I have a couple of 1kg (2lb) rolls which I have had for ages and I have only gotten half way through one, so it will be a looooooong time before I have to get the lead-free.
Besides, I use solder flux paste for when I'm tinning wires/legs/etc. Makes a hell of a difference.
Look what the lovely postie brought me
pulled a couple out and they snuggled up to a 1.5mm hex key.
I then drilled the holes to a slightly larger diameter and began inserting the screws along the length of the board.
I then worked my way out from the middle of the board towards the long sides doing a final tighten of the screws.
A closeup of the finished screws.
A closeup of the front of the barrel plate. A much nicer finish not having anything protuding through, even though it is covered by keys.
Although the screw ends aren't flush with the surface (and the photo tends to accentuate that) there is still plenty of hold on the threads and there isn't any movement.
A few guys (strafe and mr626) over on overclockers.com.au helped me out with the missing left arrow and the minus keycaps, so here are a few shots.
With the left arrow key and a red esc cap (hey, why not! one of the guys threw it in for me so I will put it on now and then to give the old girl a bit of **sparkle**).
The final shot with the full set of standard keycaps.
I have purchased a straight ps2 extension cable so I'm not straining the 'repro' cable, plugged it in and she worked first go. Who knows how long it had been sitting unused, so it was a great relief to see the numlock led and feel every key work.
One problem now is everyone now knows when I am not working.
Must say it was enjoyable refurbishing this keyboard and I was very fortunate it was in a pretty good shape to begin with, which made it all the easier. Now I will look at soarer's converter for the Wyse-85 terminal keyboard I have.
Thanks for looking.