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Title: What is under the keycap of my 87U?
Post by: watduzhkstand4 on Thu, 07 June 2012, 08:57:44

The left Ctrl key
(http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7078/7348265336_b4ae943ca6_z.jpg) (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jerrytam/7348265336/)
Untitled (http://www.flickr.com/photos/jerrytam/7348265336/) by Jэяяу (http://www.flickr.com/people/jerrytam/), on Flickr

What lead to my discovery was when I was using the Ctrl key and noticed that the sound of the key was much more dampened.
Does anyone know what this is? Should I contact EK about it? I received the keyboard just yesterday.

Title: What is under the keycap of my 87U?
Post by: laffindude on Thu, 07 June 2012, 09:05:29

Lube.

Title: What is under the keycap of my 87U?
Post by: watduzhkstand4 on Thu, 07 June 2012, 09:07:53

they actually lube the switches? I've taken my HHKB apart before and didn't notice there was lube.

Title: What is under the keycap of my 87U?
Post by: reaper on Thu, 07 June 2012, 09:08:58

Yup, those are normal.  I've seen them on pretty much all the RF from EK and even the ones I got directly from Leopold in S. Korea.

Title: What is under the keycap of my 87U?
Post by: watduzhkstand4 on Thu, 07 June 2012, 09:11:32

thanks reaper. I didn't know they were going to overload on lube just on one switch lol

Title: What is under the keycap of my 87U?
Post by: DEAD_BEEF on Thu, 07 June 2012, 10:00:35

I should have ordered a tube with my 87U. How often do these babies need to be lubed?

Title: What is under the keycap of my 87U?
Post by: reaper on Thu, 07 June 2012, 18:06:34

I suppose that would depend on the usage but I haven't lubed mine yet and I have it for awhile.  Guess the one that came with it was sufficient. lol

Anywho, welcome to Geekhack! =D

Title: What is under the keycap of my 87U?
Post by: mkawa on Thu, 07 June 2012, 20:30:23

Quote from: watduzhkstand4;609102

they actually lube the switches? I've taken my HHKB apart before and didn't notice there was lube.

i wonder if this explains demik's assertion that hhkb 45g is somehow wildly different from rf 45g

Title: What is under the keycap of my 87U?
Post by: watduzhkstand4 on Fri, 08 June 2012, 01:02:01

I personally find the 87U feeling much more solid in every keystroke. The sound it produces kind of explains the way the keyboard is built. (If that makes any sense) Also, the spacebar on my 87U 45g feels like it's heavier than every other key on the keyboard. I don't know if that's true or if that's just me :P

Title: What is under the keycap of my 87U?
Post by: hoggy on Fri, 08 June 2012, 02:14:59

Quote from: watduzhkstand4;609608

I personally find the 87U feeling much more solid in every keystroke. The sound it produces kind of explains the way the keyboard is built. (If that makes any sense) Also, the spacebar on my 87U 45g feels like it's heavier than every other key on the keyboard. I don't know if that's true or if that's just me :P

It sounds deliberate.  I don't know about Topre, but cherry make switches (the grey ones) that I've only ever seen under space bars..

Title: What is under the keycap of my 87U?
Post by: watduzhkstand4 on Fri, 08 June 2012, 15:03:54

Quote from: hoggy;609633

It sounds deliberate.  I don't know about Topre, but cherry make switches (the grey ones) that I've only ever seen under space bars..

I remember swapping out the grey switch from my MX11800 spacebar to the scroll lock key. I like it lighter on the spacebar

Title: What is under the keycap of my 87U?
Post by: Wildcard on Fri, 08 June 2012, 15:16:11

I wonder if the supposed "stiffening" of the switches over time, is actually due to the lube drying out and not actually from the rubber getting firmer.

Edit: going back to the OP, I had quite a bit of lube under my left modifier as well