Why not just claim you are a from-home business? I have done that a few times. Also, I am a Duke.Wouldn't I still need a wholesale license that many require to order from them? If I was a from home business and I had that, then I probably could, I am not sure if they require that or not. Also it requires a business name, did you just make something up then?
Wouldn't I still need a wholesale license that many require to order from them? If I was a from home business and I had that, then I probably could, I am not sure if they require that or not. Also it requires a business name, did you just make something up then?
I haven't ordered from them specifically so I am not sure about the Wholesale Licence requirement. I have in the past had companies require that I, too, be a business and include a name/address for that business so I just claimed home-business and named myself something pertaining to my actual real name.I will keep that in mind then, but I want to wait and hear if anyone who has ordered from them will respond to this thread and perhaps that will clear up any questions for sure.
Why not just claim you are a from-home business? I have done that a few times. Also, I am a Duke.Note that this is sometimes illegal.
any reason why you aren't trying jameco/mouser/digikeyIf you can find MX1A31NN or MX1A31NW on any of those then please let me know. i have already checked and it wasn't there.
If you can find MX1A31NN or MX1A31NW on any of those then please let me know. i have already checked and it wasn't there.http://search.digikey.com/us/en/products/MX1A-E1NW/CH197-ND/20180
http://search.digikey.com/us/en/products/MX1A-E1NW/CH197-ND/20180Yes, yes they do, and that is not the switch I asked about. That is a 3 not an E. the switch looks like this.
they use the part numbers from http://www.cherrycorp.com/english/switches/key/mx.htm
Yes, yes they do, and that is not the switch I asked about. That is a 3 not an E. the switch looks like this.
Black with grey upper housing: alternate action, 60cN, MX1A-3Show Image(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=10799&d=1275980557)
This switch appears to act like the ALPS capslock switch, as it incorporates a latching mechanism. Toggles state each time it's pressed (aka push-on, push-off).
what is the price per unit if > 100The website only has 38 in stock. http://www.onlinecomponents.com/cherry-electrical_mx1a31nn.html?p=11075424 link to all information I have from them. I really just want 1. $11.32 each (buying 1-49). Afterall this is a Toggle on/off switch, not to be used for typing unless a replacement for "capslock" with a literal shiftlock. which is a good use of it.
Thank you for the response. if you click the sourced link it links back to onlinecomponents where the stock is as it says 38. The quote requests as you said are not likely to get any motion if I am not ordering say 500+ of them (and I kind of doubt I can get 500 people on here interested for a groupbuy) or even 50 people wanting 10 each. It is a switch that is used I believe as the equivalent of the old "Shift Lock" key. It was when I tried going through placing the order that I got to the second and third screens say:
Phone number: Ext.: *
Company Name: *
*required
Since my phone wouldn't have an extension that is a partial give away, then the required company name was the kicker.
I can definitely try giving them a call if I don't hear back by mid-day monday.
it looks like you can just type in a phone number without an extension. put home for the company name or something.I would still think that using "Home" would qualify as falsifying their order sheet. But since I do not know, and I still plan on calling them on Monday, I will update with what I find out, so that others know too.
I just ordered 2 of those switches. I put my name in the Company Name field and you don't need to put anything in the extension field.Thank you for the reply! I am glad to know someone has done it before, I plan on placing my order that way then. Thank you again.
I did that before when I ordered from them last time.
Looks like they don't really care that much about company. I'm sure it's for some sort of records keeping or some such.For now it will be for my project for Christmas, but after that i will be using it in a Dox KB. Very interested in developing my own layout as shown in the HHKB thread I started.
I may want to order one, if I ever get enough time to DIY-up a keyboard.
Hmm, are you plate-mounting? If so, where are you sourcing the plate?I would recommend asking over at the Dox post. http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:19227&do=comments There are many people there working on the same thing, I am still trying to source all the parts myself. Yes I will be plate-mounting also.
I really want a plate/case design, and I have a few good ideas for achieving it, but I just don't know where I can get the plate punched. Maybe I'll borrow the punch at the university here and do it myself.
I just got my switches! I'm gonna open one and take pictures* later.Oh awesome I am looking forward to seeing the pictures. Mine won't be here until Monday -very disappointed-
*crappy cell pics
Crappy pictures as promised. The spring in the switches are stiffer then clear spring, they feel much nicer with blue spring in them.Considering they are a sort of single press key, I would think they do not necessarily need to be the softest click. But I can see what you mean as far as using a lighter spring since those look absolutely high pressure. From what I can tell from the picture, it has a 3 prong ring that spins each time the key is pressed and that activates the on off function? They do look quite nice and it is good to know that they are easy to disassemble like any other mx switch. Can you tell if it is possible to swap the upper housing+spring with any other switch, or is it a one piece one function kind of keyswitch. They do look awesome and I didn't know that they stayed literally pressed down in the on position, I had thought they was a internal toggle not the whole stem, very impressive design.
Yes that's right on how the switch activate. The parts of the switches (except the spring) are not interchangeable with standard cherry switches.That just blew my mind. I think 1 shift lock and 1 Fn lock is an absolutely genius idea. I now know I will be ordering a second one in the near future for my future Fox keyboard. Thank you very much for the thorough Mod article. This is definitely going to be an awesome project.
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I'm not sure about what I'm gonna do with those yet but something like a toggle function layer for a numpad or mouse keys could be useful.
I don't see ergo clear (clear w/ brown spring) in your list. Did you try it and what was your impression?I unfortunately don't have any brown switches at the moment that aren't soldered into my keyboard, but if brown and blue use the same spring then I could swap one in right now and test it.
ALPS has an equivalent On/Off lock switch. Both types with more pics are in the Wikis.Thank you for that, that is where I got the original inspiration to buy the switch, although I didn't find all the pictures I was looking for at the time. It seemed like a good idea to not only mention where to buy it, but to get the word out since it is a great switch for those making custom keyboards or modding their own.
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I didn't follow the whole thread.Actually you didn't have to follow the whole thread, it is at the very top of this exact page. "2 blue, 2 black, 2 clear, 1 shift-lock."
Did you order Browns too?
EDIT: Looks like it's special order. Bummer. Still looking for a good source to add to the wiki.
http://www.onlinecomponents.com/cherry-electrical_mx1ag1dw.html?p=11075434
Yes that's right on how the switch activate. The parts of the switches (except the spring) are not interchangeable with standard cherry switches.
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I'm not sure about what I'm gonna do with those yet but something like a toggle function layer for a numpad or mouse keys could be useful.