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Title: Homing bump keys
Post by: bishboria on Mon, 10 February 2014, 02:38:11

Hi folks,

I've got the ergodox with DCS keycaps, and I love it. The only problem is that there are no homing bumps on any of the keys and I want to know where my fingers are resting without looking at the keyboard.

Does anyone know where I can buy these homing bump keys?

Cheers,
bishboria

Title: Re: Homing bump keys
Post by: nammkit on Mon, 10 February 2014, 02:52:57

WASD sells some
- http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/products/blank-keycap-singles/row-2-size-1x1-line-cherry-mx-keycap.html

Title: Re: Homing bump keys
Post by: bishboria on Mon, 10 February 2014, 03:12:03

Excellent, I might just get those thanks!

Any idea where I could also get a PBT version?

Title: Re: Homing bump keys
Post by: Findecanor on Mon, 10 February 2014, 05:33:47

Stop! WASD's keys are not the same height as the DCS keys.

You can sometimes buy singles from Signature Plastics that are leftovers from other orders.
See here (http://keycapsdirect.com/key-capsinventory.php). Right now, there are white DCS keys with homing bumps available. No black, though.

Title: Re: Homing bump keys
Post by: bishboria on Mon, 10 February 2014, 06:36:24

Thanks!

According to http://keycapsdirect.com/inventorypdfs/DCSPBTInventory.pdf it looks like I could get a few blue row 2 keys with homing bumps. Might be quite nice against the other black keys.

EDIT: Actually, it's row 3 keys I need! :)

Title: Re: Homing bump keys
Post by: kod on Tue, 11 February 2014, 12:02:09

I've been wondering if simply drilling a small hole in the surface of the cap would give enough feedback to locate them... anyone tried that?