[SPRiT] MX ALPS Springs/ LSS Lube/ Stabilizers/ Cherry RGB Clear (CLOSED!!!!!!!)

[Dreamre]

Got my springs today. Thank you very much Zeal and Sprit!

[SSIPAK]

So If I want to try Ergo Clear Switch, can I just buy a keyboard with Clear Switch and switch the springs with one of these? If so, which version is the best for ergo clear mod?

[HoffmanMyster]

I got my springs today!  Many thanks to both Sprit and HPE.   

[Sifo]

So If I want to try Ergo Clear Switch, can I just buy a keyboard with Clear Switch and switch the springs with one of these? If so, which version is the best for ergo clear mod?

Anything between 55 - 67g if you're going "ergo"

[fart_toast]

So If I want to try Ergo Clear Switch, can I just buy a keyboard with Clear Switch and switch the springs with one of these? If so, which version is the best for ergo clear mod?

yeh 55g-67g but beware that below 62g sometimes the spring isnt strong enough and the slider doesnt return upward after the keystroke too well. Hence, it is a good idea to lube the sliders! In fact, pretty essential for ergo clear mod. I got some krytox lube from Sprit. Previously used mountain bike suspension grease and thought krytox was probably all hype.....but after trying it...get krytox

[user 18]

62g is the most "common" weight I hear thrown around, but it's all up to personal preference. I believe the origin of the mod was using springs from a MX blue/brown/red, which are around the same 62g weight.

[phoenix1234]

Hi sprit,
I have received mine today. Everything is perfect.
Thank you very much. 

[Sifo]

62g is the most "common" weight I hear thrown around, but it's all up to personal preference. I believe the origin of the mod was using springs from a MX blue/brown/red, which are around the same 62g weight.

More like 60g (brown/blue/red) is just a tad bit too light and causes it to stick. Thus the extra 2g helped it a significant amount without adding too much additional force required.

[HPE1000]

Around 8 straight hours of sorting, packing and label making. It is all done 

[CommonCurt]

Around 8 straight hours of sorting, packing and label making. It is all done 

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Great work HPE.

I got a USPS Click-N-Ship notification  a few hours ago.

[Zeal]

Around 8 straight hours of sorting, packing and label making. It is all done 

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That's quite a lot of parcels! 30 I believe?

Great job  :thumb:

[zflamewing]

Around 8 straight hours of sorting, packing and label making. It is all done 

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That looks like a whole lot of awesome!

[cphead]

Around 8 straight hours of sorting, packing and label making. It is all done 

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Thanks for doing this!

[HPE1000]

Thanks everyone, I just dropped them off at the post office so everyone should have them in the next couple days. Be sure to either post in this thread, or PM me once you receive your order to let me know.

Around 8 straight hours of sorting, packing and label making. It is all done 

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Great work HPE.

I got a USPS Click-N-Ship notification  a few hours ago.

Around 8 straight hours of sorting, packing and label making. It is all done  :)

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That's quite a lot of parcels! 30 I believe?

Great job 

Around 8 straight hours of sorting, packing and label making. It is all done 

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Thanks for doing this!

Around 8 straight hours of sorting, packing and label making. It is all done  :)

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That looks like a whole lot of awesome!

[phoenix1234]

Hi,
Thank you very much for this GB 

After received the springs from this GB, I tried to do a quick compare with other Cherry MX light spring (60g), here are the results :

*Note: My measurement method is not precise, I don't have professional equipment so I rather use sticks and stones instead. 

From the left to right :
Cherry MX 60g , Sprit 62g, Sprit 65g


I used Singapore Dollar coins to weight


The lightest one is Cherry MX light spring 60g
(7 coins of $1 + 3 coins of 5 cent)


Sprit 62g is a bit heavier than Cherry MX light (~3g)
(8 coins of $1)


Sprit 65g is a bit heavier than Sprit 62g (~2.5g)
(8 coins of $1 + 3 coins of 5 cent)



In conclusion, Sprit 62g and 65g are obvious heavier than Cherry MX light spring from 2.5-6g, so it should be very useful for modding ergo Clear or Vintage black.
 

[PolaBurrr]

Hi,
Thank you very much for this GB 

After received the springs from this GB, I tried to do a quick compare with other Cherry MX light spring (60g), here are the results :

*Note: My measurement method is not precise, I don't have professional equipment so I rather use sticks and stones instead. 

From the left to right :
Cherry MX 60g , Sprit 62g, Sprit 65g

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I used Singapore Dollar coins to weight

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The lightest one is Cherry MX light spring 60g
(7 coins of $1 + 3 coins of 5 cent)

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Sprit 62g is a bit heavier than Cherry MX light (~3g)
(8 coins of $1)

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Sprit 65g is a bit heavier than Sprit 62g (~2.5g)
(8 coins of $1 + 3 coins of 5 cent)

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In conclusion, Sprit 62g and 65g are obvious heavier than Cherry MX light spring from 2.5-6g, so it should be very useful for modding ergo Clear or Vintage black.
 ;)

Sweet! Hopefully my vintage blacks will feel as good with the 62g as it looks on paper.

