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Offline geekmonkey

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2u on two switches?
« on: Sun, 03 March 2019, 08:00:15 »
I'm about to buy the pieces to build an ortholinear board (my first, both building & ortholinear), finalizing decisions and all. But the PCB I'm getting is all, well, linear. No possibility of having any keys off-center at all, it's designed 100% in straight rows of solely 1u spots. But I really want at the very least one 2u (or maybe 3u?) keycap for a space bar (or two). But in my experience, 2u caps come with the ...socket? in the middle where the switch is located off-center with a stabilizer, not made for fitting on top of two switches. Are there 2u & 3u keycaps that can fit properly over two & three switches? If so, please point me in the direction where I can find them? Thanks!
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Offline _GMK_

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Re: 2u on two switches?
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 03 March 2019, 08:19:09 »
Do a google search for POS Keycaps.
Probably they are also on

https://pimpmykeyboard.com/
 
You can change the springs of the switches to make the actuation lighter. For example you can look for "sprit" springs (ebay and his own site, and many more places).
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Offline geekmonkey

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Re: 2u on two switches?
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 03 March 2019, 08:27:40 »
Quote from: _GMK_ on Sun, 03 March 2019, 08:19:09
Do a google search for POS Keycaps.

Aha, POS, thanks! That will definitely help my search. :)
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Offline suicidal_orange

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Re: 2u on two switches?
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 03 March 2019, 08:35:59 »
If you don't mind crazy legends/colours I probably have a couple somewhere, international shipping from PMK will cost way more than the caps.

Edit:  Stopped being lazy and went for a look.  Colours are really bad but those are two yellow, dark grey, orange and red with doubleshot legends.  The white dot on the red is real not dust and there's a slight darkening in the O on the orange one as these are caps from a grab bag.

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Offline geekmonkey

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Re: 2u on two switches?
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 03 March 2019, 09:58:32 »
Quote from: suicidal_orange on Sun, 03 March 2019, 08:35:59
If you don't mind crazy legends/colours I probably have a couple somewhere, international shipping from PMK will cost way more than the caps.

Haha, I may take you up on it, depending what I'm able to find. Will let you know if need to resort to crazy caps. ;)
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Offline Lanrefni

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Re: 2u on two switches?
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 03 March 2019, 23:01:28 »
When spanning 2 switches with a 2u pos cap I've found it best to use a very light spring in one of the switches,otherwise they are very hard to press,I use a MX Black that I managed to tear a pin off when I desoldered it, and I cut the spring down by a third so it makes a great stabilizer,if you try it without a spring the slider tends to bind on both up and downstroke.

Also very important,make sure one the switches is KC_SPACE and the other KC_NULL,if you KC_SPACE both you will get 2 spaces on every keystroke.
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Offline geekmonkey

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Re: 2u on two switches?
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 04 March 2019, 01:10:29 »
Quote from: Lanrefni on Sun, 03 March 2019, 23:01:28
When spanning 2 switches with a 2u pos cap I've found it best to use a very light spring in one of the switches,otherwise they are very hard to press,I use a MX Black that I managed to tear a pin off when I desoldered it, and I cut the spring down by a third so it makes a great stabilizer,if you try it without a spring the slider tends to bind on both up and downstroke.

Also very important,make sure one the switches is KC_SPACE and the other KC_NULL,if you KC_SPACE both you will get 2 spaces on every keystroke.

Makes sense, thanks for the tips! :)
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Offline AdrianMan

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Re: 2u on two switches?
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 23 March 2019, 15:08:09 »
If you did not find any in EU pm me, I have some blank DSA 2u's and also some funky ones :)
From this pic : https://imgur.com/bU9YWgF these are gone: https://imgur.com/xoka5BH

Also have these: https://imgur.com/SVz5aOk (Red Problem is gone)

Cheers
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