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geekhack Community => geekhack Media => Topic started by: WhiteFireDragon on Sun, 10 February 2013, 01:04:56
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No keycap pr0n in this thread, only barebones. This is durainello's custom CM quickfire. Instead of taking a break from weekday stresses and going out, I spent my whole Saturday building this for him. Gawd I'm such a nerd, but sometimes love it ^-^ .
modded with
- ergo-clear switches
- 62g springs
- cherry stabilizers
- lubed with krytox GPL 103, GPL 205, victorinox
- mx grey spacebar
- custom TKL plate
- stabilizers lubed, dampeners clipped
- white LEDs
- top switch housing drilled for LEDs
what it started out with- mx black switches
- stock black springs
- costar stabilizers
- non switch-removable plate
- red LEDs
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/IMG_2530.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/IMG_2535.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/IMG_2542.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/IMG_2555.jpg)
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There aren't enough words or ways to say how grateful I am to WFD for doing a great job and spending his Saturday to make my board looks so great.
Thanks bro.
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cool :cool:
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Wow...someone actually replaced Costar Stabs with Cherry stabs. I do prefer them, but I thought the majority rule here was that Costar stabs are better...
But dang, that's a nice looking board. Fancy!
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I will spend more replacing broken stabilizers inserts :p
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Very nice. I have been working on doing something very similar with an old Chicony for fun. Also nice to see someone else has the sense to replace costar with Cherry.
Can you elaborate on how you made the in switch led on pcb that dosen't support? I figured to file a small notch in the lower housing so I could bend the legs out in a 90 degree and then just run wire under the plate above the pcb to the existing lock led pads, did you make a similar approach?
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WFD is the man. I've used him a couple times in the recent past and he's been awesome every single time.
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WFD, how do you have time for all these projects? Anyways, this looks awesome. The build came out super sexy. Can you elaborate on swapping out LEDs? I'd like to swap the blue ones in my Leopold for purple/magenta ones
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this is awesome. ! waiting for my phantom's turn to come. :p
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Wow...someone actually replaced Costar Stabs with Cherry stabs. I do prefer them, but I thought the majority rule here was that Costar stabs are better...
I've done a 180 as well. Costar stabilizers are super easy to swap keycaps and do not change the feel but I prefer the cushioning of Cherry stabilizers.
Really? I find Costar stabs are harder to change the caps...My Leopold has Cherry Stabs, and I find them much more preferable to Costars.
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Wow, nice board! :D
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You drilled the switch tops of the switches with LEDs so you can still swap them without desoldering the LEDs? That's quite a good idea.
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Nice job. Just curious, how much do you charge for this service?
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You drilled the switch tops of the switches with LEDs so you can still swap them without desoldering the LEDs? That's quite a good idea.
The top housing where the LED sits was shaved off with a dremel. This lets you remove the stop cover while the LEDs are still installed. Basically every switch is removable, including switches with modifiers and LEDs. Here's a pic of a modded LED cover, next to an unmodded one.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/th_IMG_2562.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/IMG_2562.jpg)
Nice job. Just curious, how much do you charge for this service?
I think it was around $65 for labor, which is not much at all considering how many mods this is, how long it took, and how much my lube costs. Durainello covered all the costs of parts though. This was done more as a project, not as a business to profit.
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Thats a reasonable price especially considering how much time that would have been spent doing this.
If only USPS shipping wasnt horribad, id have you build all my future stuffs.
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Dump all the unnecessary like the retail boxes etc , u can get a much cheaper shipping. Est us$40 to ship to Aust or SG is not considered expensive.
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You drilled the switch tops of the switches with LEDs so you can still swap them without desoldering the LEDs? That's quite a good idea.
The top housing where the LED sits was shaved off with a dremel. This lets you remove the stop cover while the LEDs are still installed. Basically every switch is removable, including switches with modifiers and LEDs. Here's a pic of a modded LED cover, next to an unmodded one.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/th_IMG_2562.jpg) (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v288/WhiteFireDragon/keyboard/IMG_2562.jpg)
OK thank you, that looks good, I might have a go at doing it too.
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Dump all the unnecessary like the retail boxes etc , u can get a much cheaper shipping. Est us$40 to ship to Aust or SG is not considered expensive.
When shipping a valuable keyboard so far, you'd want to make sure it was very securely packed. There are too many stories about boxes being dropped on the corner which shatters the case. Keycaps dislodged. That sort of thing.
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That responsibility shall falls under WFD :p, he gotta ditch the retail box and make sure it's packed like within a retail box.
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Looking good wfd. Would this be your preferred setup? I have yet to try 62G switches let alone clears.
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Nice, I did something similar (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40081.msg794364#msg794364) on Friday evening too. I used cheaper lube (Superlube), heavier springs, and removed the LEDs though. I was thinking of doing something to shave off the top housing as well but I wasn't sure if the LED was too weak to be supported without that part, and I just got too lazy to even try haha. Great to see how you got it to work though, gotta try it out soon.
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Looking good wfd. Would this be your preferred setup? I have yet to try 62G switches let alone clears.
Clears with 62g springs are like Heaven, especially when they're Gold 62g springs :)
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Looking good wfd. Would this be your preferred setup? I have yet to try 62G switches let alone clears.
Clears with 62g springs are like Heaven, especially when they're Gold 62g springs :)
55g is better!
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That's even lighter than brown and red?
Looking good wfd. Would this be your preferred setup? I have yet to try 62G switches let alone clears.
Clears with 62g springs are like Heaven, especially when they're Gold 62g springs :)
55g is better!
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Yes 55g is a bit lighter than brown and red (whose springs bottom out at 60g).
That's even lighter than brown and red?
55g is better!
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Can you describe the difference in switch feel between a 55g rf and these modded switches? I have never tried clears or egroclears but have a 55g uniform rf I got a week ago that I may or may not keep. Verdict is still out on that...
Thanks
-wd
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Hope you like the grey space bar. The girlfirend is having a hard time getting used the the grey space on her Ducky because of the lower activation point than the rest of the cherry blacks on the board.
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Hope you like the grey space bar. The girlfirend is having a hard time getting used the the grey space on her Ducky because of the lower activation point than the rest of the cherry blacks on the board.
Holy, I've felt this grey space bar on my friend's Ducky with Blacks... I won't lie.. that space bar is really hard to work. I end up with some really long words composed multiple words.
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Trust me, keep your RF 55, it makes any cherry switches boring. :))
Can you describe the difference in switch feel between a 55g rf and these modded switches? I have never tried clears or egroclears but have a 55g uniform rf I got a week ago that I may or may not keep. Verdict is still out on that...
Thanks
-wd
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where is a good source for cherry stabilizers?
also would these LEDs work to swap into a Filco or QFR?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=06Oaj2cKCwE (http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=06Oaj2cKCwE)
http://lighthouseleds.com/3mm-led-red-green-blue-rainbow-ultra-bright-slow.html (http://lighthouseleds.com/3mm-led-red-green-blue-rainbow-ultra-bright-slow.html)
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Looks awesome! Love the white LEDs :).