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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: varszegimarcell on Sat, 13 July 2019, 12:39:15

Title: Saving an incomplete Tai-Hao double shot keycap set
Post by: varszegimarcell on Sat, 13 July 2019, 12:39:15

Hi guys!

I have a set of Tai-Hao TI series doubleshot keycaps, but sadly, it is incomplete.

I got them through a hungarian hardware trading website, they came with a Tai-Hao TH-5539-8 PCB. I've already harvested the switches, (Tai-Hao APC white, clicky Alps clones) on day I will make a nice keyboard of them. Sadly, 10-20 of them were corroded like hell, it seemed like liquid damage to me, but it is an another stroy. (Althroug, the most - 80-90 pcs - of them are usable, and electronically intact.)

But I have troubles with the keycaps unfortunately.

Firstly, the PCB missed the key M completely, no switch, no keycap. Secondly, the keycap 'K' got stuck so badly somehow, and when I tried to pull it, the keycap stem just broke of.

My question is, is it possible somehow to get the missing/broken keycaps? I know, Tai-Hao still producing Alps mount keycap sets, but I hadn't found a set with the same color scheme, and I guess, the new ones are OEM profile, while my set surely not. (They look very similar to Alps profile, but the Function buttons are much taller.) I want to make complete my set authentichly, as much as possible. This set has an interesting, 4 colored legend, pretty similar to Focus keycaps, and it has a big-ass enter.


Thanks in advance for your help!

Title: Re: Saving an incomplete Tai-Hao double shot keycap set
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 22 July 2019, 05:25:27

Tai Hao do still produce Alps-compatible keycaps AFAIK.

As far as getting a few to complete a set - probably not.

But Tai Hao keycaps are quite cheap - just buy a replacement set.

Title: Re: Saving an incomplete Tai-Hao double shot keycap set
Post by: varszegimarcell on Tue, 23 July 2019, 10:24:53

Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 22 July 2019, 05:25:27

Tai Hao do still produce Alps-compatible keycaps AFAIK.

As far as getting a few to complete a set - probably not.

But Tai Hao keycaps are quite cheap - just buy a replacement set.

So, saving the oroginal set seems impossible, right?

What should I use the harvested set for? Should I save it as spare parts?

Title: Re: Saving an incomplete Tai-Hao double shot keycap set
Post by: rowdy on Tue, 23 July 2019, 22:02:49

You can certainly save it - doesn't take up much room, perhaps someone will have a similar set in the future that you can combine to make one full set.