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Title: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: EvilHMB on Mon, 21 July 2014, 00:53:21
Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards :D

(http://www.bromygod.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Shut-Up-And-Take-My-Money-017-11182013.jpg)
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: Hak Foo on Mon, 21 July 2014, 01:03:09
Some might have compatible caps, or a case you could cut apart for a custom PCB project.
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: EvilHMB on Mon, 21 July 2014, 01:05:01
Some might have compatible caps, or a case you could cut apart for a custom PCB project.

dont worry this wasnt mine, my friend sent me this picture and i felt like sharing haha. (i'd never)
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 21 July 2014, 01:13:49
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Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: EvilHMB on Mon, 21 July 2014, 01:14:47
Touche good sir. touche... i'd like to see how fast i could type on that >.>; needs a 40 percent imo.
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: rowdy on Mon, 21 July 2014, 01:31:30
Another view of it:

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Or this one:

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Or even this outfit:

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Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: EvilHMB on Mon, 21 July 2014, 01:39:19
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ByDJZyE4Uew/T6cRJFiDV8I/AAAAAAAAAVw/YE8EkDZnWSs/s1600/clotesh+keyword.jpg)

they could use a matching bag
(http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-hfgoLZi08js/T6cOzMxXL3I/AAAAAAAAAUw/3TWZQbnUwZM/s1600/Recycled+Keyboard+Shoulder+Purse.jpg)

Wolfgang Keyboard Bench designed by Nolan Herbut
took 2000 keys shoulda used some clacks.
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-u1gapnU8RT4/T6cPL0yjJbI/AAAAAAAAAU4/8wZcQMexgSI/s1600/Wolfgang+Keyboard+Bench.jpg)


Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: EvilHMB on Mon, 21 July 2014, 01:43:59
More bench angles..

(http://0.design-milk.com/images/2010/02/wolfgang-keyboard-bench-2.jpg)
(http://0.design-milk.com/images/2010/02/wolfgang-keyboard-bench-3.jpg)
(http://0.design-milk.com/images/2010/02/wolfgang-keyboard-bench-4.jpg)
(http://0.design-milk.com/images/2010/02/wolfgang-keyboard-bench-5.jpg)
(http://0.design-milk.com/images/2010/02/wolfgang-keyboard-bench-6.jpg)
(http://0.design-milk.com/images/2010/02/wolfgang-keyboard-bench-7.jpg)

lets plug in some random keyswitches yeah? (if only they'd all hold)
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: noisyturtle on Mon, 21 July 2014, 02:21:48
USE TU WIP BUTT
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FITE FUR CORNER OFICE
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USE AS PLAT FUR FUD
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PUT ON CAR TO MAKE HOMERS
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IZ NOW HAT
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Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: davkol on Mon, 21 July 2014, 08:07:58
There was a thread for those weird pictures.

A serious reply: I've dismantled some vintage rubber domes. Cables are soldered to better keyboards with cut cables (no idea why some idiots cut cables from fully working keyboards). Metal backplates are used in the garden. I gave rubber dome sheets to a friend to make some ghetto o-rings. I've collected leds from controllers for possible future use. I let cleaned keycaps dry on the membrane foils. Plastic cases and keycaps were recycled.
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: EvilHMB on Mon, 21 July 2014, 11:21:38
There was a thread for those weird pictures.

A serious reply: I've dismantled some vintage rubber domes. Cables are soldered to better keyboards with cut cables (no idea why some idiots cut cables from fully working keyboards). Metal backplates are used in the garden. I gave rubber dome sheets to a friend to make some ghetto o-rings. I've collected leds from controllers for possible future use. I let cleaned keycaps dry on the membrane foils. Plastic cases and keycaps were recycled.

Why bring Metal back plates to the garden when you can bring the garden to the backplate??

