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Title: Nice Aluminium caps
Post by: RiGS on Sun, 20 March 2011, 07:52:53

I've just noticed these nice Aluminium keycaps  (http://item.taobao.com/item.htm?id=5772348239&ad_id=&am_id=&cm_id=&pm_id=)on Taobao.

I'm sure Michael (http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=16232) will help to get these.
He (http://He charges 5% of the item cost as a commission, though commission must be a minimum of $5) charges 5% of the item cost as commission, though commission must be a minimum of $5.

The price is approximately 8,5$/keycap.



(http://img02.taobaocdn.com/imgextra/i2/15808667/T254JhXhdbXXXXXXXX_!!15808667.jpg)
(http://img01.taobaocdn.com/imgextra/i1/15808667/T2RhJhXiBbXXXXXXXX_!!15808667.jpg)
(http://img06.taobaocdn.com/imgextra/i6/15808667/T2MhJhXi8bXXXXXXXX_!!15808667.jpg)
(http://img06.taobaocdn.com/imgextra/i6/15808667/T2VhJhXidbXXXXXXXX_!!15808667.jpg)

Title: Nice Aluminium caps
Post by: RiGS on Sun, 20 March 2011, 07:55:35

Better hurry!

Title: Nice Aluminium caps
Post by: keyboardlover on Sun, 20 March 2011, 08:57:29

You should tell webwit about these.

Title: Nice Aluminium caps
Post by: ashort on Sun, 20 March 2011, 09:00:24

I don't know if I'd be able to resist ordering an etched set of these if they were available.

Title: Nice Aluminium caps
Post by: RiGS on Sun, 20 March 2011, 09:02:39

I posted it on KBDthority as well.

Title: Nice Aluminium caps
Post by: keyboardlover on Sun, 20 March 2011, 09:03:52

KBDThority is what ripster calls it to make fun of it. You DO know it's really DeskThority right?

Title: Nice Aluminium caps
Post by: RiGS on Sun, 20 March 2011, 09:07:54

Nope, I have never heard of that before.

Title: Nice Aluminium caps
Post by: woody on Sun, 20 March 2011, 16:50:02

(http://img01.taobaocdn.com/imgextra/i1/15808667/T2RhJhXiBbXXXXXXXX_!!15808667.jpg)

Keycaps must be loose or something. There is glue/silicone on the brown stem.

Title: Nice Aluminium caps
Post by: Quest- on Sun, 20 March 2011, 17:15:39

I thought it was a miniature spiderman web o_O

Btw, doesn't this give an annoying cold feeling when typing on?

Edit: and i can imagine it changing the attenuation force also. because of the weight.

Title: Nice Aluminium caps
Post by: Oqsy on Sun, 20 March 2011, 17:26:51

I do not approve of mystery goo on my stem.

Title: Nice Aluminium caps
Post by: keyboardlover on Sun, 20 March 2011, 17:40:33

I thought it was just a tiny bit of saran wrap to help hold the key in place?

Title: Nice Aluminium caps
Post by: Oqsy on Sun, 20 March 2011, 19:43:51

if you go to the page from the OP, it looks like instructions for installing them using scissors and clear tape... I'm assuming that's a bit of adhesive scraped off of the back of scotch tape, but it's more fun to pretend it's dirty asian bukkake sauce.

Title: Nice Aluminium caps
Post by: Surly73 on Mon, 21 March 2011, 09:49:46

Need printed versions of these in 103/104 kits to fit Topre switches.  Then a Realforce could be even more expensive.

Title: Nice Aluminium caps
Post by: sixty on Mon, 21 March 2011, 10:50:59

the strip of tape is there to avoid the metal directly having contact with the plastic. apparently in testing the stem slowly got grinded down from the metal having direct contact with the plastic stem.

Title: Nice Aluminium caps
Post by: eugenius on Thu, 24 March 2011, 04:19:59

WTF, get your chinese caps right here, only 900$ for a keyboard!!! Hahahahaa hahaaaa! :) ;) :)

Title: Nice Aluminium caps
Post by: phuzion on Thu, 24 March 2011, 11:06:48

Only $615 for a tenkeyless/87 key!  Or $430 for a Poker/61 key!

Title: Nice Aluminium caps
Post by: digitalleftovers on Thu, 24 March 2011, 12:17:07

I would be curious how these would feel if they covered the typing area of a keyboard.  Aluminium is light, but not plastic light.  I have a feeling that there would be a counterweight effect on the acutation force.  Maybe more so with those titanium caps.

Perhaps they would be a clever way to make a lower net actuation force switch?