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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: nukec on Fri, 01 August 2014, 15:38:13
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So I got this for my Poker today:
(http://imsto.cn/image/data/plate8.JPG)
Is there any tutorial how to install this? Do I have to detach each switch from PCB? :eek:
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1. Desolder and remove all switches from the PCB.
2. Install stabilizers.
3. Install a switch in each corner of the plate and place it upside down on your work surface. Install the PCB over the switches, lining up the pins with the holes.
4. Solder those switches in place.
5. Install the remaining switches in the plate and PCB.
6. Solder remaining switches.
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7. take pretty pictures when it's done for the rest of us to admire.
from what I've read, you have to do like jdcarpe says. I wanted to get one until I actually found out about that...
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1. Desolder and remove all switches from the PCB.
2. Install stabilizers.
3. Install a switch in each corner of the plate and place it upside down on your work surface. Install the PCB over the switches, lining up the pins with the holes.
4. Solder those switches in place.
5. Install the remaining switches in the plate and PCB.
6. Solder remaining switches.
That's a great method. I had thought that you just "went at it", in any order, but that makes total sense.
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I always install all the switches, then put on the PCB, then solder This has the disadvantage of being difficult if all the switch pins don't line up, but I still prefer it. I find it pretty easy to fix the pins if necessary.