Snapped Topre Stem

[Premonition]

So, I dun goofed pretty hard; didn't have a keycap puller with me, so I tried to pull of the Tab keycap on my HHKB with a pen, and half the stem cracked right off. It still goes in fine, wobbles a fair bit, but nothing crazy. Is it possible to glue the piece back on, by any chance?

[SpAmRaY]

A picture would help the diagnosis tremendously.

[Belfong]

See, this is my fear even with a keycap puller when pulling the space bar! I usually took the left and right off the stabilizer, then use two hands to pull them off the middle switch but I still get nervous all the time!!!

[tjcaustin]

So, I dun goofed pretty hard; didn't have a keycap puller with me, so I tried to pull of the Tab keycap on my HHKB with a pen, and half the stem cracked right off. It still goes in fine, wobbles a fair bit, but nothing crazy. Is it possible to glue the piece back on, by any chance?

I should have a couple spare topre sliders once I swap with a novatouch (again) if it's too much of a problem.

You might be able to use some CA glue and an activator spray to repair that slider, too.

[Premonition]

So, I dun goofed pretty hard; didn't have a keycap puller with me, so I tried to pull of the Tab keycap on my HHKB with a pen, and half the stem cracked right off. It still goes in fine, wobbles a fair bit, but nothing crazy. Is it possible to glue the piece back on, by any chance?

I should have a couple spare topre sliders once I swap with a novatouch (again) if it's too much of a problem.

You might be able to use some CA glue and an activator spray to repair that slider, too.

Alrighty, thanks for that. I'll try and see how it goes!

[oscillik]

See, this is my fear even with a keycap puller when pulling the space bar! I usually took the left and right off the stabilizer, then use two hands to pull them off the middle switch but I still get nervous all the time!!!

That shouldn't happen with the spacebar - the reason it shouldn't is because the Topre spacebar is ABS, while the other keycaps are PBT and much more brittle.

In fact, I think this may explain why we haven't seen a PBT spacebar for Topre...

So, I dun goofed pretty hard; didn't have a keycap puller with me, so I tried to pull of the Tab keycap on my HHKB with a pen, and half the stem cracked right off. It still goes in fine, wobbles a fair bit, but nothing crazy. Is it possible to glue the piece back on, by any chance?

I should have a couple spare topre sliders once I swap with a novatouch (again) if it's too much of a problem.

You might be able to use some CA glue and an activator spray to repair that slider, too.

I don't think it's the slider that's broken, it sounds like it's the stem on the keycap that has broken.

[Xowie]

So, I dun goofed pretty hard; didn't have a keycap puller with me, so I tried to pull of the Tab keycap on my HHKB with a pen, and half the stem cracked right off. It still goes in fine, wobbles a fair bit, but nothing crazy. Is it possible to glue the piece back on, by any chance?

Were you able to remove the broken stem from the slider? If so, you could use plastic cement (such as:http://www.amazon.com/Tamiya-87038-Extra-Thin-Cement/dp/B000BMYWYC/) and then sand down any seams to make it flush.

[Premonition]

So, I dun goofed pretty hard; didn't have a keycap puller with me, so I tried to pull of the Tab keycap on my HHKB with a pen, and half the stem cracked right off. It still goes in fine, wobbles a fair bit, but nothing crazy. Is it possible to glue the piece back on, by any chance?

Were you able to remove the broken stem from the slider? If so, you could use plastic cement (such as:http://www.amazon.com/Tamiya-87038-Extra-Thin-Cement/dp/B000BMYWYC/) and then sand down any seams to make it flush.

I see, thanks for the advice. It actually popped out with the keycap, so I'll attempt to use some cement to put it back. Much appreciated!