[mzero]

update for EU / WORLDWIDE

Hey guys,

Sprit will ship Round 2 orders to me tomorrow. It should take ~2 weeks until I get them and just like last time I will ship them as soon as I get them 

Status for Round 1 orders

100% = Shipped
  42% = Delivered
  42% = Confirmed Complete

Received. They were well protected with a small plastic box
Many thanks Sprit and LechnerDE, glad to make business in the future.

[Puddsy]

Will there be a 3rd set of orders? I need some gold springs in my life.

[zflamewing]

USPS shows I should see my day after tomorrow 

[oystein.krog]

Got my package, thanks to all involved!


https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/113252364984901542714/albums/6002590245614441457

[PolaBurrr]

Got my round 2 62g springs dat fast shipping from beach to chapel hill lol. Thanks Sprit and HPE!

[sprit]

Will there be a 3rd set of orders? I need some gold springs in my life.

I guess the 3rd orders will Not happen this time.  Low stocks now.    But I may arrange some limited personal proxy.   
No plan for producing extra gold-plated springs for a while,  too many steps and efforts to produce.   

[SonOfSonOfSpock]

My 85g springs just arrived! Very excellently packaged. Thanks Sprit and HPE!

[Defect]

Received today and loving the springs

And loving you sprit and HPE1000!

[sprit]

Received today and loving the springs

And loving you sprit and HPE1000!

Thanks !  Guys!    It's my real pleasure to be in GH with You guys!   

[fart_toast]

Put my SPRIT springs in my new work keyboard. Feels so good to type on !

http://www.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboards/comments/23b2lk/ducky_yyy_custom_build/

[sprit]

DuPont  -  KryTox  Lube 

-   KryTox GPL 103     (light density)      :   For Switches, Springs, Stabs
-   KryTox GPL 104     (light-medium density,  similar to 103+205 Mix)  :   For MX Switches, Springs, Stabs,  Topre sliders!
-   KryTox GPL 105     (thick heavy density,  6 times thicker than 103)   :   quite thick almost as glue 

Thin Lube,  Thick Lube is an Old School in Korea.  No more!   
Tears of Mosquitos   -  Lube points   (SPRiT's  Style)

-  Do Not brush!   Unnecessary oils will only get dirts! 
-  Use a Toothpick,  pick a tear drop of oil   
-  Add pin point oil drop!    Imagine tiny Oil Ball bearings!           

http://www2.dupont.com/Lubricants/en_US/products/Index.html      - Krytox_GPL.pdf (320.45 kB - downloaded 1154 times.)      Krytox_Overview_LowRes_H-58505-5.pdf (1908.9 kB - downloaded 1583 times.) 


http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/tipandtech/7455200           http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/tipandtech/7443104           http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/tipandtech/7373843             http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/tipandtech/7455211           http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/tipandtech/7420105           http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/tipandtech/7331383   
      5mL = 10g,  10mL = 20g

[cphead]

Just wanted to say I've received my springs.

Thanks to SPRIT for this awesome group buy and HPE1000 for his selfless proxying 

[Dubsgalore]

Got the springs
 

[PolaBurrr]

finally had time to sticker and swap in 62g springs into my vintage blacks, and resolder them onto my filco board. Feels like a dream! However, I am getting quite a bit of ping but is only when I release the upstroke really quickly or bottom out hard.  Is it just natural for korean springs to have a bit more ping? I am using rubber lining inside of my alu case, but am noticing a bit more ping than before with my stock red switches.

[sprit]

Hello  Dear !   PolaBurrr   
Would you tell me the details of Your plate, Alu case, Oil, lub, keycaps, etc, Please? 

When you release the cherry stock switches, usually light weight springs have more pinging noise than heavier ones,  IMO.     http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=46449.msg981041#msg981041   
I have tried to test and compare them with various cherry original stock springs I got, my version has similar or slightly less(or more) ping noise compare to them, IMHO. 
Compared with :
-  MX Blues     :  Vintage 3000 Blue, Dolch MX blue, New MX blue,
-  MX Browns  :  Compaq 11800, 11900, Cherry 8200, 8113, 8955HPDUS, Reuters,
-  MX Blacks    :  Cherry NCR G80-0528, G80-0879, G80-0904, 1000HAD, 1501HAD, 1800HAG, 2551HAD, TG3, 11900,
-  MX Clears   :  Cherry G80-8113, G80-9009HAU Reuters, New Stock MX Clear SWs, etc

-  MX SW Lub Guide   http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=34332.0

I fix the quack issue by repositioning the springs in the SWs, making it sure 'Not' to touch the center column, 
turning some degrees of angle inside SWs (check the spring coil cut position, I changed it by 90 degrees),
and finally I add very small amount of Krytox 104 oil to the inner side of springs. (I prefer the minimal lubrications, so my solution is limited)
And some enough Typing for 1-2 hours may help reducing the quack, as I found.

