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geekhack Community => Keyboard Keycaps => Topic started by: jacobolus on Wed, 09 April 2014, 22:25:46

Title: what options are available for Cherry ML keycaps?
Post by: jacobolus on Wed, 09 April 2014, 22:25:46

The ML keycaps I’ve seen are all printed ABS, kind of flimsy and cheap feeling, and most are smaller than standard keycap size [which is fine for some purposes].

Does anyone know sources for interesting Cherry ML keycaps?

Are the SP ones any good? Will they do double-shots? PBT?
Are there other keycap vendors who sell ML caps? Blanks? What kind of cap sizes are available?

Title: Re: what options are available for Cherry ML keycaps?
Post by: davkol on Thu, 10 April 2014, 12:29:53

AFAIK there's essentially only SP or harvesting lasered/dyesub POM/PBT from Cherry G84 boards.

Title: Re: what options are available for Cherry ML keycaps?
Post by: IvanIvanovich on Thu, 10 April 2014, 14:09:31

The Tandberg ones have some kind of cool keys, I think they are dyesubs. You can find the dyesub ones if they have an S model like G84-****S** / S****
(http://deskthority.net/w/images/2/21/Cherry_ml_switches_with_foam.jpg)

P models are pad printed abs, L models are lasered.

Title: Re: what options are available for Cherry ML keycaps?
Post by: jacobolus on Thu, 10 April 2014, 15:45:59

Wow, those Tandberg ones are quite something. That keycap shape should avoid the problem ML switches tend to have with tilting and binding when you press on a corner.

Title: Re: what options are available for Cherry ML keycaps?
Post by: nubbinator on Thu, 10 April 2014, 22:11:23

There are also various old laptops that use ML and you can find some Dolch units (the ones with a trackpad) with ML switches.

Title: Re: what options are available for Cherry ML keycaps?
Post by: Monophonic on Fri, 18 April 2014, 05:18:05

What about desktop keyboards? I've only ever seen one style.