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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: omuerte on Fri, 02 March 2012, 17:17:49
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I got a handful of the novelty group buy SP doubleshots in the mail yesterday and noticed something when installing o-rings. I need to use 3 o-rings to dampen the esc key because there is no cross-hash molding on the bottom of the key like there is on oem keys. How do other people deal with this, multiple o-rings on SP keys or is there another method?
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Your options are multiple o-rings / soft-landing pads, or thicker o-rings. You could also fill the bottom of the keycap with epoxy or something, but modding keycaps is not worth the hassle. You even make a shim out of cardboard or paper to put under the o-ring, but using multiple o-rings is probably the easiest method.
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I have a pile of cheap 50A rings from mcmaster-carr here so I'll just use a couple of those to fill the space on SP keys then put whatever softness ring on the bottom for dampening. Thanks!
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another SP fail...
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Yeah, I see why people talk **** about their keys now - they really aren't that well made compared to the other options out there.
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Yeah, I see why people talk **** about their keys now - they really aren't that well made compared to the other options out there.
Its annoying how thinck the spherical panic key I got is. But all the other DS's are so thin.
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It's almost worth epoxying an insert into the bottom to give them a bit of heft.
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Epoxy or molten lead to reduce the switch activation force :-)
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Which keys are you putting the novelty caps on? They're all top row esc profiles, and since I hardly press those, I don't even put any O-rings on my SP caps. But if I did, just use multiple O-rings.