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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Melvang on Wed, 12 March 2014, 12:14:29
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Ok here is a couple pics of the plate on the M that I bought. I want to bolt mod it mostly for the experience on doing it plus the top plastic plate needs more cleaning than just a simple wipe down. It looks like a combination of a gamer that lived at his PC (more crud around the wasd cluster) and a short hair cat has been sleeping on it for 10 years. All of the keys actuated clean except for the 7 on the number pad.
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The board chow.
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The back of the plate with a couple broken rivets.
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Would you guys consider this a good candidate for a bolt mod? Also are the 2-56 or the 2mm x .4 screws preferred? If there is really no preference I was planning on going with the 2-56 just because I will be needing some of those for M-64 including tap and other stuffs.
I have found Ripsters bolt mod guide and seems detailed enough that I should be able to pull it off.
Any other tips I should be aware of? I already have this thing apart as far as I can go before destructive means would be necessary.
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Every Model M is a great candidate for a bolt mod. Even ones without broken rivets because those rivets will break eventually.
I think the 2 mm x .4 works great, and that is what I have been using. The length and head type will depend on how you want to do a bolt mod, and what row you plan to do.
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Every Model M is a great candidate for a bolt mod. Even ones without broken rivets because those rivets will break eventually.
I think the 2 mm x .4 works great, and that is what I have been using. The length and head type will depend on how you want to do a bolt mod, and what row you plan to do.
I was planning on doing a FULL disassembly and remove all the plastic rivets. It isn't that it feels bad but I mostly want to do it for the experience of doing it. While I am at it would you guys reccommend replacing all the springs and hammers? Unicomp has them for $0.20 each.
I guess I need to look up actual diameters between the M2 and the 2-56.
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Every Model M is a great candidate for a bolt mod. Even ones without broken rivets because those rivets will break eventually.
I think the 2 mm x .4 works great, and that is what I have been using. The length and head type will depend on how you want to do a bolt mod, and what row you plan to do.
I was planning on doing a FULL disassembly and remove all the plastic rivets. It isn't that it feels bad but I mostly want to do it for the experience of doing it. While I am at it would you guys reccommend replacing all the springs and hammers? Unicomp has them for $0.20 each.
I guess I need to look up actual diameters between the M2 and the 2-56.
About spring and hammers - if it isn't broken, don't try to fix it :) In my experience, it's the most sturdy part of buckling spring switch.