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Offline sharkbyte

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G80-1800 blank keycaps, where to buy?
« on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 02:20:24 »
Hey folks!

I finally pulled the trigger and bought me a used G80-1800 for about 10bucks  :thumb:

Now I´m in search for replacement keycaps (ANSI) for the letter keys and probably the number row in blank.
Have read that the lower letter row is somehow unique, is that true?
I want to replace the letters and probably numbers to fiddke around with dvorak and because I have to switch between ISO and german regularly. Of cause I don´t want to spend 10x the cost of the kb itself. I´m unable to get my head around taobao and banggood seems to be - not trustworthy.

I would appreciate any suggestions.

Offline terran5992

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Re: G80-1800 blank keycaps, where to buy?
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 02:28:49 »
Gonna be hard , since the layout is a bit weird

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Offline sharkbyte

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Re: G80-1800 blank keycaps, where to buy?
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 02:36:07 »
*sigh*

Is it just that the keys of the lower row are shaped differently?

Offline terran5992

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Re: G80-1800 blank keycaps, where to buy?
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 03:45:27 »
Standard layout would look something like this


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Offline sharkbyte

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Re: G80-1800 blank keycaps, where to buy?
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 04:33:41 »
Thanks for your reply.

I suppose my openingpost was somehow misleading. I would like to switch the letter keys to blank ones so the original layout is secondary to me. Just need enough blank keys in the right shape for the rows 2-4 without modifiers.

Did I miss your point?

Offline iAmAhab

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Re: G80-1800 blank keycaps, where to buy?
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 06:11:10 »
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_G80-1800
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Keyboard_profile

The only thing you have to think about when changing the alphas is the profile of the keys. The keys on that keyboard are cherry profile.

Offline sharkbyte

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Re: G80-1800 blank keycaps, where to buy?
« Reply #6 on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 06:42:27 »
Thanks ahab  :thumb:

So the question remains, where to get cheap blank cherry "alphas"?
Shipping to germany :)

Would this fit: DSA PBT Blank Sets
http://www.keycapsdirect.com/marketplace.php
« Last Edit: Thu, 14 November 2013, 07:05:44 by sharkbyte »

Offline sharkbyte

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Re: G80-1800 blank keycaps, where to buy?
« Reply #7 on: Thu, 14 November 2013, 08:46:42 »
http://www.pimpmykeyboard.com/images/ItemsforSale/dcsrowguide.pdf

This pdf explaining the layout suggests that I could user "row 4" 1-space keys to use them as modifiers in the lower row, is this correct?