Modifying keycaps- J F bumps

[jcoffin1981]

I am searching for a set of new keycaps as I find very few stock ones satisfactory.  I am looking for preferably cherry profile, but will entertain DSA or XDA.  I have found more than half a dozen sets that I am set to pull the trigger on, but none of them homing bumps on the F or J keys.  This is a deal breaker for me.  However, if that is the case then I don't buy anything.  Has anyone had any success modifying their keycaps, maybe a technique involving a little glue?  I'm not really trying to permanently drill or mod.  Not sure why this is the trend now.  Is this common with non-OEM sets?

[Faceman76]

What sets are you looking at?  The last few I've purchased had homing caps. 

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[jamster]

I have this for adding bumps to blank caps. It's out of stock, so more an indicator of what to look for than a "buy this now" recommendation.

It stays in place well, but can be removed cleanly. Far less faff than the only other options I can think of (hot glue or Surgru.)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IIP4ZHI

[jcoffin1981]

What sets are you looking at?  The last few I've purchased had homing caps. 

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https://www.amazon.com/Japanese-Minimalist-Suitable-Mechanical-Keyboard/dp/B08L7YXQ43/ref=pd_rhf_dp_s_crs_dp_rhf_k2p_1/137-6785900-8750103?pd_rd_w=RUOFG&pf_rd_p=19a9e137-bc31-4586-82ad-83470df686c4&pf_rd_r=GCGR0YPE4QZNYE2G0Q39&pd_rd_r=8da37b8f-dec7-4d83-985b-ef02ebde41ee&pd_rd_wg=FWnBV&pd_rd_i=B08L7YXQ43&th=1

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B081DDG7CJ?tag=best60sandc-20

https://kbdfans.com/products/pbt-xda-pbt-keycaps-1?pr_prod_strat=copurchase&pr_rec_pid=4366631338123&pr_ref_pid=4944127918219&pr_seq=uniform

https://kbdfans.com/collections/dsa-profile/products/gb-pitta-studio-dsa-bluebird-keycaps-set

https://novelkeys.xyz/collections/keycaps/products/pbt-pbow

The very last one from Novelkeys has the bumps- I may get this one

[jcoffin1981]

I have this for adding bumps to blank caps. It's out of stock, so more an indicator of what to look for than a "buy this now" recommendation.

It stays in place well, but can be removed cleanly. Far less faff than the only other options I can think of (hot glue or Surgru.)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00IIP4ZHI

That is absolutely perfect!

[jcoffin1981]

I'm gonna stick with the Cherry profile caps.  Does anyone have any input/feedback as to which is a better choice- Novelkeys vs ePBT vs other?  There are just so few keycap reviews out there.  I like a thick keycap and rough texture. To me this is more important than aesthetics.

https://novelkeys.xyz/collections/keycaps/products/pbt-pbow
https://divinikey.com/collections/keycap-sets/products/enjoypbt-gray-japanese-keycap-set-dye-sub-pbt

[see]

I'm gonna stick with the Cherry profile caps.  Does anyone have any input/feedback as to which is a better choice- Novelkeys vs ePBT vs other?  There are just so few keycap reviews out there.  I like a thick keycap and rough texture. To me this is more important than aesthetics.

https://novelkeys.xyz/collections/keycaps/products/pbt-pbow
https://divinikey.com/collections/keycap-sets/products/enjoypbt-gray-japanese-keycap-set-dye-sub-pbt

Novelkeys are fairly decent PBT (their manufacturer in China is known for good value stuff)

Would recommend you get the ePBT stuff off Taobao but I think these are before they started making the revisions to their molds that balanced out the warp issues, and it is kbdfans so it's being sold at a large markup... but eh. I think I'd stick with the Novelkeys set if you don't mind the colors

[jcoffin1981]

Novelkeys ended up selling out.  I purchased ePBT Gray Japanese Cherry Profile for $99-  with the homing bumps.