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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: DrinkTea on Wed, 30 October 2013, 22:57:47
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So I like the way the spacebar sounds, especially, and I see it has a spring around the plunger to make it heavier. Has anyone ever tried putting similar springs under the other keys? If so, how does it affect the feel and sound? I would imagine you'd use something very light, say, 5-10g.
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That would be nice and I think it has already been discussed.
I would like to have a number of these springs to be able to experiment with them. I would start by putting one under the Enter key so I don't press it too easily.
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I expect problems if you try to replace this spring.
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He's referring to the spring on top of the space bar plunger, not the ones inside the board.
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I expect problems if you try to replace this spring.
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He's referring to the spring on top of the space bar plunger, not the ones inside the board.
Yes you are right. I have edited my post a few seconds after posting it, when I realized my mistake.
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When I had an FC660C I put the space bar spring under the backspace key.
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When I had an FC660C I put the space bar spring under the backspace key.
You mean that you don't have it anymore? I thought you liked it?
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The problem might be getting hold of a quantity of those springs without sacrificing another Topre board.
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When I had an FC660C I put the space bar spring under the backspace key.
You mean that you don't have it anymore? I thought you liked it?
It was my first topre board but I just couldn't get used to the small layout (same reason I got rid of my pokers), I only had it for like a week if that, since then I've tried 3 other topre boards including the HHKB which somehow has me mesmerized with its layout.
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The problem might be getting hold of a quantity of those springs without sacrificing another Topre board.
I would assume springs are not the hardest thing to get custom made. They don't have to be identical, just the right size.