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Title: Which keyboards come with doubleshots already on them?
Post by: MyNameIsFinn on Tue, 13 March 2012, 16:19:32

What the title says, I wanna do some ebay snooping.

Title: Which keyboards come with doubleshots already on them?
Post by: MyNameIsFinn on Tue, 13 March 2012, 16:23:40

OR with high quality keys

Title: Which keyboards come with doubleshots already on them?
Post by: Roguemaster8 on Tue, 13 March 2012, 16:26:16

Older Cherry keyboards are the only ones I know of, but if you can't find those, go for ones that come with PBT caps.

Like a Unicomp.

EDIT: I found one: http://www.ebay.com/itm/CHERRY-G81-1822HQMUS-PS2-BLACK-KEYBOARD-/230618121302?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item35b1e94456#ht_500wt_1180

Title: Which keyboards come with doubleshots already on them?
Post by: MyNameIsFinn on Tue, 13 March 2012, 16:39:03

Quote from: ripster;544855

See the Anti-Otaku Filco mod post.  Go to Mods subforum and click on sort by views and it should float near the top.  Ask questions in the mod post if you have any.

Thanks ripster

Title: Which keyboards come with doubleshots already on them?
Post by: silat on Tue, 13 March 2012, 16:45:29

Quote from: ripster;544855

See the Anti-Otaku Filco mod post.  Go to Mods subforum and click on sort by views and it should float near the top.  Ask questions in the mod post if you have any.

Ripster would you please tell me what is the reason people want these keys? What keyboards do people want them for?

Title: Which keyboards come with doubleshots already on them?
Post by: keyboardlover on Tue, 13 March 2012, 18:06:47

This is also mentioned on my website. Click the sig yo!

Title: Which keyboards come with doubleshots already on them?
Post by: dorkvader on Tue, 13 March 2012, 18:30:21

Quote from: ripster;544875

All in the Anti-Otaku post.

Feel free to ask questions there.

Quote from: keyboardlover;544983

This is also mentioned on my website. Click the sig yo!

Or, you can ask questions about keycaps in the keycaps subforum and get an answer there *gasp* !

Quote from: silat;544874

Ripster would you please tell me what is the reason people want these keys? What keyboards do people want them for?

Anyway, People seem to like doubleshots. They are always ABS plastic, but the legends are shot "through" the keycap and won't fade until you've worn through the entire keycap. I have a set of used cherry doubleshots, and they look really nice, with the white lettering on black keys. The legends look really sharp.

Personally, I prefer PBT, but the cherry doubleshots are very nice. It's really the only thing I use that's not Dyesublimated PBT. The legends are a little "blurrier" on the PBT dyesubs.
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The alphanumeric keys should work on any cherry MX-compatible(filco majestouch, leopold, CMstorm QF rapid, Poker, etc.) keyboard, but you often need to get other keys for capslock, control, alt, windows, menu, spacebar, and sometimes shift. These are usually made as "moogle" kits. Check the GB forum for some good ones.

Title: Which keyboards come with doubleshots already on them?
Post by: silat on Tue, 13 March 2012, 19:52:29

Thanks for the lead rip....

Title: Which keyboards come with doubleshots already on them?
Post by: silat on Tue, 13 March 2012, 19:55:11

Dork that was very informative. I appreciate it.

Title: Which keyboards come with doubleshots already on them?
Post by: MyNameIsFinn on Tue, 13 March 2012, 21:16:57

Sometimes the **** rip posts makes me happy he is here

Inb4 qft

Title: Which keyboards come with doubleshots already on them?
Post by: Ahlitah on Tue, 13 March 2012, 21:53:15

don't the deck legends have double shots?

Title: Which keyboards come with doubleshots already on them?
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Wed, 14 March 2012, 00:11:38

Cherry G80, G81 models that the first letter in model is H
Wyse / Reynolds / Link / etc terminal boards.
BTC / Leading Edge  / etc 5300 series
Those are just the MX (compatible) ones that are really common and often cheap. There are also loads of Alps and other switch type boards that have doubleshots too that you can get often for under $40.

Title: Which keyboards come with doubleshots already on them?
Post by: dorkvader on Wed, 14 March 2012, 00:39:20

Quote from: Ahlitah;545226

don't the deck legends have double shots?

sort-of. The process involves multiple pieces of plastic, but the "shot" doesn't involve an injection molding machine the same way a traditional doubleshot does:
http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=All+About+Keys (search for "deck"). They have an insert that is likely dyesublimated, then forced into a plastic skirt.

Title: Which keyboards come with doubleshots already on them?
Post by: whiskerBox on Wed, 14 March 2012, 01:22:14

Never know what you'll find in salvage stores (goodwill, salvation army etc.).

I have found several interesting boards with double shots for under $3.

Title: Which keyboards come with doubleshots already on them?
Post by: omuerte on Wed, 14 March 2012, 02:34:52

Quote from: whiskerBox;545425

Never know what you'll find in salvage stores (goodwill, salvation army etc.).

I have found several interesting boards with double shots for under $3.

Standard pc keyboards or POS boards?