Model M Repair

[HAL]

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

[Daniel Beardsmore]

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

[scottc]

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

Ps: great signature!

[Medowy]

Haha awesome picture!

Welcome to Deskthority!

[HAL]

Here is the final result

[HAL]

This was finished 2 days ago.

[Medowy]

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

[HAL]

The 1388032 is realy old

[webwit]

Old and rare! Nice show.

[rzwv]

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.

[photekq]

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

[scottc]

Wow, gorgeous keyboard. Very jealous...

[Game Theory]

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

[mr_a500]

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.

[Muirium]

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

[Madhias]

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".

[HAL]

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".

Yep. I get it - Altbauwohnung

[HAL]

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".

[HAL]

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

[HAL]

I am using the technique described by Phosphorglow to keep the stamps (dates etc.)

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First I put on some paper and scotch tape

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then I add another layer of protection with duct tape

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[HAL]

I start of with the tooth brush

[HAL]

Then I attack with the markingswith the dirt eraser

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It only needs to be moist

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Ready, Steady, Go ...

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within seconds the markings start to vanish

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and within minutes they are almost gone

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This only took 15 minutes

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The dirt eraser can be washed and reused on the next ebay find

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[HAL]

The stamp (and some dirt) was preserved. Thank you Phosphorglow

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The marking is only visible if you know that is was there

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[phosphorglow]

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.

[cookie]

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

[XMIT]

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:

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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.

[seebart]

someone is happy with her M! Nice picture.

[DanielT]

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

[HAL]

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

[Madhias]

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!