(http://img.wonderhowto.com/img/original/88/87/63478049913754/0/634780499137548887.jpg)
(http://img.wonderhowto.com/img/original/65/35/63478049893755/0/634780498937556535.jpg)
(http://img.wonderhowto.com/img/original/47/14/63478049903942/0/634780499039424714.jpg)
(http://img.wonderhowto.com/img/original/31/14/63478049926687/0/634780499266873114.jpg)

serious response: Lol, well depends if you care about recycling or have time to do that. Time used vs potential money made from working. but, i'm sure making those ghetto orings were annoying to cut/measure lol
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: EvilHMB on Mon, 21 July 2014, 11:28:30
(http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0072/1542/products/crk_b_apple01_1024x1024.jpg?v=1351265892)
cut sheets incase in plastic create bracelet.
(http://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/0072/1542/products/IMG_4195_x_web_1024x1024.jpg?v=1404209055)
bracelets
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: CPTBadAss on Mon, 21 July 2014, 11:28:47
In accordance to the prophecy, I have disposed of them in the proper way:

1) Build a boat with said rubber dome keyboards
2) Wait for your beloved mechanicals to somehow break (operator error, water damage, messed up solder job, etc)
3) Put the mech board into the boat
4) Put boat out to sea
5) Use a bow and arrow to light the boat on fire, ensuring your board will be in Valhalla waiting for you
6) Play appropriate music for a Viking funeral, I like Amon Amarth

I feel like I'm the only person who read the prophecy when I joined Geekhack...
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: EvilHMB on Mon, 21 July 2014, 11:56:16
I think thats illegal, according to ohio rules and regulations 3734.03
http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/3734

please reuse your possessions wisely, else please recycle them. :P

Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: CPTBadAss on Mon, 21 July 2014, 11:57:44
I'm fairly sure the Prophecy overrides silly things like state law. Also, the bow and arrow intimidates people who try to mess with my rituals.

I usually send my unwanted keyboards to an e-waste recycler
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: EvilHMB on Mon, 21 July 2014, 12:05:37
LOL "I usually send my unwanted keyboards to an e-waste recycler" should put that in black font.

i'd carry a kendama mace incase anybody got to close.
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: davkol on Mon, 21 July 2014, 13:27:10
There was a thread for those weird pictures.

A serious reply: I've dismantled some vintage rubber domes. Cables are soldered to better keyboards with cut cables (no idea why some idiots cut cables from fully working keyboards). Metal backplates are used in the garden. I gave rubber dome sheets to a friend to make some ghetto o-rings. I've collected leds from controllers for possible future use. I let cleaned keycaps dry on the membrane foils. Plastic cases and keycaps were recycled.

Why bring Metal back plates to the garden when you can bring the garden to the backplate??

serious response: Lol, well depends if you care about recycling or have time to do that. Time used vs potential money made from working. but, i'm sure making those ghetto orings were annoying to cut/measure lol
Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I live in a country that was occupied twice and a part of a world war twice in the last 100 years, and that does NOT have the highest amount of waste per capita in the world. Never throw anything away is still a common mindset around here, and honestly, I was super happy to find out that I hadn't trashed those cables.

Dampeners are easy to make like this, if you have the right tools, and they're basically free then, unlike imported dampeners for Cherry MX with $15 shipping.
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: JPG on Mon, 21 July 2014, 13:33:27
In accordance to the prophecy, I have disposed of them in the proper way:

1) Build a boat with said rubber dome keyboards
2) Wait for your beloved mechanicals to somehow break (operator error, water damage, messed up solder job, etc)
3) Put the mech board into the boat
4) Put boat out to sea
5) Use a bow and arrow to light the boat on fire, ensuring your board will be in Valhalla waiting for you
6) Play appropriate music for a Viking funeral, I like Amon Amarth

I feel like I'm the only person who read the prophecy when I joined Geekhack...


What if the boat does not get on fire?
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: tadbitnerdy on Mon, 21 July 2014, 13:48:05
In accordance to the prophecy, I have disposed of them in the proper way:

1) Build a boat with said rubber dome keyboards
2) Wait for your beloved mechanicals to somehow break (operator error, water damage, messed up solder job, etc)
3) Put the mech board into the boat
4) Put boat out to sea
5) Use a bow and arrow to light the boat on fire, ensuring your board will be in Valhalla waiting for you
6) Play appropriate music for a Viking funeral, I like Amon Amarth

I feel like I'm the only person who read the prophecy when I joined Geekhack...


