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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: daerid on Sun, 10 July 2011, 14:50:17

Title: Loose Cherry Keycap
Post by: daerid on Sun, 10 July 2011, 14:50:17

So on my Poker with reds, my left Ctrl is a little loose. If I press it and let it pop up a few times, it'll pop right off the stem.

There anything quick and dirty I can do to fix this?

In practice, it's not really an issue since I don't really type that way (letting the keys snap upwards), but I'm a bit anal about stuff like this

Title: Loose Cherry Keycap
Post by: Atenacius on Sun, 10 July 2011, 14:59:56

You just need a tighter joint connection between the keycap and stem. You could coat the inside of your key with something to make the opening smaller. I use to put tissue paper in toys when the joints would become loose but I don't think it will work well here

Title: Loose Cherry Keycap
Post by: daerid on Sun, 10 July 2011, 15:01:20

Yeah, just found out it's happening on my tab key, too :( Maybe I should just see if I can get some PBT poker caps from qtan

Edit: make that most of my keys, what the hell. KBC quality control department FAIL

Title: Loose Cherry Keycap
Post by: Atenacius on Sun, 10 July 2011, 15:09:02

I wonder if it could be temperature related. Is it really hot for you right now? Also do you have the ABS or PBT keys?

Title: Loose Cherry Keycap
Post by: daerid on Sun, 10 July 2011, 15:11:47

They're ABS keys, and it's sitting right next to my Filco Brown and Filco Red, both with ABS keys and don't have that issue. Plus, my Poker w/ Browns doesn't have this problem. Think it's just a bad batch.

Title: Loose Cherry Keycap
Post by: Tony on Sun, 10 July 2011, 21:53:45

I suppose you do a lot of exchanging keycaps. With use, the joint connection become bigger and the keys feel loose.

Is it the right time to buy some new keycaps?

Title: Loose Cherry Keycap
Post by: daerid on Sun, 10 July 2011, 22:50:52

I'm thinking I'll buy some engraved black PBTs for it, but this was a problem before I ever pulled a single key off of it. I think it's a small manufacturing defect. No worries, I was planning on getting new caps for it anyways.

Title: Loose Cherry Keycap
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Sun, 10 July 2011, 23:52:33

Loose cherry eh? So not a virgin after all. I got some white engraved pbt for my Poker, they are much nicer feeling than the stock by far. I also like not having all of the 2nd layer legends all over. It makes it look less busy.

Title: Loose Cherry Keycap
Post by: daerid on Mon, 11 July 2011, 00:01:23

I don't mind the busy look, and actually prefer having the legends, at least until I get used to the layout. I'm saving my white engraved for the MJ2 Brown -10key.

Title: Loose Cherry Keycap
Post by: guilleguillaume on Mon, 11 July 2011, 07:19:16

This happened to me all the time on the Steelseries 7G, so annoying.

Title: Loose Cherry Keycap
Post by: hoggy on Mon, 11 July 2011, 07:26:20

Put a tiny square of selotape (sticky side down) over the stem and refit the cap.  You'll have a harder time removing it in the future, but you can't have everything.