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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: BeerSerc on Mon, 25 October 2010, 09:50:51

Title: Replace caps on Cherry G80
Post by: BeerSerc on Mon, 25 October 2010, 09:50:51

Hi,

I am a long time passive user of geekhack, but as I finally bought a G80 3000 some 5 months ago, I thought it's time to register.

I am very happy with the blue Cherry switches in the G80, but these keys with the logo of some strange operating system are annoying.
I searched around for replacement caps for those 2 keys, but I only found strange companies selling custom caps, mostly with a lot of 404 errors on their pages.

Isn't there a shop out there, optimally somewhere in Europe, which sells replacement keycaps for Cherry Keyboards?

cu
BeerSerc

Title: Replace caps on Cherry G80
Post by: Moogle Stiltzkin on Mon, 25 October 2010, 11:39:59

Hm all i know is that

1. the spacing between keys on cherry keyboard may be slightly different (someone plz confirm this)

2. the spacebar for cherry keyboard is different underneath as the switch is more to the right rather than dead center of the spacebar. So if you do try to find a replacement spacebar, check underneath whether it is cherry keyboard compatible

3. cherry keyboards use their own stabilizers made of rubber. This is perfectly fine and convenient since removing/installing keys with stabilizers for the cherry keyboard is much simpler/easier.

4. i don't think cherry sells their keycaps separately. The best i've seen are keycaps canabalized off other Cherry keyboards.



Anyway hope that helped. Maybe someone else who knows more can help.

Title: Replace caps on Cherry G80
Post by: 7bit on Mon, 25 October 2010, 11:52:10

Quote from: BeerSerc;238401

Hi,

I am a long time passive user of geekhack, but as I finally bought a G80 3000 some 5 months ago, I thought it's time to register.

I am very happy with the blue Cherry switches in the G80, but these keys with the logo of some strange operating system are annoying.
I searched around for replacement caps for those 2 keys, but I only found strange companies selling custom caps, mostly with a lot of 404 errors on their pages.

Isn't there a shop out there, optimally somewhere in Europe, which sells replacement keycaps for Cherry Keyboards?

cu
BeerSerc

You obviously missed the double-shot key cap order thread:

http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=11998

Signature Plastic makes them for us. You should ask WhiteRice if he still has a contingent available.

These keys will fit your Cherry board.

Welcome to geekhack!

Title: Replace caps on Cherry G80
Post by: Moogle Stiltzkin on Mon, 25 October 2010, 11:55:53

@7bit

But the spacebar probably won't.

Title: Replace caps on Cherry G80
Post by: keyb_gr on Mon, 25 October 2010, 13:09:33

Quote from: BeerSerc;238401

I am very happy with the blue Cherry switches in the G80, but these keys with the logo of some strange operating system are annoying.

If that's the only problem - well, on a current-production sample with lasered keys you should be able to attack the labeling with sandpaper, or sandblast it Ripster-style.

Title: Replace caps on Cherry G80
Post by: keyboardlover on Mon, 25 October 2010, 13:16:22

Does anyone know what rollover the G80 3000 has? I didn't see it listed in the wiki. Would be great if maybe BeerSec could do a test for us :D

Title: Replace caps on Cherry G80
Post by: sixty on Mon, 25 October 2010, 13:23:10

Quote from: keyboardlover;238491

Does anyone know what rollover the G80 3000 has? I didn't see it listed in the wiki. Would be great if maybe BeerSec could do a test for us :D

2 keys.

Title: Replace caps on Cherry G80
Post by: Senor_Cartmenez on Tue, 26 October 2010, 08:10:03

I asked those cherry fools and their local distributors in Germany for custom/seperate keysets.

" We are sorry but blablablablabla"

Lazy bastards

Title: Replace caps on Cherry G80
Post by: BeerSerc on Mon, 01 November 2010, 15:21:40

Yes, I can confirm 2 key rollover.

Thanks for the infos, I'll check the other thread.

cu
BeerSerc