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Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Sat, 08 October 2011, 16:57:58
As title states looking for a 87u Keyboard roof, I think regular tenkeyless works too

lmk what you got ;o

looking for this one here RF-DV3 (http://shop.bird-electron.co.jp/shopdetail/005003000031/order/)
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Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Tue, 11 October 2011, 11:44:08
Sell me a roof!!!!
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: qtan5370 on Tue, 11 October 2011, 23:23:04
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Well, this staff sell for 99 dollar...

Still need that?
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Wed, 12 October 2011, 00:40:20
If i don't get it for cheaper I might have to come to you qtan, thank you for the heads up very much appreciated.
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: qtan5370 on Wed, 12 October 2011, 08:07:04
Okay...
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Thu, 13 October 2011, 20:15:01
Someone sell me a keyboard roof pretty please
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: demik on Thu, 13 October 2011, 21:08:00
99 dollars!

you can buy a leopold and use that as a roof instead.

GL finding one, i wish EK still sold them.

OT, but is that your pair of tiffanys?

they must have used the cheapest materials for those shoes, mine were creased to hell within a week.
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Thu, 13 October 2011, 22:35:53
Need me a keyboard roof!!!!!!

Those aren't my pair but I do have a pair, yeah they crease ;(

But I rotate my shoe lineup so they still fresh ;o
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: Kisakuku on Thu, 13 October 2011, 22:49:26
I'm feeling smart about buying tenkeyless roof and wooden palm rest with my anniversary edition 87U from iomania.
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Fri, 14 October 2011, 01:00:31
When I got my 87u anniversary edition from iomania they said they didn't have anymore keyboard roofs ;(

This makes me sad
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: Kisakuku on Fri, 14 October 2011, 01:08:12
Well, I haven't received it yet, so for all I know I could have wasted $39 on a standard-sized roof, not a tenkeyless. Plus, yellow keycaps are OOS everywhere, so I'm always sad.
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Fri, 14 October 2011, 01:10:12
I got mine already it's awesome ;3

Yeah 2 things I asked for, keyboard roof and yellow/blue keycaps lol neither was in stock ;<
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: Kisakuku on Fri, 14 October 2011, 01:16:51
If worse comes to worst, we could always take a band saw to a full-sized roof and MAKE a tenkeyless.
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Fri, 14 October 2011, 01:19:11
I'll take a 104 size for the time being better then having nothing right now on mine ;(
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: Hakhu on Fri, 14 October 2011, 13:35:10
I still have the one I bought from EK. Used it for about 2-3 months. Had it for about 2 years. Since then its been in storage. Sold my Realforce 87U a while ago.
It's still in excellent condition. I can upload pictures, if you want.
Would need to ship it from Europe.
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Fri, 14 October 2011, 13:47:52
You got PM Hakhu ;)
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: TheProfosist on Fri, 14 October 2011, 17:58:52
I am interested in one of these as well, but $99 ouch!
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: Fuzzy Dunlop on Fri, 14 October 2011, 21:26:21
Have you considered making one yourself? Materials like plexiglas and lexan can be had for next to nothing at most any hardware store. Specialty stores might even have some coloured plexiglas. All it takes is a bit of glue and a saw and you have yourself a keyboard roof. No offense to qtan but for $100 I'd rather buy a new keyboard.
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Fri, 14 October 2011, 22:52:38
^ $100 is definitely very high considering they usually go for $50 new i think but don't know how they price things over there

Hopefully Hakhu pulls thru and I can get my hands on his. I'm not really a hands on buy myself so nope haven't thought of making my own and probably won't go that route
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Sat, 15 October 2011, 18:42:20
Someone sell me a keyboard roof!!!!!
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Wed, 19 October 2011, 12:04:20
My 87u has dust all over it, SELL ME A ROOF!
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: insilica on Wed, 19 October 2011, 12:50:30
Quote from: ripster;434579
RMA it.

lol extreme ... seriously though did your RF not come with one of those plastic ones ...
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: insilica on Wed, 19 October 2011, 13:01:09
Quote from: ripster;434603
That's a Filco thing.

One of those nice little touches the Japanese like.

I C ... meh... another reason I love my pinging non-farting filco browns :)
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Wed, 19 October 2011, 13:05:36
Quote from: insilica;434611
I C ... meh... another reason I love my pinging non-farting filco browns :)
Fart > Ping
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: TheProfosist on Wed, 19 October 2011, 15:08:00
still interested in one for my White Leopold with Clears for when I receive it.
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Wed, 19 October 2011, 15:25:07
Quote from: TheProfosist;434731
still interested in one for my White Leopold with Clears for when I receive it.
Let me get one first!
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: Kisakuku on Wed, 19 October 2011, 23:08:46
Got my tenkeyless acrylic roof from iomania along with 55g anniversary edition 87U and wood palm rest. The acrylic on the roof doesn't have rounded edges like on my full-sized roof from EK, bummer.
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: TheProfosist on Wed, 19 October 2011, 23:10:01
Quote from: Kisakuku;434981
Got my tenkeyless acrylic roof from iomania along with 55g anniversary edition 87U and wood palm rest. The acrylic on the roof doesn't have rounded edges like on my full-sized roof from EK, bummer.
how much was the roof? are there also full size ones? whats shipping to the sates?
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: Kisakuku on Wed, 19 October 2011, 23:15:42
Quote from: TheProfosist;434983
how much was the roof? are there also full size ones? whats shipping to the sates?

