Cherry Switch Tester Holiday Tour 2011!

[SirClickAlot]

Why isn't this thread sticky??? Over at deskthority both threads are ;-)

[litster]

Maybe it should be.  But there aren't any sticky in the Keyboard forum.

[Skoobs]

wait... one of the keypads has greens on it? which one? the east coast one or the west coast one?

[hashbaz]

The west coast tester has a single green switch and a single grey switch.

[cxxpsu]

I have shipped the tester to RogueThunder.
The tracking number is 9101 1288 8230 0001 5398 36

[hashbaz]

Thanks!

[demik]

thanks again to both of you for doing this.

[hashbaz]

thanks again to both of you for doing this.

:yo:

[demik]

i'll be in the bay area celebrating if the 49ers win the super bowl this year, lets set up a keyboardcon!

[Danny356]

Is there anywhere i can buy one of these cherry samplers? Either a number pad like this or a full keyboard, idc. I would LOVE to have one of those

[hashbaz]

Is there anywhere i can buy one of these cherry samplers? Either a number pad like this or a full keyboard, idc. I would LOVE to have one of those

They're not available commercially, no.  You have to make one yourself or buy one from someone who made one.

[Danny356]

Sorry, I worded it incorrectly. I meant to ask if anyone would know of anyone or be willing to make one for me

[hashbaz]

Sorry, I worded it incorrectly. I meant to ask if anyone would know of anyone or be willing to make one for me

I'm willing to assemble one for you if you pay for all the parts plus something reasonable for me for doing the legwork.  Though honestly if you get a PCB-mounted numpad like this one it's not hard to do the switch mod yourself (no soldering required).  Shoot me a PM if you're interested and we can discuss it.

[Skoobs]

i will probably make a number pad if i end up liking clears or ergo clears or some kind of combo. that way i can get a keyboard with whatever i like (clears are only available on tenkeyless leopolds, or i will make an ergo clear poker)

super excited that i get to try out green and grey as well.

[Skoobs]

i think it comes to me towards the end, but i can throw in a 50a o-ring and a firm soft landing pad for people to try in the next round.

they can be tried separately, but I prefer to use them at the same time. my keyboard has both installed- the o-ring holds the soft landing pad on the key.

[hashbaz]

That would be great, thanks Skoobs!

[Mr. Perfect]

Though honestly if you get a PCB-mounted numpad like this one it's not hard to do the switch mod yourself (no soldering required).

That's a Cherry switch numpad? For $15? Wow. Separately, the switches alone would cost more then that. Any idea what color switch they are?

[hashbaz]

I think ripster said they are blue.  Could be wrong though.

[litster]

That's a Cherry switch numpad? For $15? Wow. Separately, the switches alone would cost more then that. Any idea what color switch they are?

If you need switches, you can join the Phantom group buy.  You can order just switches if you want.  Click my signature to goto the Phantom group buy thread.

[Mr. Perfect]

I think ripster said they are blue.  Could be wrong though.

I should have guessed, there's something about numbers work that demands the click.

If you need switches, you can join the Phantom group buy.  You can order just switches if you want.  Click my signature to goto the Phantom group buy thread.

Hey, you've got almost every color too. Which grey is that? The linear, or the tactile?

[litster]

Hey, you've got almost every color too. Which grey is that? The linear, or the tactile?

I actually don't know.  There are probably not enough grey or green orders to keep them in the group buy.  At that low quantity you may as well order them from mouser directly.  We will see.

[Retox]

Where do you live?

 Chester, New Jersey

[RogueThunder]

litster's keypad arrived to me today (XD It barely hopped on a pair of USPS trucks I imagine.)

Two items I'm curious about though:

Edit 2: Finally found listers thread. XD Ok now I know which are which.
      One... Which switches are which? I can tell the reds/green/blues. And I suppose I can guess the grey. (Also ICK on the blues and green. They would drive me mad! That ~sound~.)

   Edit: Oh. Apparently(from what I can tell) the testers(or at-least this one) don't function when hooked up? Hence no point in a cable? Just tried plugging in the poor thing and le-nuthin... Too bad, being able to try the response of them woulda been nice. Still awesome to get to feel these buggers, and hear them. Well. Except the blues and green. That sound...
Also. No strikeout on these forums. Augh.
      Two... It didn't arrive with a cable. I'll be tossing in a spare I have had laying around a long while... But USB-A to USB-A isn't exactly something everyone has.

[litster]

I answered RogueThunder's PM, but I will cover it here as well.  The tester is electronically working.  I just removed the cable to make more room for packing and shipping. I opened  up the tester to unplug the cable from the PCB.  The connector on the PCB is not a regular, mini, or micro USB connector.  I don't what you mean by "tried plugging in the poor thing", but no cable would work if you didn't open up the tester's case, and please don't open it :-)

[TheProfosist]

Looking for Clear Stems I was hoping that since you made this you would have some extras.

[RogueThunder]

I answered RogueThunder's PM, but I will cover it here as well.  The tester is electronically working.  I just removed the cable to make more room for packing and shipping. I opened  up the tester to unplug the cable from the PCB.  The connector on the PCB is not a regular, mini, or micro USB connector.  I don't what you mean by "tried plugging in the poor thing", but no cable would work if you didn't open up the tester's case, and please don't open it :-)

I was figuring it used the ports on the side. Seen some odd numpads that do that. I now know those are a hub--with a horrible low power supply. (Was thinking it might be deisgned a bit like the old mac keyboards where you could connect it with either port and chain things in with the other)
Too bad ya needed to take the cable off to pack it well... Oh well. It *has* shown me which I like better. More to come.

^.^' Don't worry, I wont open 'er up. Tho that picture is awesome. >.> and I actually recognize that connector(tho not by name). Its pretty common for such uses.

[hashbaz]

Looking for Clear Stems I was hoping that since you made this you would have some extras.

Biniaris might have some clears still.  I got mine from him.

[TheProfosist]

Biniaris might have some clears still.  I got mine from him.

PMed him sadly hes cleaned out but I am getting new switch housings from him.

[Quarzac]

Hashbaz, I have no idea how you managed to package this thing. I saved the bubble wrap you used, but attempting to wrap the thing up and fit it in a small flat-rate box has made me absolutely irate. How in the world did you do it?

[hashbaz]

I believe I wrapped the bubble wrap around the long edges, leaving a bunch of extra at the top and bottom of the numpad, then rolled (not folded) the extra to form pads to keep it centered in the box.