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Title: Where to buy 80 cN springs to emulate MX Green switches, and other springs?
Post by: spremino on Sun, 02 April 2017, 04:46:14
I know that someone could use springs from MX Black switches - which are 60 cN - to emulate MX Green switches, but I wonder if I could emulate the original MX Green better.  Thank you.
Title: Re: Where to buy 80 cN springs for MX Ghetto Green switches, and other springs?
Post by: Puddsy on Sun, 02 April 2017, 11:46:13
ghetto green are blues with clear springs

just buy some 78g springs from somewhere, it's basically the same thing
Title: Re: Where to buy 80 cN springs for MX Ghetto Green switches, and other springs?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Sun, 02 April 2017, 11:46:55
https://mechanicalkeyboards.com/shop/index.php?l=product_detail&p=1867

These would be close.

Not sure where else to buy springs there are tons of little shops popping up selling keyboard parts and it's hard to keep track of then.

Maybe check on r/mk to.
Title: Re: Where to buy 80 cN springs for MX Ghetto Green switches, and other springs?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 02 April 2017, 11:50:26
Do ya'll  think we should stop referring to black springs in blue as ghetto greens..

because if we think about it, that's extremely racist to directly associate black switches to black people to them living in ghettos..


/geekhack politically correct patrol.
Title: Re: Where to buy 80 cN springs for MX Ghetto Green switches, and other springs?
Post by: SpAmRaY on Sun, 02 April 2017, 11:51:24
Do ya'll  think we should stop referring to black springs in blue as ghetto greens..

because if we think about it, that's extremely racist to directly associate black switches to black people to them living in ghettos..
:facepalm:
Title: Re: Where to buy 80 cN springs for MX Ghetto Green switches, and other springs?
Post by: tp4tissue on Sun, 02 April 2017, 11:54:09
Do ya'll  think we should stop referring to black springs in blue as ghetto greens..

because if we think about it, that's extremely racist to directly associate black switches to black people to them living in ghettos..
:facepalm:

hahaha..

Just to preempt,  i know someone's gonna make the argument that the term Ghetto in Ghetto green is --a verb-- as in ghetto-ized / to make do / to duct tape / to substitute..


While that may be the operational aspect,   the previously mentioned perturbing associative chain remains.


idk...  - it's just not nice -
Title: Re: Where to buy 80 cN springs to emulate MX Green switches, and other springs?
Post by: Halverson on Sun, 02 April 2017, 12:53:41
Do ya'll  think we should stop referring to black springs in blue as ghetto greens..

because if we think about it, that's extremely racist to directly associate black switches to black people to them living in ghettos..
:facepalm:

hahaha..

Just to preempt,  i know someone's gonna make the argument that the term Ghetto in Ghetto green is --a verb-- as in ghetto-ized / to make do / to duct tape / to substitute..


While that may be the operational aspect,   the previously mentioned perturbing associative chain remains.


idk...  - it's just not nice -

Ima ghetto stomp you, boy
Title: Re: Where to buy 80 cN springs to emulate MX Green switches, and other springs?
Post by: davkol on Sun, 02 April 2017, 14:22:11
ghetto green are blues with clear springs

just buy some 78g springs from somewhere, it's basically the same thing
Nah, MX Clear springs are significantly different. MX Black springs are what you probably mean, and it's recorded that way in Deskthority wiki too.

Modded switches with MX Clear springs are typically called "ghost *", e.g., "ghost black" (that's what I like).