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geekhack Community => Keyboards => Topic started by: Kumato on Sat, 16 July 2016, 13:02:50
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I have a Realforce 87U 45g and a Type Heaven, both of which have been fitted with hypersphere rings. The sound and consistency of the Realforce is great, but I'm having consistency issues with the Type Heaven. Some of the switches sound fine, and when fitted with a Realforce PBT cap, are comparable to the RF. Others however, feel a bit unstable, and make a plasticky click on both the downstroke and upstroke, which also seems to have some tactile feel to it as well (not in a good way).
The only difference I can find between the good keys and the bad keys, is that the switch housing of the bad keys has a slight amount of play, and when it is moved around by the slider, clicks against the plate.
I see that the switch housings are just snapped in, and the cutouts in the plate might not all be exactly the right size, so I'm considering fixing the housings to the plate with some kind of epoxy.
Has anyone dealt with this before in a Topre board?
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I've seen people use very thin black tape between the plate and housing to take care of any extra movement of the housing.
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I've seen people use very thin black tape between the plate and housing to take care of any extra movement of the housing.
Thanks, this was a great suggestion! I used a thin strip of electrical tape along each row of the plate between the cutouts, and all the extra movement and associated sound is gone.
I'd recommend it to anyone having similar problems. Removing the housings is not difficult, but requires some care not to push too hard on the tabs, as they can break. I broke one tab on one or two of the switches, but it doesn't seem to be a problem. The amount of effort is probably less than required to install silencing rings.