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Title: FS: thick blue Cherry PBT dyesubs
Post by: precarious on Mon, 21 January 2013, 17:09:32
$50 USD shipped to the continental 48, plus shipping to elsewhere in the world

sold!

new condition blue dyesubs from a royal satellite 4 typewriter, as pictured.  all keys are dye subs except for the two odd-looking non-keycap pieces.

the stem spacing on the outer posts of the shift keys is slightly wider and may require modification to work with a modern keyboard.  caps lock is center-stemmed.  while not a complete 104 key set, they work great to replace the letters/punctuation, as pictured below, and have a far superior texture and feel to ABS doubleshots.

(http://i.imgur.com/334wwUv.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/ZWhjcmw.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/xxQEM7w.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/JRWOcvz.jpg)

(http://i.imgur.com/N2gai17.jpg)

comparison with other cherry dyesubs

(http://i.imgur.com/kMjc459.jpg)

a similar set i use daily
Title: Re: FS: thick blue Cherry PBT dyesubs
Post by: Jocelyn on Mon, 21 January 2013, 17:16:40
The blue almost looks purple. I really like this, but the Enter obviously wouldn't work with a Poker and same for the spacebar too right? :(
Title: Re: FS: thick blue Cherry PBT dyesubs
Post by: precarious on Mon, 21 January 2013, 17:18:50
the color isn't perfect in the photographs, but it is a pretty deep blue.  the space bar is wider than a standard one, so i wouldn't have any expectations of using it unless you were willing to cut it down -- maybe then. :)
Title: Re: FS: thick blue Cherry PBT dyesubs
Post by: kmiller8 on Mon, 21 January 2013, 17:19:02
The blue almost looks purple. I really like this, but the Enter obviously wouldn't work with a Poker and same for the spacebar too right? :(

To me, It looks like Enter, Spacebar, Backspace, Tab, Caps lock, and the shifts won't fit a "normal" board :x

but as precarious said, this would be perfect (and beautiful) for replacing just letters and numbers :)

E: re-read OP.
Title: Re: FS: thick blue Cherry PBT dyesubs
Post by: precarious on Mon, 21 January 2013, 17:20:34
The blue almost looks purple. I really like this, but the Enter obviously wouldn't work with a Poker and same for the spacebar too right? :(

To me, It looks like Enter, Spacebar, Backspace, Tab, Caps lock, and the shifts won't fit a "normal" board :x

but as precarious said, this would be perfect (and beautiful) for replacing just letters and numbers :)

caps lock & tab will fit a normal board, the 1.5x word key is center stemmed but probably wouldn't fit due to stabilizers.
Title: Re: FS: thick blue Cherry PBT dyesubs
Post by: ZcHuer on Mon, 21 January 2013, 19:11:28
PMed ;-D
Title: Re: FS: thick blue Cherry PBT dyesubs
Post by: precarious on Mon, 21 January 2013, 21:37:40
sold!