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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: sharkbyte on Thu, 14 November 2013, 02:20:24

Title: G80-1800 blank keycaps, where to buy?
Post by: sharkbyte on Thu, 14 November 2013, 02:20:24

Hey folks!

I finally pulled the trigger and bought me a used G80-1800 for about 10bucks  :thumb:

Now I´m in search for replacement keycaps (ANSI) for the letter keys and probably the number row in blank.
Have read that the lower letter row is somehow unique, is that true?
I want to replace the letters and probably numbers to fiddke around with dvorak and because I have to switch between ISO and german regularly. Of cause I don´t want to spend 10x the cost of the kb itself. I´m unable to get my head around taobao and banggood seems to be - not trustworthy.

I would appreciate any suggestions.

Title: Re: G80-1800 blank keycaps, where to buy?
Post by: terran5992 on Thu, 14 November 2013, 02:28:49

Gonna be hard , since the layout is a bit weird

Title: Re: G80-1800 blank keycaps, where to buy?
Post by: sharkbyte on Thu, 14 November 2013, 02:36:07

*sigh*

Is it just that the keys of the lower row are shaped differently?

Title: Re: G80-1800 blank keycaps, where to buy?
Post by: terran5992 on Thu, 14 November 2013, 03:45:27

Standard layout would look something like this

(http://www.diatec.co.jp/image_prod/87_L.jpg)

Title: Re: G80-1800 blank keycaps, where to buy?
Post by: sharkbyte on Thu, 14 November 2013, 04:33:41

Thanks for your reply.

I suppose my openingpost was somehow misleading. I would like to switch the letter keys to blank ones so the original layout is secondary to me. Just need enough blank keys in the right shape for the rows 2-4 without modifiers.

Did I miss your point?

Title: Re: G80-1800 blank keycaps, where to buy?
Post by: iAmAhab on Thu, 14 November 2013, 06:11:10

http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_G80-1800 (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_G80-1800)
http://deskthority.net/wiki/Keyboard_profile (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Keyboard_profile)

The only thing you have to think about when changing the alphas is the profile of the keys. The keys on that keyboard are cherry profile.

Title: Re: G80-1800 blank keycaps, where to buy?
Post by: sharkbyte on Thu, 14 November 2013, 06:42:27

Thanks ahab  :thumb:

So the question remains, where to get cheap blank cherry "alphas"?
Shipping to germany :)

Would this fit: DSA PBT Blank Sets
http://www.keycapsdirect.com/marketplace.php

Title: Re: G80-1800 blank keycaps, where to buy?
Post by: sharkbyte on Thu, 14 November 2013, 08:46:42

http://www.pimpmykeyboard.com/images/ItemsforSale/dcsrowguide.pdf

This pdf explaining the layout suggests that I could user "row 4" 1-space keys to use them as modifiers in the lower row, is this correct?