Anyone wanna give me some help with these PCB mounted cherry stabs? I can't get the front pin thing all the way in.
Force it? That's how I got the mounts to fit on my KMAC PCB. Put the first legs into the smaller holes on the PCB then put some pressure on until they fit into the larger holes in the PCB.
lol you're doing it wrong. There should be zero pressure for the large hole. The larger round part of the stab is designed in a way that it hooks into the PCB, no pressed in. The smaller hole is pressed in a little pressure.
Wire faces the bottom of the board. So all the wires should make a U with the two tips facing the function row.
I know jd already mentioned this, but just to reiterate again. Orientation of the wire is dependent on the PCB holes if you're using PCB-mounted stabs. The larger hole is always where the wire should be, and this can vary between different PCBs. If you're using plate-mounted stabs, then it's dependent on the plate's cutout. In this case, the wire is always on the opposite side of where the flaps sticking out.
I don't know of anywhere you can purchase a 6-unit spacebar wire. Or a 6.25-unit one, either. You may have to bend your own for that.
I've looked for a long time, and 6.25x cherry sizes cannot be bought anywhere. At least not in the US. I even emailed cherry directly, and they said loose stabilizers with 6.25x does not have a part number and can't be bought, even directly through them. This is rather odd, because so many modern keyboards use 6.25x sizes, so I'm assuming it's only made for complete keyboards.
There is a local place to me that can custom make any wire or spring from a CNC wire machine, but it's not cheap.
So I'm assembling my new GON kbd right. And everything is going splendid besides this damn spacebar. I was retarded and didn't test it until i soldered half of the damn switches onto the PCB and then I tested the spacebar and realized that it doesn't work. Something is wrong with the stabs. Like you press down the spacebar and they don't come all the way up. Also they are making a clicking noise which I found unusual. Any way to fix it without de-soldering all of these switches?
If they don't come up all the way, then it's probably because something is rubbing where it's not suppose to. Where did you get the wire? I have a stabilizer set from GON, and the spacebar wire was not made correctly. Cherry wires must be made to almost exact specs, otherwise the plastic pieces will either rub, or not move at all.
edit: Every plate so far won't allow you to remove PCB-mounted stabilizers without desoldering every switch and removing the plate. Had this been plate-mounted cherry stabilizers, all you would have to do is desolder only that one switch.
