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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: FreeCopy on Thu, 14 November 2013, 02:32:30
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This was my solution at the time to fix the spacebar on my Model M. It was originally supposed to be a temp fix but it's been holding together for over 2 years now.
It's a 6/32(1/8" diam) screw with a 5/64" hole drilled through for the stabilizer bar.
4 pic album how it turned out.
http://imgur.com/a/wLlg6
In the 4th pic you can see a very slight bump on the front face where I just about ran the screw through.
This was a store room find that started with this and turned into a bolt mod.
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Wow - neat!
I just sourced a replacement space bar for mine.
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That is just Bad-Ass
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I still have my old broken space bar - have to try to remember this in case one of the good ones also breaks.
You try doing that with the modern thin keycaps you get these days!
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You try doing that with the modern thin keycaps you get these days!
This was my main thought when going through the process.
Also, I was lucky it was this end. I'm still not sure how I would've worked around the other end being broken.
I still should look into a proper replacement. This fix added a lot of metallic noise. It is noticeably louder than the other keys. Not like it really matters with this board anyway. Just added one more trumpet to the marching band I suppose.
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Very nice. Could probaby use nylon machine screws to quiet it.