deskthority

Nicely done. I'm actually most impressed by what you achieved with that case.

The easiest way is to slip 2 washers over the "V" and ",<" barrels. Wcass discovered that 7/16" SAE washers work quite well. Their weight is just right, and although they may interfere with the bottom millimeter of key travel, it is hardly noticeable. I don't know what the metric equivalent would b...

Have you tried putting the caps in water with very much dish-soap and then letting them soak for several days? Also this, this has worked for me on several occasions. Got rid of virtually all the shmutz on my beamspring case that way. I've found blue Dawn dish soap works best for this (or any kind ...

That's a hassle too, but I found that leaving the barrel place absolutely still almost eliminates that problem. Having it supported on both sides, raised off the table. I got that trick from Madhias : ...and Madhias probably got that trick from fohat. He's shown several frames he has for working wi...

If you bought a plate from unicomp I think they come with the rivet "spikes" as they would be on the factory line. So, if you had the right tool, you could clamp barrel plate/membranes/pad/backplate sandwich assembly together and do the rivet mushroom melt yourself. No screws at all. I *think* there...

If the crack is that bad it's possible the rest of the plate is just as fragile. You might try plastic welding or similar, or just doing a mod with the plate as is - with everything buttoned up it might be fine.

Beyond that a new plate from Unicomp is the best option.

I used a wire hanger for a stabilizer wire. There's several gauges of them, but a thin one worked fine. Still have it on one of my boards and I don't even remember which, can't tell from feel.

To say he did "inexcusably careless, risky shit" is truly the height of assholery. Sorry, I'm not backing down on that. Your failure to understand why is not a problem with me, it's a problem with practices that produce bad outcomes and your own willingness to accept them. Call me an asshole if you...

But here's what I see from the outside: Soarer pulled inexcusably careless, risky shit and nobody called him on it. Nobody said "Hey, we could be in legal trouble using those blobs without a license". Nobody said "I'm not cool with using firmware there's no published source for." At least neither o...

A GOOD FAITH EFFORT TO FIND THE OWNER HAS TO BE MADE FIRST. This is true for intellectual property, true for real estate, etcetera. I don't understand why some people insist on glossing this over, FFS. A good faith effort has already been made. Not that it matters. I don't remember soarer ever putt...

depletedvespene wrote: ↑

27 May 2021, 22:39

Webwit, please lock this thread already. The shiRt has hit the fLan beyond any other thread in the last two years.

Not yet. Though it could use a pruning of the name calling and if DT has some kind of temporary ban for such, that too.

But there's still open questions.

It's simple enough to wade past the dung and provide answers to straightforward questions. Ask your questions and I'll pass them on. If my friends aren't too digusted with the lot of you to bother, I will relay their answers. I asked above but will restate: What is the necessity to make a name, add...

You're saying "you think", which is simply not a convincing statement. You said you have a lawyer who was going to chime up in this thread if needed. Have they done so and identified themselves? No. And at this point I'd have a much more difficult time persuading the attorney to show up than I woul...

webwit wrote: ↑

27 May 2021, 21:05

Meanwhile...

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Honestly, this was something I was pondering. What if he's not dead, and instead he got hauled away for some heinous crime and we're going to find out about it by doxxing him?

There's any number of reasons he could have gone quiet online, death is only one.

My plan involves making Soarer's meat identity public because I think we need to do that to create the right kind of evidential record, but if we can track him down without doing that I certainly have no objection. You're saying "you think", which is simply not a convincing statement. You said you ...

What's your end goal here? Are you looking to monetize something based off of Soarer's work?

I'm actually also curious now what the point of reverse engineering Soarer's would be over improving TMK/QMK? Please start a new topic to discuss this. Every noise post here damages the usefulness of this record if we need to show it to a lawyer or judge. This thread needs to stick to evidence and ...

It looks good but it seems that these color matches always need just a *little* more olive/green, they're too gray.

I doubt you'd notice it in person unless, like here, it's up against an original.

I wonder if many who have industrials got them color matched what we'd all get for the values.

If you wanted an M with higher KRO you'd have better luck with expanding the matrix, which is exactly what Unicomp has done with their latest offerings (the mini, and I believe their new M classic has it too). Or diodes.

It's been discussed before.

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ddrfraser1 wrote: ↑

11 Apr 2021, 18:47

I mean, RAL 7030 looks pretty good to me... Maybe it's a shade lighter?

It's not the shade, it's the hue. It's too pure of a grey.

I've mixed 1 and 2 piece caps on the same board. I'd be surprised if you notice a difference.

The custom keyboard enthusiast in me is thinking, lube the inner barrels of the barrel plate, lube where the flippers make contact with the barrel plate, lube the springs and grease the stabilisers. Don't do this. You'll just attract dirt everywhere, you don't need it, and it will only make the key...

I might have had it mounted outside of the stabilizer tab on that side for the photo or had to bend the wire a bit more after. Those were the first pics after the build. It's solid now, basically M like (which may not be everyone's taste, but an F spacebar is too heavy for my tastes). I've rearrange...

https://deskthority.net/download/file.php?id=18642 I did the latter a long time ago . Haven't ever gotten around to the destructive part where you need to drill your way in for those extra keys within the original spacebar. atf.jpg I like having the gaps around the cursor keys, I tend to rest my ha...

As much as I'd love to have an F keyboard in the TKL layout, this kind of work is definitely beyond my skills. So I'll just look at this post and dream... Take an AT F, do the alt key mod and rearrange the numpad into a SSK navigation keyset, you'll get very close to an SSK on a true F chassis.

If you simply want the key to look correct, you could use an M assembly and put it on a key you'll never use ( like SysReq or an Fx key). For giggles I had once tried extending an M flipper with aluminum tape, and I think I got some response, but nothing I'd want to type on. You may also consider do...

Nice collection.

Like them both but think you should ditch the insert for the IBM badge, and instead do something like what's in my avatar pic.

Just clean it. You don't want anything in there.

Chyros wrote: ↑

20 Jul 2017, 15:41

I propose the name "beamship" .

I think that works. As do you:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P6uk79fxC3s