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geekhack Community => New Members => Topic started by: Nafs_asp on Mon, 06 June 2016, 19:55:16
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Hey y'all, I joined GH a couple months ago just to read through some stuff. Been into mechanical keyboards for a couple years though, mostly active on reddit and on deskthority for Round 6 related purposes.
Right now my setup includes two 60% keyboards, both Pok3r plate/PCB and MX Clears (though my LeandreN R4 stuff just shipped to my office today). One is built up with a MKC silver aluminum case and Nuclear Data (plus a teal Honeywell keycap I modded for MX and some OotV stuff), and the other is in a Tex acrylic case with vintage low profile spherical alphas and a mix of GMK Bluegaloo, RGBW, and Originative Hangul for mods).
I'm currently on the hunt for a set (or individual keys) from Rad Hard, so if anyone has a lead on those hit me up (:
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Nuclear Data Albums: 1. http://imgur.com/a/N5Aqr (http://imgur.com/a/N5Aqr) 2. http://imgur.com/a/9Dp9o (http://imgur.com/a/9Dp9o)
Vintage Low Profile Spherical Albums: 1. http://imgur.com/a/IQUtX (http://imgur.com/a/IQUtX) 2. http://imgur.com/a/n8Z9S (http://imgur.com/a/n8Z9S)
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Welcome to Geekhack!
A nice couple of boards :)
I have the yellow, orange and red extra keys that came with the NDG set (not for sale, sorry) but I didn't think of matching a teal keycap with the set - looks great! And thank you for posting pictures of how you did the mod, looks like something even I could attempt :))
Actually, come to think of it, I've got a bag full of crap bag keycaps around here somewhere ...
Excellent pictures too! Have you seen the various threads in the media (https://geekhack.org/index.php?board=113.0) section? They would go down a treat there, like the Pok3r thread, the general keyboard/keycap photography thread ...
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Welcome to Geekhack!
A nice couple of boards :)
I have the yellow, orange and red extra keys that came with the NDG set (not for sale, sorry) but I didn't think of matching a teal keycap with the set - looks great! And thank you for posting pictures of how you did the mod, looks like something even I could attempt :))
Actually, come to think of it, I've got a bag full of crap bag keycaps around here somewhere ...
Excellent pictures too! Have you seen the various threads in the media (https://geekhack.org/index.php?board=113.0) section? They would go down a treat there, like the Pok3r thread, the general keyboard/keycap photography thread ...
Thanks! I'm still figuring out my way around GH, I've lurked for a while and checked other threads (mostly linked to from other forums), but I'll find some places on here to share stuff too.
Actually, like I said in my OP, I'm even looking for individual keys from Rad Hard (red 1u keys, mostly), so if there's a key or two you wouldn't mind parting with you know who to call (:
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Welcome :)
The boards look great, those are some interesting keycaps as well!
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Welcome! I saw the pictures in the media subsection but I never asked what adapters you used..
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Welcome :)
The boards look great, those are some interesting keycaps as well!
Thanks! I've been working at that endgame (:
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Welcome! I saw the pictures in the media subsection but I never asked what adapters you used..
Do you mean for the Honeywell Escape key? I pried off a spare stem from another SA keycap and sanded it down to square it off a bit to fit inside the honeywell's square shaped mount. Then, because the Honeywell keycap is wayyyy too thick to fit over an MX switch, I used a knife to whittle away some of the material on the inside of the cap to hollow it out a bit. I also needed to shorten the Honeywell's stem mount, since it went too low and was hitting the switch too.
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Welcome! I saw the pictures in the media subsection but I never asked what adapters you used..
Do you mean for the Honeywell Escape key? I pried off a spare stem from another SA keycap and sanded it down to square it off a bit to fit inside the honeywell's square shaped mount. Then, because the Honeywell keycap is wayyyy too thick to fit over an MX switch, I used a knife to whittle away some of the material on the inside of the cap to hollow it out a bit. I also needed to shorten the Honeywell's stem mount, since it went too low and was hitting the switch too.
Ok that explains the Escape key for the 60% with the metal case ( :eek:) what about the brown keys on the 60% with the acyrlic case?
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Welcome! I saw the pictures in the media subsection but I never asked what adapters you used..
Do you mean for the Honeywell Escape key? I pried off a spare stem from another SA keycap and sanded it down to square it off a bit to fit inside the honeywell's square shaped mount. Then, because the Honeywell keycap is wayyyy too thick to fit over an MX switch, I used a knife to whittle away some of the material on the inside of the cap to hollow it out a bit. I also needed to shorten the Honeywell's stem mount, since it went too low and was hitting the switch too.
Ok that explains the Escape key for the 60% with the metal case ( :eek:) what about the brown keys on the 60% with the acyrlic case?
Ah, the brown keys are vintage low profile spherical keycaps (probably) from a Cherry G80-0662. From what I can tell Cherry used this profile in the 70s, I believe with M8 switches. The size of the cross mount is the same as MX, so the 1u keycaps work without modification, but the 2u for the backspace I had to mod to remove the stabilizer mounts (cut/pried out with a knife) since they didn't line up with modern stabilizer spacing.
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Welcome! I saw the pictures in the media subsection but I never asked what adapters you used..
Do you mean for the Honeywell Escape key? I pried off a spare stem from another SA keycap and sanded it down to square it off a bit to fit inside the honeywell's square shaped mount. Then, because the Honeywell keycap is wayyyy too thick to fit over an MX switch, I used a knife to whittle away some of the material on the inside of the cap to hollow it out a bit. I also needed to shorten the Honeywell's stem mount, since it went too low and was hitting the switch too.
Ok that explains the Escape key for the 60% with the metal case ( :eek:) what about the brown keys on the 60% with the acyrlic case?
Ah, the brown keys are vintage low profile spherical keycaps (probably) from a Cherry G80-0662. From what I can tell Cherry used this profile in the 70s, I believe with M8 switches. The size of the cross mount is the same as MX, so the 1u keycaps work without modification, but the 2u for the backspace I had to mod to remove the stabilizer mounts (cut/pried out with a knife) since they didn't line up with modern stabilizer spacing.
Good god, you did a lot of modding to make that 60% :eek:
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Welcome! I saw the pictures in the media subsection but I never asked what adapters you used..
Do you mean for the Honeywell Escape key? I pried off a spare stem from another SA keycap and sanded it down to square it off a bit to fit inside the honeywell's square shaped mount. Then, because the Honeywell keycap is wayyyy too thick to fit over an MX switch, I used a knife to whittle away some of the material on the inside of the cap to hollow it out a bit. I also needed to shorten the Honeywell's stem mount, since it went too low and was hitting the switch too.
Ok that explains the Escape key for the 60% with the metal case ( :eek:) what about the brown keys on the 60% with the acyrlic case?
Ah, the brown keys are vintage low profile spherical keycaps (probably) from a Cherry G80-0662. From what I can tell Cherry used this profile in the 70s, I believe with M8 switches. The size of the cross mount is the same as MX, so the 1u keycaps work without modification, but the 2u for the backspace I had to mod to remove the stabilizer mounts (cut/pried out with a knife) since they didn't line up with modern stabilizer spacing.
Good god, you did a lot of modding to make that 60% :eek:
Oh no haha, I only needed to mod the 2u control I'm using as a backspace