Which Material to Replace Rubber Feet on Keyboard?

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BPX-926

10 Jun 2017, 21:17

A friend of mine has an old Apple Extended Keyboard. She likes this keyboard very much. Two of the feet on the bottom have fallen off. They are long thin strips of rubber about 2mm by 10mm. They are maybe 1 or 2mm thick.

What would be a good material to replace these feet for her? I have not done this before so I am not sure.

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drakche

10 Jun 2017, 22:08

You can buy rubber pads in DIY shops. The ones that go on chairs and tailor them. Or get 3M rubber scotch tape and use that.

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BPX-926

12 Jun 2017, 20:13

Thanks for the reply and suggestions. I had not thought of using rubber pads intended for furniture. I will try this.

A colleague at work also suggested I could make my own using something called Sugru. This seems an expensive and error prone way to make feet.

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rsbseb
-Horned Rabbit-

12 Jun 2017, 21:48

I actually have all the equipment necessary to make rubber foot pads for keyboards. I wonder if the need is there to actually make a short production run. I could probably do so in just a couple of weeks providing I could obtain a sample to pattern from.

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