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My son Linus and I have been busy repairing an industrial Model M this afternoon

I hope he didn't have anything to eat beforehand! ;-)

Welcome to Deskthority! I'd love to see more pictures of the shiny, clean industrial M.

Ps: great signature!

Haha awesome picture!

Welcome to Deskthority!

Here is the final result

This was finished 2 days ago.

Whoa, looking good. That industrial case looks just amazing.

The 1388032 is realy old

Old and rare! Nice show.

Black round logo to a black angle logo -- It is wonderful.
Although 1985-11-05 had seen, the model manufactured by 1985-09-12 was seen for the first time.

HAL wrote:My son Linus and I have been busy repairing an industrial Model M this afternoon

Great photo!

That 1388032 is pretty much my dream Model M Industrial fullsize with a square, black logo. Lovely! That 1394946 isn't too bad either

Wow, gorgeous keyboard. Very jealous...

Great post and first photo I think it summarizes a good part of the vintage keyboard hobby.

HAL wrote:My son Linus and I have been busy repairing an industrial Model M this afternoon

I like how you're both so focused on the work.

At first I thought your son's name was Linux.

Think of the trouble when he demands all his toys be PBT. Kinda like us…

Really nice picture, you two. Early learning is for sure the best. "Linus" was/is also in the game how to name our not-yet-born son.

Ah, wondering how many Austrian guys are here at DT! I spot an "oldbuildingflat".

madhias wrote:Really nice picture, you two. Early learning is for sure the best. "Linus" was/is also in the game how to name our not-yet-born son.

madhias wrote:Ah, wondering how many Austrian guys are here at DT! I spot an "oldbuildingflat".

Yep. I get it - Altbauwohnung

Tonight I am going to reveal how to get rid of tags/grafitti written with permanent marker. Even though now you all are going to bid against me for those cheap keyboards with "signatures".

I got this tip from my girlfriend. It pays of to listen to your girl.
Thanks baby.

I am using the technique described by Phosphorglow to keep the stamps (dates etc.) First I put on some paper and scotch tape then I add another layer of protection with duct tape

I start of with the tooth brush

Then I attack with the markingswith the dirt eraser It only needs to be moist Ready, Steady, Go ... within seconds the markings start to vanish and within minutes they are almost gone This only took 15 minutes The dirt eraser can be washed and reused on the next ebay find

The stamp (and some dirt) was preserved. Thank you Phosphorglow The marking is only visible if you know that is was there

Very nice work sir! I'm quite happy to see the case stamps preserved - kudos to you! You went a bit above and beyond what I normally do, but it's good to be a bit paranoid and over engineer sometimes... I rather enjoy the preserved case dust, too. Heheheh.

I typically only use a piece of good packaging tape and make sure I get all the air pockets out so that water doesn't have a chance to creep under it, and then slowly peel it off after it's completely dry.

Hello HAL, Welcome to Deskthority
Your keyboard restoration is next level stuff! I am verry impressed by the details you are paying attention to
I like the industrial Model-M, unfortunately fullsize keyboards are not my cup of tea, never tried a BS keyboard myself

This is excellent. I do plenty of Model M restorations and appreciate your photos. As a fellow father I hope to be able to share some of my eclectic hobbies with the next generation.

Now I don't want to turn this into the "let's post pictures of our kids with keyboards" thread, but my little girl certainly loves keyboards too:
edit: If you look closely you can see some bolt mod bolts through the key caps. I need to read some of phosphorglow's back posts for ideas. I already have a set of brass screws and washers for a back-side (as opposed to through) bolt mod on my next keyboard.

someone is happy with her M! Nice picture.

Kids love keyboards My daughter is the best keyboard tester, after I build a board I let her test it with Aqua's key test she loves doing that and she is really good

Yes, kids love keyboards. My son loves "testing" the caps lock and num lock LEDs on my Realforce 87U 55g.

I have to stop our little boy when he is hammering on the Realforce keyboard at home too strong. But I think they are built to survive such stress tests!