What if the boat does not get on fire?

Nuke it from orbit.  It's the only way to be sure.
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: davkol on Mon, 21 July 2014, 13:51:08
(http://www.reactiongifs.us/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/kill_it_with_fire.gif)
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: tadbitnerdy on Mon, 21 July 2014, 14:25:07
Fire was already tried.  However, it was with a bow and arrow... flame thrower might work better...
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: EvilHMB on Mon, 21 July 2014, 15:03:54
There was a thread for those weird pictures.

A serious reply: I've dismantled some vintage rubber domes. Cables are soldered to better keyboards with cut cables (no idea why some idiots cut cables from fully working keyboards). Metal backplates are used in the garden. I gave rubber dome sheets to a friend to make some ghetto o-rings. I've collected leds from controllers for possible future use. I let cleaned keycaps dry on the membrane foils. Plastic cases and keycaps were recycled.

Why bring Metal back plates to the garden when you can bring the garden to the backplate??

serious response: Lol, well depends if you care about recycling or have time to do that. Time used vs potential money made from working. but, i'm sure making those ghetto orings were annoying to cut/measure lol
Perhaps it has something to do with the fact that I live in a country that was occupied twice and a part of a world war twice in the last 100 years, and that does NOT have the highest amount of waste per capita in the world. Never throw anything away is still a common mindset around here, and honestly, I was super happy to find out that I hadn't trashed those cables.

Dampeners are easy to make like this, if you have the right tools, and they're basically free then, unlike imported dampeners for Cherry MX with $15 shipping.
Thats a good mindset. My family is like that too actually. (I do happen to recycle)
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: Fnzzy on Mon, 21 July 2014, 21:47:36
Take it apart and make o-rings out of the rubber domes.


Great, I forgot to include pictures... doing it tomorrow  :rolleyes:
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: dustinhxc on Wed, 23 July 2014, 11:19:05
In accordance to the prophecy, I have disposed of them in the proper way:

1) Build a boat with said rubber dome keyboards
2) Wait for your beloved mechanicals to somehow break (operator error, water damage, messed up solder job, etc)
3) Put the mech board into the boat
4) Put boat out to sea
5) Use a bow and arrow to light the boat on fire, ensuring your board will be in Valhalla waiting for you
6) Play appropriate music for a Viking funeral, I like Amon Amarth

I feel like I'm the only person who read the prophecy when I joined Geekhack...


Hhaha this is legendary. Valhalla!
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: digi on Wed, 23 July 2014, 11:39:46
I actually use a rubber dome  :eek: :eek:
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: damorgue on Wed, 23 July 2014, 11:43:37
Well, you can name them Topre and somehow get a lot of people to like them
(http://i.imgur.com/2HnZt6u.png)
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 24 July 2014, 00:34:43
Well, you can name them Topre and somehow get a lot of people to like them
Show Image
(http://i.imgur.com/2HnZt6u.png)



Toper is The Ultimate Rubber Dome keyboard.
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: osi on Thu, 31 July 2014, 07:15:36
IDTECH VERSAKEY w/ MSR - She's dirty

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Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: microsoft windows on Thu, 31 July 2014, 12:04:16
I type wonderful things with my rubber dome keyboards. They're great!
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: rowdy on Thu, 31 July 2014, 17:45:31
I have two boxes full of old rubber dome keyboards.

The hard rubbish collection is starting soon.
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: nubbinator on Fri, 01 August 2014, 00:24:40
IDTECH VERSAKEY w/ MSR - She's dirty

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When did Topre start using a membrane.
Title: Re: Things to do with your Rubber Domes/useless keyboards
Post by: orihalcon on Tue, 05 August 2014, 23:06:30
The rubber dome Model M's use the same membranes as the buckling spring ones, so I transplant those membranes since those can go bad on the buckling spring ones.