Those cables look really sweet.
You got ABS shine there? Or is that PBT?
Thanks man, they were a hassle to make, but I really like them too!
Yep, there's unfortunately some shine, which really pissed me off after spending more than $100 for what I thought was a mint Dell AT101 off of TaoBao only to get one with mild shine.
The spacebar is ABS though, and all caps are dyed. The spacebar was incredibly hard to get right, haha. The rest of the caps are all PBT. I have a non-shined SGI Granite set I could dye, but I dunno. The shine doesn't bother me that much. It would happen sooner or later anyway.
The Lightpad's caps actually have no shine at all though, which is good! I actually have a few PBT Alps sets with no shine, but they're either too rare to screw with (the Xerox Docutech boards), or just not something I want because of the legends, like with the SGI Granite. For some reason, it's just really hard to find an AT101 with mint caps, lol.
I have some IBM 5140 caps that would work well for the alphanums that I've dyed black too. I dunno though. I'm okay with the AT101 caps for now.
awesome that you built literally everything yourself~!
Yeah, from the dyed key caps, to the sleeved cables, the copper weight, and the hotswap-modded Alps PCB. It's been one hell of a hassle, but I'm glad to be done for the most part!
If I ever either get A) a sand blaster and another Dell AT101 or B) an AT101 with mint caps with NO shine, I'll give dyeing the caps another go. That's all I see in the future for these. I think all is pretty much done.
The Lightpad still needs a plate. LeandreN's guys should have it done by the end of the month, hopefully.