Sturmtiger001 wrote: 16 Apr 2020, 06:27 It isn't much, but everybody has to start from somewhere excluding the k70 lux I have upstairs somewhere. (hoping to add to the collection very soon)
I will be doing a similar thing for my AT soon.Holy moly your collection is insane, they're all lovely keyboards. I'm awestruck at this point, especially with that f122, like wow!kmnov2017 wrote: 16 Apr 2020, 18:56 Here's my F122 that I recently restored....
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And you're off to a great start, in spite what some people might think.Sturmtiger001 wrote: 16 Apr 2020, 06:27 It isn't much, but everybody has to start from somewhere excluding the k70 lux I have upstairs somewhere. (hoping to add to the collection very soon)
Do you have the pictures of thr Zenith board by any chance?codemonkeymike wrote: 23 Apr 2020, 14:49 Got green alps underneath. From a Zenith board where the badge was harvested and the cable was cut.
Nice keycaps on your F AT! I need to have a nav cluster and num pad available, especially while teleworking during confinement. So it's interesting to see how people use their ATs. I've also spacebar modded mine, yielding an immediate increase in productivity
So I'm testing out a sideways T nav. Let's see how it goes. Hey, at least it's not a block nav...
Ahhh but it isn't coiling them more, it's the gauge and total length of the wire. A coil spring is just a torsion rod wound into a coil. When you compress it you're just twisting the wire. If you make it longer with the same gauge wire you'll have a lighter spring. Wound into a coil "longer" means more turns closer together.Muirium wrote: 12 May 2020, 20:54 The kind of “easily” which involves desoldering every switch in the entire Filco, I guess?
Some of us like switch modding. I do not belong to that group! What a hassle!
What’s extra annoying is I like the weight of reds, so no need to monkey around with custom springs (which I do have around here somewhere). And as these are silents, they are already damped. What really want from them is silky smoothness and mechanical silence, consistently across the keyboard. That’s a tall order for MX!
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Sure looks the same gauge to me. Intriguing how much difference a coil count makes. Maybe there’s more to it than just that: a different alloy perhaps? The distinct colour raises that possibility. I mean, the only thing I really know about springs is Hooke’s Law. How does coiling them more reduce their return force? I’ve no idea.
Ohhhh… more wire >> more spring. Gotcha!Polecat wrote: 15 May 2020, 05:27
Ahhh but it isn't coiling them more, it's the gauge and total length of the wire. A coil spring is just a torsion rod wound into a coil. When you compress it you're just twisting the wire. If you make it longer with the same gauge wire you'll have a lighter spring. Wound into a coil "longer" means more turns closer together.
