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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Hydroid on Wed, 01 February 2012, 06:16:19

Title: Quick question.
Post by: Hydroid on Wed, 01 February 2012, 06:16:19

Well it's late at night and after a quick search I didn't find anything. Are the WASD keycaps compatible with either a Ducky or Leopold? If they are I'm going to place an order for some custom keycaps to pimp out my keyboard before going to an SC2 tournament later this month.

Title: Quick question.
Post by: reaper on Wed, 01 February 2012, 06:27:01

Yes, they are.

Title: Quick question.
Post by: Hydroid on Wed, 01 February 2012, 06:40:50

Cool thanks, I was a little concerned about the stabilizers not being compatible.

Title: Quick question.
Post by: Armando Penblade on Wed, 01 February 2012, 08:36:32

AFAIK, they're not, are they? WASD are Costar-manufactured, while at least Duckys use Cherry stabilizers.

Title: Quick question.
Post by: alaricljs on Wed, 01 February 2012, 09:23:45

Doesn't matter what type of stabilizer.  Only thing that matters is whether the space bar has the right spacing on the stabilizer stems.  Every other keycap has standardized spacing for stabilizers.

Title: Quick question.
Post by: reaper on Wed, 01 February 2012, 09:26:04

Quote from: Hydroid;505128

Cool thanks, I was a little concerned about the stabilizers not being compatible.

Sorry but your op didn't state anything about stabilizers.  I thought you were asking only about keycaps.


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Title: Quick question.
Post by: lightsout714 on Wed, 01 February 2012, 10:10:14

Not sure if the WASD spacebar will fit on a leopold.

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Title: Quick question.
Post by: tsangan on Wed, 01 February 2012, 10:25:29

Quote from: lightsout714;505268

Not sure if the WASD spacebar will fit on a leopold.

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They don't fit, you'll need to mod them for Leopold

Title: Quick question.
Post by: Hydroid on Wed, 01 February 2012, 17:34:19

Well I guess I'll find out the hard way, because I placed the order immediately after the first response and went to bed. Although I'd assume that the implication with keycap compatibility is concerning stabilizers seeing as all the regular keycaps should be compatible with all cherry switches.

Title: Quick question.
Post by: lightsout714 on Wed, 01 February 2012, 18:50:06

No its not the stabilizers. The hole in the space bar where the stem goes is in a different spot on a leopold then it is on the other brands.

This guy sells pre-modded (if he has any) space bars or can mod yours.
http://geekhack.org/forumdisplay.php?90-TheProfosist

Title: Quick question.
Post by: Hydroid on Thu, 02 February 2012, 03:10:48

Exactly the holes where the stabilizer stems go into are what I was questioning. That's still part of the stabilizers though.

Title: Quick question.
Post by: lightsout714 on Thu, 02 February 2012, 08:57:29

I guess. But when you say it like that it sounds like every cap has a stabilizer then. Just clarifying.