left is Topre. A lot of old Alps keyboards have the ‘made in Japan’ experience but they’ve been out of production for basically ever at this point. For modern stuff you’re basically looking at the high end coming out of China right now.
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Finally got my Cycle7 less than 10 days before I move abroad. Most nailbiting group buy experience so far, though now I'm touching it I really can't believe that this thing was only $139. How does China do it???
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