I think they have both sizes, $39 a pop. Shipping was $50 combined with the keyboard. Contact kant1971.
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Wed, 19 October 2011, 23:22:09
How was the wood wrist rest, I was deciding that or the acrylic one
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: Kisakuku on Wed, 19 October 2011, 23:29:40
The wood palm rest is nice, they sent me the darker wood version that's shown next to the Filcos on the iomania page. The acrylic one seems to come only in the thick Filco variety, not in the thin Realforce one.
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: TheProfosist on Thu, 20 October 2011, 00:38:41
Could you link to where your looking at this stuff? wouldnt m,ind some links to the roofs and wrist rests.
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: Kisakuku on Thu, 20 October 2011, 00:40:26
Quote from: TheProfosist;435046
Could you link to where your looking at this stuff? wouldnt m,ind some links to the roofs and wrist rests.

http://www.iomania.co.kr/  + google translate
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: TheProfosist on Thu, 20 October 2011, 00:54:23
kk found the wrist rests the iomania wood looks nice but I didnt find a width in the specs at least one that I could discern. I think the plastic ones
http://tinyurl.com/6gtw6qs and http://tinyurl.com/6fn667g would be ok ones for portable use. I was hopeing to find ones for the HHKB also :( I currenly have a wood one that I made that serving its purpose with its many imperfections. I only found the fullsize keyboard cover though http://tinyurl.com/6ytt8br

they do have the realforce roofs in both sizs on leopold.co.kr as well as leopold in both sizes. whats the difference? they also have a leoppold wrist rest that looks exactly like a flicos.
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: TheProfosist on Thu, 20 October 2011, 08:17:33
I have this companies for my HHKB its really good quality. they now make for Topre tenkeyless (http://tinyurl.com/6kuj54r) and fullsize (http://tinyurl.com/6e639bu). That is what i want for sure!
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Thu, 20 October 2011, 12:37:33
Problem is that with an agent, fees and all that it comes to like $60 before shipping to you, after that it will be close to $80 i think, bird electron was the first I checked
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: TheProfosist on Thu, 20 October 2011, 16:22:57
That sucks. EK start carrying these like the HHKB roofs
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Sat, 22 October 2011, 09:50:09
help me repel the dust!
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: TheProfosist on Sat, 22 October 2011, 17:00:37
hmm want if we get a few people together and share shipping?
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Sat, 22 October 2011, 17:18:32
Erm that wouldn't be a bad idea, but if we have to go through an agent, the agent fee's will go up too because of the overall cost. Too bad no one has access to bird electron so we can by pass the agent fees
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: TheProfosist on Sat, 22 October 2011, 18:16:37
Quote from: tsangan;436943
Erm that wouldn't be a bad idea, but if we have to go through an agent, the agent fee's will go up too because of the overall cost. Too bad no one has access to bird electron so we can by pass the agent fees
any way to contact they directly and see if they will ship right out?
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: RColinTaylor on Sat, 22 October 2011, 18:26:32
Considering the roofs the both of you are looking for are simple, two-bend plexy I am pretty sure you could skip the whole buying them and make them through either the cut/glue process or a heat/bend process using a thin piece of metal, long enough for the whole piece, heated up and applied to the glass until it is hot enough to allow a bend. The look may not result in perfection but it would be cheaper and just as effective.
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Sat, 22 October 2011, 18:37:59
Quote from: RColinTaylor;436977
The look may not result in perfection but it would be cheaper and just as effective.
I need perfection
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: RColinTaylor on Sat, 22 October 2011, 18:39:32
Quote from: tsangan;436981
I need perfection

Then I suppose you could always hire someone who works with Plexiglass often to do it for you; I am sure you could get it for under $20 through that avenue.
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Mon, 24 October 2011, 13:53:44
Up we go yet again, help protect my keycaps!
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Tue, 25 October 2011, 23:50:30
Dust bunnies everywhere!!!! AHHHHHH!!!
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Fri, 28 October 2011, 13:01:30
Spent all night eliminating all these dust bunnies, help me get a good night rest!
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: DanGWanG on Fri, 28 October 2011, 14:25:29
You could always trade me your red click clack :)
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Sat, 29 October 2011, 14:15:01
Quote from: DanGWanG;441280
You could always trade me your red click clack :)
Tempting trade you got there, to get rid of all these dust bunnies once and for all, gonna have to sit and think this over.
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Tue, 01 November 2011, 16:28:17
Stupid dust bunnies wasting my air canister, help me reduce waste!
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: DanGWanG on Fri, 04 November 2011, 13:48:03
Quote from: tsangan;441883
Tempting trade you got there, to get rid of all these dust bunnies once and for all, gonna have to sit and think this over.


Still sitting and thinking?  How about this to tempt you some more:

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I even shined it up with some windex :)
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: kinkng on Fri, 04 November 2011, 16:06:56
Hi Tsangan,

What I did in the past was use a piece of cloth and then sewn an elastic band on the bottom and then it works like a hair bonnet. I had one for my Model M. You can easily make any custom size and while it may not look as good as the acrylic roofs, it serves the purpose. To give credit where credit is due, it was my wife who did the sewing and it was her idea. This was after we bought the IBM PS/2 model 80 for big bucks and she wanted to protect the investment.
Title: Realforce 87u Keyboard Roof
Post by: tsangan on Sat, 26 November 2011, 20:07:50
Thanks for the advice but I'm kinda OCD about stuff like this lol