The ping noise when you release the switches(I mean the original stock SWs), there are some solutions suggested by others,
I guess I am not in a proper position for that, because I am used to some pining and not bothered, with mine or Cherry stock springs.
There are reports, as I know,  Some thin Alu plates may increse pinging sound.
Hope more Reports and Tips for that Ping issue !   We have lots of experienced members for the Lub.     Let's fix it together!   

*  (last edited on Sun. 20th, 18:45 to make it clear and simple)

[CommonCurt]

Got my springs today.

Thanks again Sprit and HPE.

[fart_toast]

Thanks Sprit, yes I did mean to type Krytox 104! I've corrected that now. With regards to some people mentioning ping...I've noticed that a few (very few 3-4 out of 87 I used so far) 62g springs creak a tiny bit on the upstroke. It doesn't bother me at all and it really isn't that much. Still fantastic springs IMO. I have 55g and 65g to test in the coming weeks. I also would say that I use a "minimal" lubing method.

[PolaBurrr]

Thanks Sprit, yes I did mean to type Krytox 104! I've corrected that now. With regards to some people mentioning ping...I've noticed that a few (very few 3-4 out of 87 I used so far) 62g springs creak a tiny bit on the upstroke. It doesn't bother me at all and it really isn't that much. Still fantastic springs IMO. I have 55g and 65g to test in the coming weeks. I also would say that I use a "minimal" lubing method.

I avoided the creaking by rotating and repositioning the springs inside, so that they didn't scratch against any plastic. I think creaking and pinging are different (one is scratching sound, the other is a resonating "tuning fork" sound).

[Melraidin]

Received my springs, very well packaged! Thanks to all involved.

[Noko]

I got mine a little while back but never had time to post yet.  Great packaging Zeal, and thanks Sprit for the awesome springs

[CommonCurt]

Forgot to post a picture.

[LechnerDE]

update for EU / WORLDWIDE Round 1 orders

It has been over 2 weeks since I shipped everything from Round 1. Nobody has complained so I'll assume everybody got his springs.

Round 2 orders are on their way to me. I expect to get them this week and will ship them the very next day

[zflamewing]

I just got back from being out of town and look what was waiting on me!  Thank you very much Sprit and HPE!!!

[Latin00032]

I'm on the fence.

Should I mod my clears with 62g or 65g? I can't decide.

[handystack]

Received my 62's and built a new ergo clear ErgoDox with them.  Greatest typing experience ever.  Much thanks!

[LechnerDE]

update for EU / WORLDWIDE orders Round 2

Hey guys,

I received a big box full of springs today

I will start shipping the first sets tomorrow!

[LechnerDE]

update for EU / WORLDWIDE

Hey guys,

I shipped all of the Round 2 orders today.

Just like last time:

It should take max. 10 days for these shipments to be delivered. If you don't receive your springs within the next 2 weeks please contact me. I have a tracking number for everyone, but it's not automated. I'd prefer not to provide it for every single order unless there is a problem. The thing is I'd have to manually check which code belongs to which order, prepare a PM and copy a string of letters and numbers by hand each time. If I do this for every order it's a lot of time.

Status for Round 2 orders

100% = Shipped
    0% = Delivered
    0% = Confirmed Complete

[Signature]

Sprit are there any leftovers from this GB? Send me a PM if that's the case!

[HPE1000]

Okay, well it is all done for US orders. On Friday or Saturday I am going to message everyone who didn't respond in this thread saying they got their stuff to be sure everything is alright.

In the end, it looks like my shipping costs were pretty spot on, no refunding is needed, I broke even, maybe lost 10-15 dollars on this, but that is all good  )

[yicaoyimu]

I received the package several days ago. I just didn't get the chance tu unpack it. Thanks HPE1000!

[geniekid]

Okay, well it is all done for US orders. On Friday or Saturday I am going to message everyone who didn't respond in this thread saying they got their stuff to be sure everything is alright.

In the end, it looks like my shipping costs were pretty spot on, no refunding is needed, I broke even, maybe lost 10-15 dollars on this, but that is all good  )

In that case, I guess I will post that I got my springs a couple of days ago.  Thanks sprit for running this and thanks HPE1000 for proxying!

[n2k]

Got my springs!
Probably one of the first in europe 



Thanks to Sprit and Lechner for all your work which made this possible! <3

[kekstee]

Yes, arrived today. Thank you for proxying Lechner.
Now just those switches from 7bit...

[SaySo]

Received my 2nd round springs


Thank you again Sprit&LechnerDE