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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: gameaholic on Thu, 24 October 2013, 13:32:49

Title: Just had a brilliant idea.
Post by: gameaholic on Thu, 24 October 2013, 13:32:49: I don't mind if someone steals this idea since I don't want to do the research on which magnets to use, what glue, and where to get the other parts.

Has anyone ever super glued the tops of cherry mx stems onto small magnets so keycaps could be mounted on a fridge (or any other metal surface) kinda like the magnetic poetry sets? Why confine our keycaps to just our keyboards?

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Title: Re: Just had a brilliant idea.
Post by: MTManiac on Thu, 24 October 2013, 13:35:12: magnetic stems = goldmine :thumb:

finally a use for cherry reds!!!!!!
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Post by: Computer-Lab in Basement on Thu, 24 October 2013, 13:37:12: Techkeys had Billiards magnet set, so it has been done before.
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Post by: IvanIvanovich on Thu, 24 October 2013, 13:44:18: Glue MY switch to N35 14x1mm magnets.
Title: Re: Just had a brilliant idea.
Post by: i3oilermaker on Thu, 24 October 2013, 14:09:47: http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=34337.msg633030#msg633030 (http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=34337.msg633030#msg633030)

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Title: Re: Just had a brilliant idea.
Post by: Signature on Thu, 24 October 2013, 14:34:23: Quote from: gameaholic on Thu, 24 October 2013, 13:32:49

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Title: Re: Just had a brilliant idea.
Post by: clickclack on Thu, 24 October 2013, 15:03:04: Quote from: MTManiac on Thu, 24 October 2013, 13:35:12
magnetic stems = goldmine :thumb:

finally a use for cherry reds!!!!!!

On my old collector sets I included swappable stems for MX and Topre that had magnets in them. They were provided with either one cc plate case (for multiples) or one cc stand. I will look around to see if I can find a photo or just take a photo later and post it. The initial idea was that you could store your keys then on the fridge for fun when your not using those ones or combine them on an interesting 2D or 3D platform. I didn't get a lot of motivating feedback at the time so I didn't keep making them. Maybe I will pick it up again, we shall see. Lulz and I just remembered "cling" (aka magneto, magnaclack), which was a cc variant with magnet inside it. That one was really not popular. Who knew people actually wanted them on the keyboard. =P

-cc =)
Title: Re: Just had a brilliant idea.
Post by: SpAmRaY on Thu, 24 October 2013, 15:11:21: Quote from: clickclack on Thu, 24 October 2013, 15:03:04
Quote from: MTManiac on Thu, 24 October 2013, 13:35:12
magnetic stems = goldmine :thumb:

finally a use for cherry reds!!!!!!

On my old collector sets I included swappable stems for MX and Topre that had magnets in them. They were provided with either one cc plate case (for multiples) or one cc stand. I will look around to see if I can find a photo or just take a photo later and post it. The initial idea was that you could store your keys then on the fridge for fun when your not using those ones or combine them on an interesting 2D or 3D platform. I didn't get a lot of motivating feedback at the time so I didn't keep making them. Maybe I will pick it up again, we shall see. Lulz and I just remembered "cling" (aka magneto, magnaclack), which was a cc variant with magnet inside it. That one was really not popular. Who knew people actually wanted them on the keyboard. =P

-cc =)

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clickclack I think you should write a book about all your works, I would buy it :thumb:
Title: Re: Just had a brilliant idea.
Post by: Findecanor on Thu, 24 October 2013, 16:00:25: Kurrk has given me a couple of Cherry MY switches with magnets glued to the back. Excellent fridge magnets.
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Post by: PointyFox on Thu, 24 October 2013, 16:14:15: While we're at it, we can also:

-Drill holes in them and wear them on our shoelaces
-Glue them together to make coasters
-Drill holes in them and make beaded curtains out of them
-Use them as knife rests
-Attach tongue depressors to them and make puppets
-Use them as diffusers for LEDs.
-Use them as mosaic tiles
-Glue them back to back and make toe spacers
-Glue them to our fingers so our hands can tap dance.
Title: Re: Just had a brilliant idea.
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 24 October 2013, 16:45:56: Quote from: PointyFox on Thu, 24 October 2013, 16:14:15
While we're at it, we can also:

-Drill holes in them and wear them on our shoelaces
-Glue them together to make coasters
-Drill holes in them and make beaded curtains out of them
-Use them as knife rests
-Attach tongue depressors to them and make puppets
-Use them as diffusers for LEDs.
-Use them as mosaic tiles
-Glue them back to back and make toe spacers
-Glue them to our fingers so our hands can tap dance.

Make a handbag out of them.
Make clothes out of them.
Make a chair out of them.

If I had more time I'd dig the GH links out.
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Post by: SpAmRaY on Thu, 24 October 2013, 16:49:13: [attach=1]
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Post by: terran5992 on Fri, 25 October 2013, 05:08:50: Quote from: SpAmRaY on Thu, 24 October 2013, 16:49:13
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Post by: clickclack on Fri, 25 October 2013, 06:48:52: As I mentioned earlier-

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Can't find the Topre version, but that doesn't surprise me too much. Between moving and reorganizing everything I'm surprised I can find anything.

-cc =)
Title: Re: Just had a brilliant idea.
Post by: SpAmRaY on Fri, 25 October 2013, 06:57:24: Quote from: clickclack on Fri, 25 October 2013, 06:48:52
As I mentioned earlier-

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Can't find the Topre version, but that doesn't surprise me too much. Between moving and reorganizing everything I'm surprised I can find anything.

-cc =)

That is the coolest thing I've ever seen!!
Title: Re: Just had a brilliant idea.
Post by: CPTBadAss on Fri, 25 October 2013, 07:00:33: Uh yeah, that swappable, magnetic stem is genius. You can enjoy your Clacks and other keycaps on your fridge AND on your keyboards. The caps don't have to only hang out in their box and on keyboards!
Title: Re: Just had a brilliant idea.
Post by: stoic-lemon on Fri, 25 October 2013, 07:21:00: Quote from: CPTBadAss on Fri, 25 October 2013, 07:00:33
Uh yeah, that swappable, magnetic stem is genius. You can enjoy your Clacks and other keycaps on your fridge AND on your keyboards. The caps don't have to only hang out in their box and on keyboards!

Can we make this a thing, please? I would buy a bunch of them to use at school.
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Post by: fohat.digs on Fri, 25 October 2013, 08:13:15: I have bought several cheap-ass Packard Bell keyboards with MX-compatible caps. They are pretty poor, but good for experiments.

There is a little plunger type of stem that has 4 "feet" and is loose when you break the board open. You could harvest 100+ of them per board, along with the keycaps, and hot-glue the stems to magnets. The entire assembly would end up being fairly tall, but it would be easy.

I also epoxied them to a baking pan to make a Retro-briting tray.