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Your boards are shipped fully assembled now, right?

It's pretty hard to test a board without caps and shipping a buckling spring board capless seems risky. Unicomp refuses to even sell keyboards/keyboard assemblies without keycaps. They consider the risk of damage too high.

If someone actually spent a couple minutes testing these boards before shipping them out that'd save you a couple hours too :lol:

Replacing springs usually requires popping the barrel and backplate assembly apart. Springs can be fragile and reattaching springs on flippers while a board is ...

SKCM/SKCL are very easy to open with the right technique. You don't even need to desolder the board, you can open the switches in the plate.

Sometimes people join the Discord asking about why forum registration doesn't work (with Gmail domains). That's been a long running problem I'd really like to see fixed.

Yeah. The Model F is a very polite feeling switch.
Beamsprings are shockingly gentle compared to what someone might expect based on their reputation too.

They have nice tactility. But it's not overbearing or extremely pronounced.
The idea that MOST TACTILIEST = good is new and mainly born out of ...

AFAIK it was quite a bit more than 4 digits.
Not that you can easily put a price on a community in the first place.

Hell the DT Discord server seems to get more traffic than the DT forums proper.
And that's a shame. Discord is a nightmare to search and it all exists at the whim of a somewhat ...

Didn't you get a 5251 from another community member for a very good price then you slagged them after the case got damaged in shipping even though they were shipping you a replacement case?
And after all that you were looking to sell it before you even got the replacement case...


Crazy enough I ...

When you swap PCBs in a G81 for one that used MX switches usually all you're keeping is the case and keycaps.
Later MY boards use keycaps that have built in stabilizers and won't work with MX stabilizers.

As for PCBs there are many options out there but personally I think the E80-1800 is the best ...

IIRC it isn't for sale. 999 RMB on Xianyu means it's a "flex post" and not something they actually intend to sell.

fbblovezl wrote: 19 Jun 2022, 16:04

Wazrach wrote: 18 Jun 2022, 20:13 This is really, really cool. Will you be doing Model F XT or AT shells?

I can't make the shell of XT because there are already 5291. I can make the metal shell of model f at

5291s aren't metal though.
And they break

Excited to see the KinBP.
The reliance on expensive microcontrollers has held me back from modding a couple of my boards.

Do you expect serious offers when you can't even be bothered to share photos of the boards you're selling?

If I didn't know better I'd think you wanted your inbox flooded with offers of "tree fiddy".

Which beamer are you selling, a numpadless 3278? The smaller data entry model of the 5251?

viewtopic.php?f=7&t=24619&p=474561&hilit=Alps#p474561
TMK/QMK has the code for serial micebas well as PS/2.

Muirium wrote: 25 Feb 2022, 20:38 Big Foot just got stomped. :O

Yeah. It looks like a Bigfootless.
It's Bigfoot height without feet. Incredible.

TMK is another options for converting XT. Has instructions for building your own that apply to both TMK and Soarer's.
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=103648.0

The moral high road would be to send it back to the seller at your expense. Your conscience will be clear, and they'll most likely resell it to someone else, rather than it getting destroyed.

edit: ...and you should include a note saying you just couldn't destroy it.

Seller sends wrong item and ...

Take a look at the FeXT project. You can swap flippers and springs from an F into an M assembly with a custom PCB and controller and get a F that looks like an M.

Arto wrote: 26 Jan 2022, 19:03 of course the guy doesn't hava a care in the world for his customers, so a return isn't an option.

I'd escalate with Ebay. You shouldn't pay such a premium then have to figure out a work around anyway.

This thing got a bit crushed in postage (most of the numrow switches are crushed) then I fried it on US power.

So... well if you need switches I have some.

I'll see what I have. I have a couple scrap boards that would love to help.

There is no such thing as a non-mechanical mouse. Certainly not in the sense that people are missing out on a golden age of “good” mice which came before. There is no 80s IBM Model F of mice compared to the domes over membrane of (not even) today. There is no scourge of chiclet mice. They’re ...

These switches are much easier to remove Once the PCB has been removed.

Since you can squeeze the latches and press them out by hand. Removing from the top will always be challenging and if you're relying on clamping force instead of just squeezing the latches it'll be pretty brutal.

Those look really nice.
As far as durability is concerned it won't be the best, but compared to some other keyset there (like the TEX ADA set on your other board) it'll do reasonably well.

I've had good luck with laser etched PBT, but lasered black POM often grabs dirt and the white legends turn ...

dorkvader wrote: 12 Nov 2021, 00:42 @seller I think I'm past raoulduke-esq's max bid. Please add me to the OP.

For reference it's 5,27 euro for ABP151430

TYVM

I'll offer 5,29 euros for ABP151430

Embrace chaos and pick up an old JP Realforce on Yahoo auctions.

Yeah, you'll have to proxy it, but even with those fees it'll be cheaper and give you more keys.

They got so much mileage out of the Datamaster/5291/F XT assembly and wanted to have more options for later boards using the AT PCB. I don't think they expected to adopt the M so soon after the F AT.

I think the caps came from a board with a curved backplate (which is why the profile fits so well).
I guess you could hollow out the caps and fit them onto 2 piece stems.

But then the bottom row would require extensive barrel plate modification.

Caps are Keytronic DCS from a... foam and foil board?

Wait... that bottom row.
Nice job.

Those caps aren't from a M13 either.
I have questions.

So those are Siemens switches! I have a couple control panels that use the same switches + type of caps. Got them from some cool guy on Reddit who saved them from getting scrapped with the rest of the systems.

I really need to actually do something with them. The caps and switches are surprisingly ...