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Title: Keycaps standing out
Post by: amigastar on Wed, 05 August 2015, 09:10:33: Hello,

i hope this is the right section for this kind of question.
i bought the "WASD" Cherry MX Keycap Set from WASD Keyboards site and installed them on my Ducky Zero, the thing is they are higher than the stock keycaps. is this normal or is there some trick or something?

sorry i'm a noob with this things

thanks
Title: Re: Keycaps standing out
Post by: CPTBadAss on Wed, 05 August 2015, 09:12:18: Think the profiles are mismatched. You're sure you've pushed them in all the way? If so, the WASD caps are not the same height as the Ducky caps. They're molded to be a different profile and taller.
Title: Re: Keycaps standing out
Post by: azhdar on Wed, 05 August 2015, 09:15:04: It's a matter of profile, your ducky Zero stock caps are OEM while WASD is DCS, maybe the other way around i'm not sure.

Keycaps profile : https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=68550.0
Title: Re: Keycaps standing out
Post by: amigastar on Wed, 05 August 2015, 09:21:13: Hello,
thanks for the replies.
This is the one i bought:
http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/products/keycap-mod-packs/wasd-cherry-mx-keycap-set.html
Title: Re: Keycaps standing out
Post by: azhdar on Wed, 05 August 2015, 09:24:43: This page : http://support.wasdkeyboards.com/customer/portal/articles/1366948-keycap-compatibility
seems to indicate that Wasd caps are OEM so should be of the same profile that a Ducky.

Are the key fully pushed down?
Title: Re: Keycaps standing out
Post by: amigastar on Wed, 05 August 2015, 09:27:19: Quote from: azhdar on Wed, 05 August 2015, 09:24:43
This page : http://support.wasdkeyboards.com/customer/portal/articles/1366948-keycap-compatibility
seems to indicate that Wasd caps are OEM so should be of the same profile that a Ducky.

Are the key fully pushed down?

Yes i suppose so the red keycaps that came with the ducky are also higher than stock. maybe i'm doing it wrong but i mean i pressed them down. the difference is that the stock keycaps snap in at a certain point, the others don't :(
When i compare the WASD keys withe the stock keys the look basically the same although the snap in hole may be different cant tell.
But if you look at this picture (not mine) you can see also the wasd keys being higher than the others.
http://i.imgur.com/tOFl3YO.jpg
Title: Re: Keycaps standing out
Post by: CPTBadAss on Wed, 05 August 2015, 11:27:38: Looks like two different profiles on the caps.

Quote from: azhdar on Wed, 05 August 2015, 09:24:43
This page : http://support.wasdkeyboards.com/customer/portal/articles/1366948-keycap-compatibility
seems to indicate that Wasd caps are OEM so should be of the same profile that a Ducky.

I think OEM is a bit of a misnomer. Caps on the Cherry MX 3.0 Board could technically be called OEM profile but they're even shorter than DSA. And obviously here, you see that WASD OEM =/= Ducky OEM. To me, OEM seems like a catch all phrase when we can't put it into the DCS or Cherry profile camps.
Title: Re: Keycaps standing out
Post by: amigastar on Wed, 05 August 2015, 12:10:33: Thats true the MX 3.0 keyboard is even flatter.
I wrote to the WASD Service, will see what advice they can give me.
Title: Re: Keycaps standing out
Post by: amigastar on Wed, 05 August 2015, 14:13:50: Ok Guys,
time for some news. i used my thumb to press the wasd caps in and it seems they are pretty level with the other keys right now.
I didn't think there has to be such big force to get them in place.

Thanks for all your help, people.

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Title: Re: Keycaps standing out
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