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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: fossala on Sat, 07 April 2012, 10:30:50

Title: Changing switches on a filco zero.
Post by: fossala on Sat, 07 April 2012, 10:30:50

I have the oppitunity to buy a filco zero (crappy xm). I should have some blue alps switches soon. Is there any reason I couldn't just put the complicated blue alps on the zero?

Title: Changing switches on a filco zero.
Post by: fossala on Sat, 07 April 2012, 16:41:52

No one knows?

Title: Changing switches on a filco zero.
Post by: stingrae on Sat, 07 April 2012, 17:02:21

Quote from: fossala;570092

No one knows?

dare I say maybe post in KL or Ripster's subforum...also it is holidays so dunno maybe the people who know aren't on the internet..

I imagine aslong as the switch isn't taken apart or needs to be to be put on the circuit board it shouldn't be that different from the cherry mx but I've been warned alps are like a box of chocolates...

Title: Changing switches on a filco zero.
Post by: fossala on Sat, 07 April 2012, 17:05:35

Eventualy found this
http://geekhack.org/showwiki.php?title=Island:6333
Filco zero with complicated blue alps, here I come.

Title: Changing switches on a filco zero.
Post by: Parabellum on Sun, 08 April 2012, 08:40:34

This is gonna be sweet.

Title: Changing switches on a filco zero.
Post by: Daniel Beardsmore on Sun, 08 April 2012, 09:07:07

One very small caveat:

Quote from: TFA

I found the touch of the Filco switches to be too light to my preferences, and they're loud in a way that sound cheap rather than industrious.

I suspect he will have the Fukka variant of that keyboard that EK was selling off. XMs are not light, and Fukkas are very loud (cf ABS M1, which isn't even clicky).

Why did only the Fukka version have controller issues? I don't know how compatible the different ALPS types are. I certainly want this swap to succeed, as XM sucks, while complicated blue ALPS are a wonderful switch.

Title: Changing switches on a filco zero.
Post by: Parabellum on Sun, 08 April 2012, 17:15:26

From what I've seen all complicated and simplified alps (and most copies) have interchangeable solder joints. You should be fine.

Title: Changing switches on a filco zero.
Post by: fossala on Sun, 08 April 2012, 17:22:18

I have only ever used black alps and hated them. Just saw the chance of getting blue alps and couldn't pass. Then saw Daniel offering zero parts and I thought I might as well jump on that and make an awesome board.