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Offline paperassgasket

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Re: [IC]KK Light Wave Switch V2+GB is Live
« Reply #50 on: Wed, 14 April 2021, 23:26:41 »
My switches just showed up in the mail and they are just built different let me tell you...

You just cannot get it to bottom out easily without a keycap on there as the top of the switch stops you before the feet do. The pole and the sliders of the stem will never bottom out.



It appears that the legs are designed to bottom out, and have these relief cuts to allow them to flex providing a softer bottom out feel.


These springs are LONG, but have a pretty smooth linear feel and aren't as heavy as I was expecting given the amount of pre-load on them.

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Offline pixelpusher

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Re: [IC]KK Light Wave Switch V2+GB is Live
« Reply #51 on: Wed, 14 April 2021, 23:40:34 »
What about tolerances?  Can you tell that these are made with a new process?  Do they have low wobble?  Are the top housings tight?
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Offline paperassgasket

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Re: [IC]KK Light Wave Switch V2+GB is Live
« Reply #52 on: Wed, 14 April 2021, 23:45:57 »
I don't have the old ones so I can't compare but the housings are real tight. Wobble seems fine at the top bit would def be less pronounced north to south if the sliders were longer I believe.
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Re: [IC]KK Light Wave Switch V2+GB is Live
« Reply #53 on: Wed, 14 April 2021, 23:50:58 »
The relief cut on the legs is a pretty neat idea.  Might have to get some of these now  :thumb:

Any thoughts on smoothness?
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Offline paperassgasket

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Re: [IC]KK Light Wave Switch V2+GB is Live
« Reply #54 on: Wed, 14 April 2021, 23:53:34 »
First impression was that they were impossibly smooth but after really getting after it I realized that they're just really slick. There's a very light scratchiness to them but it's not bad. I'm in the process of disassembling 50ish switches to lube and toss in a board for testing
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Offline paperassgasket

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Re: [IC]KK Light Wave Switch V2+GB is Live
« Reply #55 on: Thu, 15 April 2021, 00:12:07 »
oh yeah okay so just a light application of 205g0 and oiling the springs makes these switches so much better.
I mean they weren't bad before but now they are fantastic, if not just a bit quieter than I expected.
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Re: [IC]KK Light Wave Switch V2+GB is Live
« Reply #56 on: Fri, 16 April 2021, 22:31:36 »
yeah, these are definitely a very interesting switch. unfortunately they don't seem to be openable by my switch opener (3d printed switchcracker) or the og mechanicalkeyboards opener (one side of the top housing unlatched, then broke the other side trying to force it), but needle nose tweezers work alright. tesing a loose switch, the bottom out with a keycap is super quiet, and the one sound test i could find sounds quieter than i'd normally like, so maybe this could be a good frankenswitch housing candidate since it seems really, really smooth.
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Re: [IC]KK Light Wave Switch V2+GB is Live
« Reply #57 on: Sat, 17 April 2021, 05:54:36 »
Looking forward to getting these now.  Thanks for the review.
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Offline paperassgasket

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Re: [IC]KK Light Wave Switch V2+GB is Live
« Reply #58 on: Sat, 17 April 2021, 06:49:19 »
One thing to note: I bag lubed the stems in 105gpl with the second batch, in addition to 205g0 on the housing. Doing so really revealed their scratchiness. More so than stock. Not that they're particularly scratchy, but 100% of the scratchiness was revealed by oiling the stems. I won't be doing this in the future. They're fine with just a light application of grease on the housings.
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Re: [IC]KK Light Wave Switch V2+GB is Live
« Reply #59 on: Sat, 17 April 2021, 14:25:19 »
Quote from: catamscott on Fri, 16 April 2021, 22:31:36
yeah, these are definitely a very interesting switch. unfortunately they don't seem to be openable by my switch opener (3d printed switchcracker) or the og mechanicalkeyboards opener (one side of the top housing unlatched, then broke the other side trying to force it), but needle nose tweezers work alright. tesing a loose switch, the bottom out with a keycap is super quiet, and the one sound test i could find sounds quieter than i'd normally like, so maybe this could be a good frankenswitch housing candidate since it seems really, really smooth.

I can’t remember which was but I remember seeing a build stream of the protos and it did mention the quietness as well. Almost half way between a traditional and a silent linear. Quite an interesting solution.
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Re: [IC]KK Light Wave Switch V2+GB is Live
« Reply #60 on: Sat, 08 May 2021, 21:24:52 »
So yeah these actuate much earlier than advertised.



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Offline paperassgasket

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Re: [IC]KK Light Wave Switch V2+GB is Live
« Reply #61 on: Sat, 08 May 2021, 21:29:59 »
Quote from: Pylon on Sat, 08 May 2021, 21:24:52
So yeah these actuate much earlier than advertised.

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Re: [IC]KK Light Wave Switch V2+GB is Live
« Reply #62 on: Sat, 08 May 2021, 23:04:53 »
oh god. no one wants or needs this early of an actuation.  we need to let them know for v3  :p
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