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Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: mr_a500 on Mon, 11 July 2011, 13:37:06: I have a general hatred of modern, thin, flat, cheap keycaps. My favourite keycaps are the vintage super-thick doubleshot keycaps - the thicker the better. If you've got awesomely thick doubleshot keycaps, post them in this thread!

Here are some from my collection:

Kaypro II (blue keys are the thickest I've ever seen)
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=13492&stc=1&d=1289602293)

TRS-80 Model III
(http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/1457/trskeycaps.jpg)

DEC VT-100 (relatively thin, except for the one on the bottom right)
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=13549&d=1290039018)

WYSE WY-50 (actually, not that thick but OK for a post-84 keyboard)
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=13522&d=1289877093)

TI-99/4a (early version)
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=13487&stc=1&d=1289597117)

The IBM Model F single piece keycap is a bit thick and sturdy, but it's not doubleshot.
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: redpill on Mon, 11 July 2011, 13:39:13: Those Kaypro keys aren't Cherry MX compatible are they?
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: aggiejy on Mon, 11 July 2011, 17:34:46: Those look like incredible hulk compared to SP caps. Are there *any* other manufacturers doing doubleshots other than SP? (since Cherry stopped anyway)
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: csm725 on Mon, 11 July 2011, 21:05:40: Fentek?
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: litster on Tue, 12 July 2011, 00:36:57: Quote from: ripster;378266
Doesn't look like it. Probably only the Wyse without modding.

The Wyse caps work with Cherry. The Wyse keycaps that I have been retr0briting this weekend came from a Wyse terminal keyboard with Cherry MX black. There are at least 2 different kinds of double shot caps with two different thicknesses. The picture from mr_a500 is the thicker kind. Newer (or not as old) Wyse keyboards have double shots with thinner sidewall, just a tad thicker than SP. I have both kinds.
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: squarebox on Tue, 12 July 2011, 00:58:00: From SP:

(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k221/undarken/keyboard%20randoms/Panic.jpg)
(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k221/undarken/keyboard%20randoms/X.jpg)
(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k221/undarken/keyboard%20randoms/DB.jpg)

From Cherry:

(http://i89.photobucket.com/albums/k221/undarken/Photoshoot/ESC-2a.jpg)
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: mr_a500 on Tue, 12 July 2011, 07:50:43: Do those SP custom keycaps only come in smooth or are they available with textured tops? (like the Kaypro, TRS-80, TI)
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: ch_123 on Tue, 12 July 2011, 07:53:07: I think this counts as an auto-win

(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=7612&d=1264864120)
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: mr_a500 on Tue, 12 July 2011, 07:54:31: What the hell is that??
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: ch_123 on Tue, 12 July 2011, 08:43:11: The uberswitch, of course.

That blue Kaypro probably is a bit thicker though.
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: MsKeyboard on Tue, 12 July 2011, 09:15:13: Quote from: ripster;378543
Fentek just uses Signature Plastics.

Buy a set of these and she will forgive me.
Show Image
(http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5266/5644806008_59b8e95451_z.jpg)

We use several vendors, as well as our own in-house tooling and printing. Sometimes it is just faster to farm out a job than recreate it ;)

Later...............
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: lenakira on Wed, 28 December 2011, 17:51:27: WOW its so thick
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: mr_a500 on Wed, 28 December 2011, 18:08:49: Ah... I forgot about this thread. Here are Victor 9000 keycaps:

Check out the height of the function keys compared to a Model M:
(http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/6527/victor9000keythick.jpg)

...and here is the thickness compared to Model M:
(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/8558/victor9000keythick2.jpg)
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: Findecanor on Thu, 29 December 2011, 00:05:19: Quote from: ch_123;378707
I think this counts as an auto-win

Show Image
(http://geekhack.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=7612&d=1264864120)
IBM beam-spring, I presume.

I did have some vintage Cherry keys that were twice as thick as DS Cherry MX keys, and twice as high, but I gave them away and don't have a good photo.
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Mon, 02 January 2012, 00:35:20: [ATTACH=CONFIG]36447[/ATTACH]
Krown Research keyboard. Looks like some really old MX type switch.
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: kaen on Mon, 02 January 2012, 05:19:11: These are some flats from Devlin UK
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: Human on Mon, 02 January 2012, 11:15:54: Quote from: kaen;481765
These are some flats from Devlin UK

I got them too. Thickness is really unmatchable, just that they not really suit/fit modern board like FILCO and so on with high profile.
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: dorkvader on Mon, 02 January 2012, 13:44:58: Quote from: Human;481849
I got them too. Thickness is really unmatchable, just that they not really suit/fit modern board like FILCO and so on with high profile.
They're higher profile than filco? I poked around their website, but I couldn't find that much information (pricing, etc) on their keycaps.
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Mon, 02 January 2012, 13:50:15: No Devlins are lower, like height of Cherry home row I think. They only do that 1 profile for all keys as far as I know, at least for their stock keys.
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: Human on Mon, 02 January 2012, 15:06:54: Quote from: lysol;481929
No Devlins are lower, like height of Cherry home row I think. They only do that 1 profile for all keys as far as I know, at least for their stock keys.

Nope, they do make keycaps of other/normal profile. At least this keycaps are made by Devlin.
(http://kbdholic.net/img/2011/IMG_1814.jpg)

Or this:
http://keyboardporn.com/keycaps/kbdholic-rgb-keycaps/
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Mon, 02 January 2012, 16:19:05: Hmn, I contacted them before and they told me only had that one style, like flat profile for pos system. Perhaps they just had no other stock at the time.
Title: Who has the thickest keycaps?
Post by: dorkvader on Mon, 02 January 2012, 16:22:16: The flat style really works out for Dvorak users like me. That's why I like IBM/unicomp so much.