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Title: "flattened" caps for cherry mx switches?
Post by: shodan on Tue, 20 August 2013, 01:14:59

hello geekhack :)

It's supposed to be a ducky dragon, but it looks more like Frankenstein's monster. right now I feel like I'm typing on 6 rows of broken teeth.

see, this board mainly for starcraft II. I play with ~20 key-caps removed intentionally in order to minimize mis-clicks (for example, 'X', 'N' and the space-bar are gone so that I can hit 'C', 'V' and 'B' with my thumb). I don't want my ducky to become as ugly as this:

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/ihatett/normal_boxerkeyboard_2.jpg)

I'm hoping someone could guide me in buying some very short key-caps to cover up the naked switches. they would have 0.5mm or smaller, kinda like the caps you find on your average laptop. do key-caps like this exist for MX switches? ~

thanks for helping out a newbie

Title: Re: "flattened" caps for cherry mx switches?
Post by: cgbuen on Tue, 20 August 2013, 01:18:25

http://www.pimpmykeyboard.com/marketplace.php

Near the bottom, "Flat Keys"

Title: Re: "flattened" caps for cherry mx switches?
Post by: fydo on Tue, 20 August 2013, 01:23:06

And if you want to "lock" these keys so that you don't accidentally depress them, Signature Plastics also sells Key Lock-Outs (scroll down a bit)

http://www.keycapsdirect.com/marketplace.php

Title: Re: "flattened" caps for cherry mx switches?
Post by: shodan on Tue, 20 August 2013, 01:23:21

Quote from: cgbuen on Tue, 20 August 2013, 01:18:25

http://www.pimpmykeyboard.com/marketplace.php

Near the bottom, "Flat Keys"

do you know where I could get a flat spacebar key?

Title: Re: "flattened" caps for cherry mx switches?
Post by: domoaligato on Wed, 21 August 2013, 01:00:53

Quote from: shodan on Tue, 20 August 2013, 01:23:21

Quote from: cgbuen on Tue, 20 August 2013, 01:18:25

http://www.pimpmykeyboard.com/marketplace.php

Near the bottom, "Flat Keys"

do you know where I could get a flat spacebar key?

no idea but what a lot of us do is flip our spacebar around the opposite direction.

Title: Re: "flattened" caps for cherry mx switches?
Post by: Ascaii on Fri, 23 August 2013, 11:04:15

You can get keyblockers from xkeys. They seem to be identical to the ones ACCESS uses on their POS boards. http://www.piengineering.com/accessories/keycaps1.php#

Title: Re: "flattened" caps for cherry mx switches?
Post by: MTManiac on Fri, 23 August 2013, 11:17:17

Quote from: shodan on Tue, 20 August 2013, 01:14:59

hello geekhack :)

It's supposed to be a ducky dragon, but it looks more like Frankenstein's monster. right now I feel like I'm typing on 6 rows of broken teeth.

see, this board mainly for starcraft II. I play with ~20 key-caps removed intentionally in order to minimize mis-clicks (for example, 'X', 'N' and the space-bar are gone so that I can hit 'C', 'V' and 'B' with my thumb). I don't want my ducky to become as ugly as this:

Show Image

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/ihatett/normal_boxerkeyboard_2.jpg)

I'm hoping someone could guide me in buying some very short key-caps to cover up the naked switches. they would have 0.5mm or smaller, kinda like the caps you find on your average laptop. do key-caps like this exist for MX switches? ~

thanks for helping out a newbie

I have some super low profile mx keys
were you looking for anything specific on the legend
how many were you looking for?

Title: Re: "flattened" caps for cherry mx switches?
Post by: berserkfan on Fri, 23 August 2013, 12:55:46

Quote from: shodan on Tue, 20 August 2013, 01:14:59

hello geekhack :)

It's supposed to be a ducky dragon, but it looks more like Frankenstein's monster. right now I feel like I'm typing on 6 rows of broken teeth.

see, this board mainly for starcraft II. I play with ~20 key-caps removed intentionally in order to minimize mis-clicks (for example, 'X', 'N' and the space-bar are gone so that I can hit 'C', 'V' and 'B' with my thumb). I don't want my ducky to become as ugly as this:
This keyboard is a Ducky Year of the Dragon?

What are you talking about?

In any case, these don't look like Cherry MX keys. Obviously you made amistake.

Show Image

(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y41/ihatett/normal_boxerkeyboard_2.jpg)

I'm hoping someone could guide me in buying some very short key-caps to cover up the naked switches. they would have 0.5mm or smaller, kinda like the caps you find on your average laptop. do key-caps like this exist for MX switches? ~

thanks for helping out a newbie