Topre sliders, MX caps

[osxoep]

It's the feet.

If I put the slider in the wrong way (barrel through the top) it would fall right out, so there's a bit of room there.
The original one has a bit of space around the barrel, so I think it's fine.

[matt3o]

It's the feet.

If I put the slider in the wrong way (barrel through the top) it would fall right out, so there's a bit of room there.
The original one has a bit of space around the barrel, so I think it's fine.

cool, thanks!

you can file the feet just a micron, I bet you can easily fix it! I made the feet thicker than the original so they are stiffer. Now waiting for more feedback with other cheaper materials. The frosted material is the one the shrinks less.

[matt3o]

PS: is the hole under the slider too big? ie: does the key get pressed correctly?

[osxoep]

That should be something I should check...

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Yep. Works

[Shinryuu]

That's sick

[8bit]

[cookie]

Good one

[Spikebolt]

Such an interesting project! Too bad the cost is so high, any news on mass producing it? How does it feel compared to the Novatouch and stock Topre?

[cepheid46e2]

Just wanted to hop on here and voice my support. I really hope you can get this off the ground and move these into some kind of mass production because there's a high demand for them. Currently they're just a bit too expensive but I'm hoping in the future you get something worked out that can make them affordable.

[Vizir]

It appears that JTK has already got topre sliders. I'm waiting for the first batch which should ship end of the month, I think. And from the group buy it seems they're only $15 or so for a set of 104...

[zslane]

I don't have a Realforce board to experiment with, so I have to ask the gurus here:

If you try to stick an MX keycap onto a standard Topre stem, the vertical groove guides inside the plunger form an obstacle to the little cylindrical stem mount with the female cross inside the keycap, preventing it from resting fully inside the Topre slider, correct?

[sth]

It appears that JTK has already got topre sliders. I'm waiting for the first batch which should ship end of the month, I think. And from the group buy it seems they're only $15 or so for a set of 104...

they haven't yet got stabilizers though

[Muirium]

Yup. A lot of half baked, half finished ideas rush towards GBs these days. Clueveat Lector, as the Latinos say.

I'm up for trying a set of those myself, but I don't expect a stab-less Realforce to be especially practical. More of a proof of concept. Which seems an odd thing to sell in numbers!

[chzel]

From what I understand, the JTK ones do have 2u stabs, just no spacebar stabs.

[Vizir]

I'm happy with that. The space bar is coming from the topre pbt drop, anyway

[Muirium]

O really? That's more like it. Still bloody difficult to match a spacebar profile from a completely different continent of the keyboard universe, but spacebars are always an odd fish anyway.

Any pictures of these things in action?

[chzel]

Not yet, just production sample pics, I'll link a bit later!

[chzel]

Mu here you go:
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=71 ... msg1833897

[Muirium]

Inteyresting…



vs. NovaTouch sliders:




Bunny's look a bit thicker walled to me. But it could just be the NovaTouch sliders' chamfered edge that gives the visual effect.

Notably, Topre sliders do indeed only feature a single mount in the middle for (non-spacebar) stabilised keys. Which is why you'd likely have trouble shoving NovaTouch ones in a Realforce.

[vang0341]

Crap I missed the gb for these sliders. [TIRED FACE]

[chzel]

Don't worry, they will be sold at the shop after the GB.

[Touch_It]

would these work in a type heaven? (Topre nub)

[002]

I don't see why not
The Type Heaven switches are the same as the Realforce.

[zslane]

Okay, I'm gonna try asking this with a picture...

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[002]

Yes...that's why people are making their own custom MX sliders for Topre switch housings.

[zslane]

That's what I figured; I just wanted to be sure.

[nwmn]

These look amazing!

Has anyone had a hand's on/seen ctrl alt's offering of their own topre sliders. How do they compare?

Also hi DT, I'm new here.