Thanks! Yes, I put them on a turntable and took a bunch of photos to make those gifs.
It looks almost like a capacitive Shitsumi Miniature Mechanical! Very funky.snacksthecat wrote: 28 Jul 2019, 05:13Thanks! Yes, I put them on a turntable and took a bunch of photos to make those gifs.
Also, these things are so hipster. Like, what is this mechanism?!
I suppose the gold spring is supposed to slider against the contacts and close the circuit...snacksthecat wrote: 28 Jul 2019, 05:13 Also, these things are so hipster. Like, what is this mechanism?!
I would not shit on Mitsumi. I have got only one of their standard Mechanical tactile switches that use the same tactile mechanism as the miniature switches, but it feels very nice.Lbibass wrote: 28 Jul 2019, 05:18 It looks almost like a capacitive Shitsumi Miniature Mechanical! Very funky.
That's the catch with Mitsumi miniature mechanical. They feel amazing as loose switches, but when you actually use them in a keyboard, they bind like you accidentally got your Krytox mixed up with Krazy Glue and decided to go ahead with lubing them anyway.Findecanor wrote: 28 Jul 2019, 06:46I would not shit on Mitsumi. I have got only one of their standard Mechanical tactile switches, but it feels very nice.Lbibass wrote: 28 Jul 2019, 05:18 It looks almost like a capacitive Shitsumi Miniature Mechanical! Very funky.
On top of that, don't confuse their standard (and actually considerably rarer) switches with the miniature ones. The tall ones are OK. The miniature ones are an eldritch abomination.brainandforce wrote: 28 Jul 2019, 07:31That's the catch with Mitsumi miniature mechanical. They feel amazing as loose switches, but when you actually use them in a keyboard, they bind like you accidentally got your Krytox mixed up with Krazy Glue and decided to go ahead with lubing them anyway.Findecanor wrote: 28 Jul 2019, 06:46I would not shit on Mitsumi. I have got only one of their standard Mechanical tactile switches, but it feels very nice.Lbibass wrote: 28 Jul 2019, 05:18 It looks almost like a capacitive Shitsumi Miniature Mechanical! Very funky.
In the eternal words of Chyros: "The keyfeel of these is absolute, perfect, crystalline FUCKNESS."
They feel okay. But the travel is so short on these that most of the scratchiness doesn't have a chance to come out.Findecanor wrote: 28 Jul 2019, 06:46 How is the key feel? I can't imagine that sliding contacts would be any good.
I'm the rascal! There's actually another set of these up right now. That set doesn't include the metal-slider one but I think mine is missing some parts anyways (no spring and no contact leaf). Or, once I'm done playing with these, you can have them for a more reasonable price if you're really interested.zrrion wrote: 28 Jul 2019, 16:04 So you're the one who beat me in getting those pop. Glad to see they went to someone who is documenting them.
Yeah, the more I look at these I'm more and more convinced of the same.samuelcable wrote: 28 Jul 2019, 06:50 i assume these types of switches are for push buttons in like cars , or other industrial applications rather than keyswitches for keyboards.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/Alps-power-pus ... Swx9lcJuBssnacksthecat wrote: 28 Jul 2019, 20:33They feel okay. But the travel is so short on these that most of the scratchiness doesn't have a chance to come out.Findecanor wrote: 28 Jul 2019, 06:46 How is the key feel? I can't imagine that sliding contacts would be any good.
I'm the rascal! There's actually another set of these up right now. That set doesn't include the metal-slider one but I think mine is missing some parts anyways (no spring and no contact leaf). Or, once I'm done playing with these, you can have them for a more reasonable price if you're really interested.zrrion wrote: 28 Jul 2019, 16:04 So you're the one who beat me in getting those pop. Glad to see they went to someone who is documenting them.
Yeah, the more I look at these I'm more and more convinced of the same.samuelcable wrote: 28 Jul 2019, 06:50 i assume these types of switches are for push buttons in like cars , or other industrial applications rather than keyswitches for keyboards.
lsoelxi a few months back posted a 1993 Alps switch catalog. First of all, it's amazing to look through. Unfortunately I didn't see anything resembling these switches in the catalog, despite the variety of different switches it has. Probably these pre-date that catalog.
Have any other similar catalogs surfaced ever? I'd be really interested to look through those as well if they exist. Bitsavers is surprisingly sparse, only containing a patent for achieving n-key rollover.
