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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Pacifist on Tue, 06 May 2014, 15:53:11

Title: Cut PCB mount stabs to work with Phantom?
Post by: Pacifist on Tue, 06 May 2014, 15:53:11

Would it be possible to cut off the inserts on PCB mounted cherry stabs then glue them to the PCB of a phantom? Orr is it just not sturdy enough?

Title: Re: Cut PCB mount stabs to work with Phantom?
Post by: Photekq on Tue, 06 May 2014, 15:54:20

You'd be better off making holes in the PCB for the stabilisers. Cherry plate mount stabilisers feel pretty much identical once they're clipped.

Title: Re: Cut PCB mount stabs to work with Phantom?
Post by: Pacifist on Tue, 06 May 2014, 15:57:48

Quote from: Photekq on Tue, 06 May 2014, 15:54:20

You'd be better off making holes in the PCB for the stabilisers. Cherry plate mount stabilisers feel pretty much identical once they're clipped.

Hmm okay. I've read that clipping plate mount cherry stabs doesn't actually do anything. Looks like it actually does.

Title: Re: Cut PCB mount stabs to work with Phantom?
Post by: Photekq on Tue, 06 May 2014, 16:00:45

It does the exact same thing as clipping PCB mount stabilisers. The stem on plate mount stabilisers hits the PCB, just like the stem on PCB mount stabilisers.

Title: Re: Cut PCB mount stabs to work with Phantom?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 06 May 2014, 16:01:05

Besides the spacebar do you really need stabilizers bad enough to attempt gluing them to the PCB?

Title: Re: Cut PCB mount stabs to work with Phantom?
Post by: jdcarpe on Tue, 06 May 2014, 16:47:44

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Tue, 06 May 2014, 16:01:05

Besides the spacebar do you really need stabilizers bad enough to attempt gluing them to the PCB?

Not really. And it's too bad that drilling holes for the spacebar stab in the Phantom PCB is a no-go. There are traces that run through there.

Title: Re: Cut PCB mount stabs to work with Phantom?
Post by: Photekq on Tue, 06 May 2014, 16:57:24

Quote from: jdcarpe on Tue, 06 May 2014, 16:47:44

Not really. And it's too bad that drilling holes for the spacebar stab in the Phantom PCB is a no-go. There are traces that run through there.

Could they not be bridged?

Title: Re: Cut PCB mount stabs to work with Phantom?
Post by: Pacifist on Tue, 06 May 2014, 17:39:15

tried clipping the stabs on my new(ish) deck legend, and I see now that plate mount cherry stabs are affected by clipping the same way pcb is.

Thanks for the help! Going to go with plate mount for next build