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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: ianxblog on Thu, 08 January 2015, 15:23:58

Title: Reinforce cherry MLs with plate?
Post by: ianxblog on Thu, 08 January 2015, 15:23:58

I have a Cherry g84-4100

I know Cherry MLs doesnt support plate mounting, but could you add a thin aluminum plate beneath the pcb to reinforce, or some kind of steel, obviously covering it with some aislant to prevent short-circuits.

You can find pics of the kb disassembled here http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_G84-4100 (http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_G84-4100) and a video here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5nScpSnec4 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d5nScpSnec4)

Title: Re: Reinforce cherry MLs with plate?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Thu, 08 January 2015, 15:26:04

You might find this interesting

https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=67343.0

Title: Re: Reinforce cherry MLs with plate?
Post by: CPTBadAss on Thu, 08 January 2015, 15:38:51

You could do it but it'd would have to be custom designed.

Title: Re: Reinforce cherry MLs with plate?
Post by: FrostyToast on Thu, 08 January 2015, 15:40:56

I'm guessing you could either add something very thin underneath, although I don't know how thin it would have to be to not interfere.
Or alternatively, you could have a possibly thicker plate that goes around the switches.

Title: Re: Reinforce cherry MLs with plate?
Post by: SuperBobKing on Thu, 08 January 2015, 15:55:07

You could just cut/fold some paper to the right size and stick it between the case and pcb. It is really cheap and shouldn't take too long. Cutting multiple layers would probably be best, if you fold it it would take less time but I don't think it would be solid enough. Your cuts don't need to be precise. Plus it isn't conductive so no shorts to worry about.

Title: Re: Reinforce cherry MLs with plate?
Post by: hwood34 on Thu, 08 January 2015, 17:09:17

You could try something like shelf liner