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Title: Where to get a white spacebar for a Das Professional Model S?
Post by: Peeble on Mon, 18 November 2013, 23:39:19

Hi, does anyone know where I can get a white spacebar keycap that would fit a Das Professional Model S (with the media keys)? I've been searching everywhere and nobody seems to have one that would fit.

Edit: So I'm looking for a white 6x keycap.

Title: Re: Where to get a white spacebar for a Das Professional Model S?
Post by: Linkbane on Mon, 18 November 2013, 23:54:02

What's the size of the spacebar, 6x, 6.25x, etc?
Someone might send one over if they have the right size. I personally have an extra white PBT 6.25x spacebar that doesn't fit on my 6.5x weird TK layout.

Title: Re: Where to get a white spacebar for a Das Professional Model S?
Post by: Peeble on Mon, 18 November 2013, 23:59:44

Sorry,  I'm fairly new to the mechanical keyboard world so I'm not very familiar with sizing. Here is a picture of it compared to a WASD Keyboards white keycap.

(http://i.imgur.com/CisXUZM.jpg)

Title: Re: Where to get a white spacebar for a Das Professional Model S?
Post by: Linkbane on Tue, 19 November 2013, 00:02:44

Quote from: Peeble on Mon, 18 November 2013, 23:59:44

Sorry,  I'm fairly new to the mechanical keyboard world so I'm not very familiar with sizing. Here is a picture of it compared to a WASD Keyboards white keycap.

Show Image

(http://i.imgur.com/CisXUZM.jpg)

Could you compare it with the keys on your board? It looks like it's shorter than the WASD, which I assume is 6.25x as is standard. Just count how many keys it goes across.

Title: Re: Where to get a white spacebar for a Das Professional Model S?
Post by: Peeble on Tue, 19 November 2013, 00:32:24

If the wasd is 6.25 I'd put the das at 6.1? 6x?

(http://i.imgur.com/HsrdqS5.jpg)

Title: Re: Where to get a white spacebar for a Das Professional Model S?
Post by: Linkbane on Tue, 19 November 2013, 01:09:38

Yep, definitely a 6x, then. They're only made in subdivisions of .25. Unfortunately my spacebar is 6.25x, so I couldn't give you mine, but I think that you can get 6x spacebars more commonly than 6.5x, at least.
Sorry for not being much help, hopefully someone can point you to a place to buy them. If all else fails, I think that Maxkeyboards sells them.

And I think that you have the same set as me, haha. Is that the Banggood 87-key set?

Title: Re: Where to get a white spacebar for a Das Professional Model S?
Post by: Peeble on Tue, 19 November 2013, 01:30:14

Nope, it's just a blank white 104 keycap set from WASD. I still have some of the original keys because I forgot to buy some stabilizer inserts. Also the stock keycap set didn't end up fitting on the bottom row because of the function key making windows keys 1x instead of 1.25x so those are also on the way.

Thanks for your help, I appreciate it.

Title: Re: Where to get a white spacebar for a Das Professional Model S?
Post by: Photoelectric on Tue, 19 November 2013, 01:38:42

Here:
http://keycapsdirect.com/inventorypdfs/SpacebarInventory.pdf

if it's 6x, they have those in white.

Add it to cart here by entering code and item name:
http://keycapsdirect.com/key-capsinventory.php

Title: Re: Where to get a white spacebar for a Das Professional Model S?
Post by: Peeble on Tue, 19 November 2013, 10:18:54

Thanks, just put the order in. I did a bit of searching and I can't seem to find the diference between DCS/DSA caps. Can anyone explain it?

Title: Re: Where to get a white spacebar for a Das Professional Model S?
Post by: CPTBadAss on Tue, 19 November 2013, 10:22:28

Quote from: Peeble on Tue, 19 November 2013, 10:18:54

The difference between DCS/DSA caps. Can anyone explain it?

http://keycapsdirect.com/key-caps.php

Title: Re: Where to get a white spacebar for a Das Professional Model S?
Post by: Peeble on Thu, 21 November 2013, 20:55:47

Bad news :( 6 unit DSA white cap came, it's even bigger than the WASD one. Is this because it's DSA not DCS?

(http://i.imgur.com/ZcBX2DU.jpg)

Title: Re: Where to get a white spacebar for a Das Professional Model S?
Post by: esoomenona on Thu, 21 November 2013, 20:58:26

You got a problem with black spacebars!? Why don't you just man up and say it then?

Title: Re: Where to get a white spacebar for a Das Professional Model S?
Post by: Photoelectric on Thu, 21 November 2013, 21:22:03

That can't be right.  WASD does standard 6.25x spacebars.  6x must be shorter than that.  Are you sure you put in the right code when ordering?  If you have, I'd contact signature plastics about it.  They've once sneakily sent me 4 wrong color caps because they were out of the color I ordered. 

I've just calculated the stock spacebar length looking at your layout, and 6x is the correct length to get.

Title: Re: Where to get a white spacebar for a Das Professional Model S?
Post by: Peeble on Thu, 21 November 2013, 21:25:25

Yep, I ordered it correctly.

(http://i.imgur.com/AW0Pag1.jpg)

I'll contact them about it right now.

Title: Re: Where to get a white spacebar for a Das Professional Model S?
Post by: Photoelectric on Thu, 21 November 2013, 22:42:57

Good luck!  They were very accommodating when I contacted them about incorrect color.

PS: 6x is the length in units of 1x, which is the width of individual rectangular keycaps, like 'A'.  DSA is a description of profile: height and contour.  WASD uses 'OEM' profile.  DSA will be lower, as you can see.

Title: Re: Where to get a white spacebar for a Das Professional Model S?
Post by: Linkbane on Thu, 21 November 2013, 23:06:37

Quote from: Peeble on Thu, 21 November 2013, 21:25:25

Yep, I ordered it correctly.

Show Image

(http://i.imgur.com/AW0Pag1.jpg)

I'll contact them about it right now.

Remember that DSA is speherical, whereas DCS is cylindrical. You can remember by the middle and last letter, S/C for spherical/cylindrical and S for sculpted, not sure what 'A' means.

Title: Re: Where to get a white spacebar for a Das Professional Model S?
Post by: Peeble on Mon, 25 November 2013, 11:02:41

Quote

My apologies! It would appear that that item was miss-labeled in our
inventory. The only 6 unit spacebar we currently have in stock is in color
GLY - would you accept this as a replacement or would you prefer I send you
a refund?
Thanks and sorry!!

Welp, anyone know any other place that might have a white 6 unit spacebar?

Title: Re: Where to get a white spacebar for a Das Professional Model S?
Post by: Photoelectric on Tue, 26 November 2013, 11:27:54

:(  Your best bet is to check with Signature Plastics periodically for their DCS profile spacebars.  They don't update the inventory list very frequently.  Really not sure where else you could find a 6x white spacebar, other than asking on the Classifieds.