weird behavior on model M 122 bolt mod
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fohat
- Elder Messenger
- Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Main keyboard: Model F 122-key terminal
- Main mouse: Microsoft Optical Mouse
- Favorite switch: Model F Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0158
Besides repairing damage, one of the beauties of a bolt mod is that you can adjust or "tune" the assembly.
In my opinion, a lot of people see steel nuts and bolts and washers and think "cool, let's crank them down as tight as they will go" - forgetting that they are replacing little cylindrical shafts of plastic with "mushroom heads" melted at the ends.
I recommend going "just barely finger tight" (I use the socket in my fingers with no handle) and go only far enough to get firm contact and no more.
In my opinion, a lot of people see steel nuts and bolts and washers and think "cool, let's crank them down as tight as they will go" - forgetting that they are replacing little cylindrical shafts of plastic with "mushroom heads" melted at the ends.
I recommend going "just barely finger tight" (I use the socket in my fingers with no handle) and go only far enough to get firm contact and no more.