Final assemblyShow Image(https://i.imgur.com/gpC9kOG.png)
Opening the NIB Honeywell setShow Image(https://i.imgur.com/TFEhC3U.png)Show Image(https://i.imgur.com/dijrUMF.png)
New Improved LeopoldShow Image(https://i.imgur.com/FtVC1Nn.png)
Hey, nice write up. The previous review as well. Would you say, if I wanted to do something similar to the stabilizers, that I could manage with only de-soldering the stabilized switches not the whole board. My spacebar actually does a little pre-travel rattle.
Congratulations to your keyboard for making it out! Hope it recovers well
I have been toying around with buying a FC980M and swapping switches. You sent yours out to be desoldered? I was planning on trying it out myself but not sure how much of a pain that would be without a fancy desoldering gun. I have never desoldered before either although I do have a wick I bought with all my other soldering gear. Yours turned out great.
Hey, nice write up. The previous review as well. Would you say, if I wanted to do something similar to the stabilizers, that I could manage with only de-soldering the stabilized switches not the whole board. My spacebar actually does a little pre-travel rattle.
Yes. The desoldering service told me that it would be possible to do work on the stabilizers by only desoldering the stabilizers and the switches around the stabilizers, instead of the entire board. That is a cheaper and less time-consuming operation.
Is your keyboard a Leopold?
Okay. The only thing to keep in mind is that Leopold's are reputedly more difficult to desolder than many other boards. So it should be entirely possible to desolder the stabilizer areas, modify the stabs, and then resolder. But desoldering might be more of a pain than expected.
Hey, nice write up. The previous review as well. Would you say, if I wanted to do something similar to the stabilizers, that I could manage with only de-soldering the stabilized switches not the whole board. My spacebar actually does a little pre-travel rattle.
Yes. The desoldering service told me that it would be possible to do work on the stabilizers by only desoldering the stabilizers and the switches around the stabilizers, instead of the entire board. That is a cheaper and less time-consuming operation.
Is your keyboard a Leopold?
Oh yes, forgot to mention. It's a Leopold fc980m pd.