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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: m4ge123 on Tue, 08 January 2013, 11:24:33

Title: Looking for square cherry mx keycaps
Post by: m4ge123 on Tue, 08 January 2013, 11:24:33
I'm trying to find some square keycaps (like http://stenografia.pl/stenotypia/button-caps-theory.png (http://stenografia.pl/stenotypia/button-caps-theory.png)), single and 2x tall. I googled around for a few hours and couldn't really find anything. I plan to make a custom PCB with 22 Cherry MX blue switches in the standard steno layout (http://www.spurgerreporting.com/keyboard.gif (http://www.spurgerreporting.com/keyboard.gif)). Has anyone seen any keycaps at all like this?
Title: Re: Looking for square cherry mx keycaps
Post by: precarious on Tue, 08 January 2013, 11:37:51
there are some 2x1 relegendable POS keys, and some that a lot of people may have picked up in  the recent SP crap bag sale, those might suit your needs
Title: Re: Looking for square cherry mx keycaps
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Tue, 08 January 2013, 13:56:22
These (http://www.piengineering.com/accessories/keycaps1.php) are probably the most 'square' flat keys for MX compatible you are likely to find.
Title: Re: Looking for square cherry mx keycaps
Post by: TotalChaos on Wed, 09 January 2013, 02:32:43
I'm trying to find some square keycaps (like http://stenografia.pl/stenotypia/button-caps-theory.png (http://stenografia.pl/stenotypia/button-caps-theory.png)), single and 2x tall. I googled around for a few hours and couldn't really find anything. I plan to make a custom PCB with 22 Cherry MX blue switches in the standard steno layout (http://www.spurgerreporting.com/keyboard.gif (http://www.spurgerreporting.com/keyboard.gif)). Has anyone seen any keycaps at all like this?
I am writing this to permanently remind myself that this is most useful msg I have ever read about keycaps!  You just completely blew my mind!
Title: Re: Looking for square cherry mx keycaps
Post by: dorkvader on Fri, 01 February 2013, 23:05:32
http://www.pimpmykeyboard.com/marketplace.php

These are available now from sp.
Title: Re: Looking for square cherry mx keycaps
Post by: clickclack123 on Mon, 13 January 2014, 03:11:45
I'm trying to find some square keycaps (like http://stenografia.pl/stenotypia/button-caps-theory.png (http://stenografia.pl/stenotypia/button-caps-theory.png)), single and 2x tall. I googled around for a few hours and couldn't really find anything. I plan to make a custom PCB with 22 Cherry MX blue switches in the standard steno layout (http://www.spurgerreporting.com/keyboard.gif (http://www.spurgerreporting.com/keyboard.gif)). Has anyone seen any keycaps at all like this?

That stenografia link didn't work for me. Sp has flat caps for $2 each at the link dorkvader posted.

BTW i'd probably be interested in a pcb for a steno board as well. Are you planning to use Plover?
Title: Re: Looking for square cherry mx keycaps
Post by: Oobly on Mon, 13 January 2014, 03:20:47
What's with all the thread necros recently?
Title: Re: Looking for square cherry mx keycaps
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 13 January 2014, 03:50:31
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52900.0
Title: Re: Looking for square cherry mx keycaps
Post by: clickclack123 on Mon, 13 January 2014, 17:34:44
I'm trying to find some square keycaps (like http://stenografia.pl/stenotypia/button-caps-theory.png (http://stenografia.pl/stenotypia/button-caps-theory.png)), single and 2x tall.

Does anyone have a copy of this image? I've seen it mentioned a couple of times on steno pages and I'm curious about what it contains. I guess it's a picture of a square keycap.
Title: Re: Looking for square cherry mx keycaps
Post by: TotalChaos on Thu, 31 July 2014, 20:38:43
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52900.0
Link is broken.
Title: Re: Looking for square cherry mx keycaps
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 31 July 2014, 22:44:35
http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=52900.0
Link is broken.

Link was nearly 7 months ago - probably to one of the boards that has been deleted.  Not much I can do about it :(
Title: Re: Looking for square cherry mx keycaps
Post by: Firebolt1914 on Thu, 31 July 2014, 23:04:37
You just necro'd a thread when the last thing people were talking about were necro'd threads.
Title: Re: Looking for square cherry mx keycaps
Post by: TotalChaos on Fri, 01 August 2014, 06:32:12
You just necro'd a thread when the last thing people were talking about were necro'd threads.
I'm a 45th level Necromancer.  I have Resurrection, Raise Dead, Summon Necromancer, Zombie and numerous other Necromancy spells in my spellbook.  :p

There is another guy in a current thread who is trying to manufacture square cherry mx keycaps and he would be interested to see this thread.