I've posted this elsewhere, so some of you will have seen it before - just thought I'd share here.
So I recently bought a mechanical keyboard, and I'm really enjoying my Pure with Blues - nothing to compare it to mechanical wise, but it's as much a joy to type on as my new fountain pen is to write with. That is, it's good, but it needs some tweaking.
So the standard Pure keycaps are quite light......
what's this? Fire?
...hmmm, what could this possibly turn into...
Top piece bent to shape on a mandrel and soldered into place, it's starting to look like a key cap...
...then I got too busy taking pictures, not paying enough attention to my work. May have slightly over heated the stem - no harm done, just a lovely bright orange for you all to enjoy!
150 grit...
...180, 240, 500, 1200, 2000, tripoli, Dialux rouge, Dialux bleu. And we have one shiny key cap.
He's not heavy, he's my key cap.
So it's very nearly finished, there's a slight twist (about 3 degrees) on the stem. It's not worth re-soldering, so I'll just tweak it with pliers when I'm back at the bench.
As a final note - it's been pointed out that the caps the come on the Pure are "OEM" and not cherry profile... so as and when I upgrade the rest of my caps, this one will be scrapped.