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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Findecanor on Mon, 21 March 2011, 14:17:00
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I am on the hunt for a full set of really short Cherry MX-compatible key caps. Colour and print are of no importance. Cheap, lasered ABS keys would be fine.
Preferrably, they should also be quite flat. I have got some relegendable key caps, but they are as high as the highest row on a standard keyboard.
Do short relegendable MX-compatible key caps exist?
My best idea so far has been to collect function row caps from MX-11800's and MX-11900's, because they are as low and flat as the home row, but I would have to go through a few keyboards to get a full set.
Is there a better option?
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See my post here http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=309924&postcount=6
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I have some EXTREMELY short relegendable keycaps, maybe too short for your use. They are made by Cherry theirself and therefore are extremely expensive in small quantities.
(http://i.imgur.com/ivLhb.jpg)
I paid over 1 Euro per keycap, lol.
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I paid over 1 Euro per keycap, lol.
That's less than I paid for the SP caps at least =) $2.40 for the relegendables and slightly less than a dollar for the single width double shots.
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(http://i.imgur.com/78h7O.jpg)
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Those are cool, I kind of want some...
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Whoa. Those were expensive. I was hoping there would be something cheap. I am not really looking for keycaps to be used as keycaps, but as "platforms" to glue home-made key caps onto.
Making key cap stems to tight tolerances might be too hard to do at home.