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Offline SecrtAgentMan

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Where to buy MX Red switches?
« on: Mon, 27 June 2011, 15:29:48 »
I've been looking at mouser and digikey...nothing :/

Does anyone know of a site that sells them individually?
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Offline dreamingftw

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« Reply #1 on: Mon, 27 June 2011, 17:00:06 »
Join the qtan groupbuy and get yourself a plu-87 red switch unless you were looking for a brand in particular.
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Offline IvanIvanovich

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« Reply #2 on: Mon, 27 June 2011, 18:27:43 »
You could buy up to 5 from this ebay listing. Perhaps they could get more?
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Offline reaper

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« Reply #3 on: Mon, 27 June 2011, 18:33:44 »
Quote from: dreamingftw;369090
Join the qtan groupbuy and get yourself a plu-87 red switch unless you were looking for a brand in particular.

I think OP is looking for switches itself and not the keyboard but I could be wrong. =P
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Offline SecrtAgentMan

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« Reply #4 on: Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:13:41 »
Yep, just looking for switches and not a keyboard.

If I take a brown switch, take out the brown stem and replace it with a red stem would that work?

I'm just interested in replacing the spring, and seeing as how both red/brown take 45g of force I wanted to make sure it would work without a hitch.
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Offline Torgee

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« Reply #5 on: Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:21:49 »
to my knowledge, and i'm pretty sure about it,
you could use either mx brown or mx blue spring with a red stem.
brown/blue/red springs are supposed to b the same.
black stems are close, if not the same as red stems, so black stem/blue spring should work,too.
refered to as ghetto reds.

im too sleepy right now to grab some links, but the are some for according threads :P
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Offline IvanIvanovich

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« Reply #6 on: Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:23:46 »
Blue or brown springs on a black stem would give you a red more or less. Hope you're doing a pcb mount so you don't have to desolder / solder a bunch of switches to swap springs and stems. If its a plate mount you need to be sure before going to all that work.
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Offline SecrtAgentMan

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« Reply #7 on: Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:26:39 »
I already have the red stems, so getting blue/brown switches and taking out the stem and swapping it with the red stem should be fine then?

Thanks guys :)
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Offline The Solutor

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« Reply #8 on: Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:40:15 »
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Offline SecrtAgentMan

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« Reply #9 on: Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:49:22 »
Thanks Solutor for the link, do you know what currency they use?

I forget if it's New Taiwanese Dollar (NTD) or Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
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« Reply #10 on: Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:51:21 »
Quote from: SecrtAgentMan;369167
I already have the red stems, so getting blue/brown switches and taking out the stem and swapping it with the red stem should be fine then?

Thanks guys :)

 
That's correct. Check out how I modded my "kustom keyboards" in my sig.
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Offline SecrtAgentMan

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« Reply #11 on: Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:53:37 »
Quote from: keyboardlover;369177
That's correct. Check out how I modded my "kustom keyboards" in my sig.

Just what I wanted to hear, thanks.
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Offline The Solutor

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« Reply #12 on: Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:57:10 »
Quote from: SecrtAgentMan;369175
Thanks Solutor for the link, do you know what currency they use?

I forget if it's New Taiwanese Dollar (NTD) or Taiwan Dollar (TWD)

 
From wikipedia.

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In English usage the New Taiwan Dollar is often abbreviated as NT, NT$, NT Dollar or NTD, while the abbreviation TWD is typically used in the context of foreign exchange rates. Subdivisions of a New Taiwan Dollar are rarely used, since practically all products on the consumer market are being sold at whole dollars.
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Offline litster

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« Reply #13 on: Mon, 27 June 2011, 20:42:19 »
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Offline keyboardlover

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« Reply #14 on: Mon, 27 June 2011, 21:15:00 »
@OP - if you need more red stems let me know; I have some.
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Offline SecrtAgentMan

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« Reply #15 on: Mon, 27 June 2011, 22:31:44 »
I'll let you know, as of now I'm just considering replacing the springs and re-soldering switches.
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