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Title: Where to buy MX Red switches?
Post by: SecrtAgentMan on Mon, 27 June 2011, 15:29:48: I've been looking at mouser and digikey...nothing :/

Does anyone know of a site that sells them individually?
Title: Where to buy MX Red switches?
Post by: dreamingftw on Mon, 27 June 2011, 17:00:06: Join the qtan groupbuy and get yourself a plu-87 red switch unless you were looking for a brand in particular.
Title: Where to buy MX Red switches?
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Mon, 27 June 2011, 18:27:43: You could buy up to 5 from this ebay listing (http://cgi.ebay.com/Cherry-MX-Series-keyboard-RED-switch-replacement-/260807397542?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item3cb95510a6). Perhaps they could get more?
Title: Where to buy MX Red switches?
Post by: reaper on Mon, 27 June 2011, 18:33:44: Quote from: dreamingftw;369090
Join the qtan groupbuy and get yourself a plu-87 red switch unless you were looking for a brand in particular.

I think OP is looking for switches itself and not the keyboard but I could be wrong. =P
Title: Where to buy MX Red switches?
Post by: SecrtAgentMan on Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:13:41: Yep, just looking for switches and not a keyboard.

If I take a brown switch, take out the brown stem and replace it with a red stem would that work?

I'm just interested in replacing the spring, and seeing as how both red/brown take 45g of force I wanted to make sure it would work without a hitch.
Title: Where to buy MX Red switches?
Post by: Torgee on Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:21:49: to my knowledge, and i'm pretty sure about it,
you could use either mx brown or mx blue spring with a red stem.
brown/blue/red springs are supposed to b the same.
black stems are close, if not the same as red stems, so black stem/blue spring should work,too.
refered to as ghetto reds.

im too sleepy right now to grab some links, but the are some for according threads :P
Title: Where to buy MX Red switches?
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:23:46: Blue or brown springs on a black stem would give you a red more or less. Hope you're doing a pcb mount so you don't have to desolder / solder a bunch of switches to swap springs and stems. If its a plate mount you need to be sure before going to all that work.
Title: Where to buy MX Red switches?
Post by: SecrtAgentMan on Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:26:39: I already have the red stems, so getting blue/brown switches and taking out the stem and swapping it with the red stem should be fine then?

Thanks guys :)
Title: Where to buy MX Red switches?
Post by: The Solutor on Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:40:15: http://translate.google.com/translate?js=n&prev=_t&hl=it&ie=UTF-8&layout=2&eotf=1&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.armygroup.com.tw%2Fshop%2Fgoods.php%3Fid%3D6135&act=url
Title: Where to buy MX Red switches?
Post by: SecrtAgentMan on Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:49:22: Thanks Solutor for the link, do you know what currency they use?

I forget if it's New Taiwanese Dollar (NTD) or Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
Title: Where to buy MX Red switches?
Post by: keyboardlover on Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:51:21: Quote from: SecrtAgentMan;369167
I already have the red stems, so getting blue/brown switches and taking out the stem and swapping it with the red stem should be fine then?

Thanks guys :)

That's correct. Check out how I modded my "kustom keyboards" in my sig.
Title: Where to buy MX Red switches?
Post by: SecrtAgentMan on Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:53:37: Quote from: keyboardlover;369177
That's correct. Check out how I modded my "kustom keyboards" in my sig.

Just what I wanted to hear, thanks.
Title: Where to buy MX Red switches?
Post by: The Solutor on Mon, 27 June 2011, 19:57:10: Quote from: SecrtAgentMan;369175
Thanks Solutor for the link, do you know what currency they use?

I forget if it's New Taiwanese Dollar (NTD) or Taiwan Dollar (TWD)

From wikipedia.

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In English usage the New Taiwan Dollar is often abbreviated as NT, NT$, NT Dollar or NTD, while the abbreviation TWD is typically used in the context of foreign exchange rates. Subdivisions of a New Taiwan Dollar are rarely used, since practically all products on the consumer market are being sold at whole dollars.
Title: Where to buy MX Red switches?
Post by: litster on Mon, 27 June 2011, 20:42:19: About $0.45US each.

http://www.bing.com/search?q=13+Taiwan+Dollar+to+US+Dollar&form=CURCNV
Title: Where to buy MX Red switches?
Post by: keyboardlover on Mon, 27 June 2011, 21:15:00: @OP - if you need more red stems let me know; I have some.
Title: Where to buy MX Red switches?
Post by: SecrtAgentMan on Mon, 27 June 2011, 22:31:44: I'll let you know, as of now I'm just considering replacing the springs and re-soldering switches.