deskthority

Model M-s can be mushy only when they are used and they dont have all the rivets anymore but then you have to bolt mod them.

if you are between the model M and F because of sound then Model M sounds more clacky and F more pingy. You can sometimes hear the ping when using the model Ms too. I prefer ...

With the Model M you have to take account the fact that the actuation force might not be the thing for everybody. Also if you get one used you might need to bolt mod it yourself and that's what I did and I am happy with mine now.

If you want it cheaper you might also want to check out good rubber ...

The problem seems to be that I have low quality nuts and bolts. I tried to tighten them but they just kept screwing around without tightening anything and each time I tried it stayed working for a while. Now I changed some of the nuts to different ones that I had from another batch and it has worked ...

You are right, I didn't wash the pivot plates and springs. I will leave that for later when I am really fed up by that 'warmup' before the keys start working. Today it wasn't long though - needed only a few keypresses before it started working again. I will reply to this thread when anything changes ...

I have a model M that I have bolt modded. I spilled beer on it. I then disassembled it and cleaned the membranes with industrial alcohol. Then I discovered that I had broken one of the traces (the ASDF trace). I glued the trace with thermal conductive glue first because at first I falsely remembered ...