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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: IBI on Mon, 10 March 2008, 12:26:58

Title: Size of cherry mx keycap fixings?
Post by: IBI on Mon, 10 March 2008, 12:26:58

Does anyone know the size of the fixings on a keycap for a cherry mx switch? I've got a gatway with what looks like a similar attachment mechanism and I wondered if I could use those keys on cherry MX mechanisms (so I could put english punctuation onto a spanish (http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/G80-3469LPMES-0-SPANISH-keyboard-105-microswitch_W0QQitemZ290158133527QQihZ019QQcategoryZ33964QQcmdZViewItemQQ_trksidZp1742.m153.l1262) keyboard for example).

A little bit of searching doesn't reveal much, but maybe I'm using the wrong terms.