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Tinkering with my 87u
_rubik:
--- Quote from: jamster on Fri, 03 September 2021, 21:57:57 ---So the silencing rings reduce the sound of the key returning to the upwards position? I could see some value in that.
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Exactly right. I don't notice any difference on key-down, but it softens/muffles the key-up sound. I usually use my realforce in the office, so this'll do wonders at reducing that slider on slide-housing "clack".
_rubik:
Decided to dress up the board a bit with white caps to match the white plate. Not terribly in love with them — maybe a tad warmer than I was looking for, but they’ll do for the time being.
jamster:
--- Quote from: _rubik on Fri, 03 September 2021, 23:39:07 ---
--- Quote from: jamster on Fri, 03 September 2021, 21:57:57 ---So the silencing rings reduce the sound of the key returning to the upwards position? I could see some value in that.
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Exactly right. I don't notice any difference on key-down, but it softens/muffles the key-up sound. I usually use my realforce in the office, so this'll do wonders at reducing that slider on slide-housing "clack".
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Dammit, this might require further effort and investigation on my part!
Do they change the feel of the travel at all? The last thing I'd want to do is reduce the tactility of actuation, which is one thing I noticed with the factory-installed mod of another EC board which I have (Royal Kludge, dental band mod seems to markedly reduce tactility).
(Agreed on your comment about the caps, if the photo is accurate, then the warmth doesn't seem ideal with the black casing.)
AW_Keyboard:
Do you find your solutions for springs rattle? not sure if gasket could help?
Looking forwards to your full build. :)
_rubik:
--- Quote from: AW_Keyboard on Sun, 26 September 2021, 23:50:27 ---Do you find your solutions for springs rattle? not sure if gasket could help?
Looking forwards to your full build. :)
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I'm waiting on the sliders before I take everything apart again, but I plan to lube either the springs with 205g0 or the PCB itself with 203g2 (just a thin layer applied directly). I'm not sure which I prefer to be honest. It think they would achieve roughly the same effect, but I'm guessing the 203g2 will last longer. On the other hand, I'm maybe more comfortable bag lubing the springs because you can run into capacitance issues with too much 203g2 iirc.
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