Reading about it I suspect it to be silicone-based
Disclosure - I wasn't too careful with consistency and the effect was about the same, not much difference. May be even really tiny drops will work.
Well, Ellipse can produce them so the supply is much less limited now.
Unless there is a problem with Shoe Goo adhering to the barrel, it is an amazing product. I have used it since the late 1980s.
It does something! I don't know what, exactly. May be it just reduces the contact area and metal (well, metal probably won't - ABS) ball will work just as well.
I doubt they will be. If you look closely, the "horizontal" part of the barrel is bent upwards. Like sneaker soles, y'know. But that doesn't matter much - Ellipse can bake more, just needs to be persuaded to sell them cheaper.
I'm not sure about silicone longevity though - poured or separately fabbed.
This.
Replace the spring with a wet noodle!Laser wrote:How about the complete heresy ? (silencing a buckling spring *completely*)
Maybe even by replacing the spring with something else
How dare you modify a terminal board like that!
That's done already. It's called "rubber dome". Super-quiet. If you want it less quiet - ALPS white, MX clear.. lots of them.
Ooh, now that's very interesting to read. Do you have the design, or can you reproduce it? If so, I think you should give it straightaway to XMIT in his brand new Hall Effect keyboard revival, round 2 keyboard thread. I'm not a fan of linear switches, so I didn't get in on XMIT's round one. But I know you like capacitive buckling spring as I do, so if you liked the tactile response of that Hall effect switch, I'm betting it would be awesome to have an entire keyboard full of them!
I don't like the idea of "Hall effect keyboard" just for the sake of using Hall effect sensors. They're complex, power-hungry, expensive versions of a reed switch.Techno Trousers wrote: If so, I think you should give it straightaway to XMIT in his brand new Hall Effect keyboard revival, round 2 keyboard thread. I'm not a fan of linear switches, so I didn't get in on XMIT's round one. But I know you like capacitive buckling spring as I do, so if you liked the tactile response of that Hall effect switch, I'm betting it would be awesome to have an entire keyboard full of them!
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DMA wrote:I don't like the idea of "Hall effect keyboard" just for the sake of using Hall effect sensors. They're complex, power-hungry, expensive versions of a reed switch.Techno Trousers wrote: If so, I think you should give it straightaway to XMIT in his brand new Hall Effect keyboard revival, round 2 keyboard thread. I'm not a fan of linear switches, so I didn't get in on XMIT's round one. But I know you like capacitive buckling spring as I do, so if you liked the tactile response of that Hall effect switch, I'm betting it would be awesome to have an entire keyboard full of them!
I mean for restoration of a historical keyboard you can do it - but to produce new devices using THAT?
The design was easy. Cross-section looks like this:Where "-"is a thin-walled plastic tube, "0" is a disc and "|" is a part of a ring. He used ~3(2?)mm thick ~5-6mm hole diameter rings, with fitting disc magnets. I remember he needed to sand the ring from inside to fit a thin-walled tube as a guide.Code: Select all
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Simple, really. Not sure about longevity - magnets crammed into place can demagnetize over time. Testing is needed.
I reviewed the original video and it really looks to me that the phone records everything at the same sound level. So video won't probably be impressive.
