Pinging Filco Majestouch-2

[Xyxyll]

I'm a mechanical engineer in the product design industry, and I recently picked up my first Filco (TKL with MX-Browns).  I'm very pleased with it, but I understand there is a widespread pinging issue with some of the other more recent keyboards.  This is an intimidating and frustrating user experience failure for many, but I believe I have a fix for The Keyboard Co. or an end user that will recondition a pinging keyboard back to a reasonable noise level.  The problem is I haven't actually experienced the pinging on my keyboard.

Let me take your super pingy keyboard.  Selfishly I would prefer pingy MX-Blues (haven't tried them yet), but truthfully anything pinging should satisfy this experiment.

[TexasFlood]

Buy a used ABS M1 or just about any other ALPS Simplified Type 1s.  They ping like you wouldn't believe.

Charlie's right.

I bought a new ABS M1 when they were blowing them out and have a couple others.
They'll wake the dead, or at least those sleeping on a conference call.

[The Solutor]

I'm a mechanical engineer in the product design industry, and I recently picked up my first Filco (TKL with MX-Browns).  I'm very pleased with it, but I understand there is a widespread pinging issue with some of the other more recent keyboards.  This is an intimidating and frustrating user experience failure for many, but I believe I have a fix for The Keyboard Co. or an end user that will recondition a pinging keyboard back to a reasonable noise level.  The problem is I haven't actually experienced the pinging on my keyboard.

Let me take your super pingy keyboard.  Selfishly I would prefer pingy MX-Blues (haven't tried them yet), but truthfully anything pinging should satisfy this experiment.

 

I already offered to fix a pinging Filco for free but I'm on the wrong side of the athlantic an the shipment cos are an issue.

Luckily I found a total of 4 pinging switches until now, the last one brand new and never mounted (fixed slimly opening and reassembling it)

[Waterdr1nker]

I just sold a pinging Majestouch 2! Should have asked a week earlier.

[Xyxyll]

According to the ping poll you have a less of 15% chance of finding a Pinging Filco.

May not be a big market.

Now if you get rid of shiny spacebars that would really be something.  My PBT KBC one is getting a TAD of a shine.

[Xyxyll]

I already offered to fix a pinging Filco for free but I'm on the wrong side of the athlantic an the shipment cos are an issue.

Luckily I found a total of 4 pinging switches until now, the last one brand new and never mounted (fixed slimly opening and reassembling it)

Fixing the individual switches would take forever.  Instead, I just assume change the resonant frequency of the steel plate.

[redpill]

I'm a mechanical engineer in the product design industry, and I recently picked up my first Filco (TKL with MX-Browns).  I'm very pleased with it, but I understand there is a widespread pinging issue with some of the other more recent keyboards.

Based upon what I've seen, it's actually not widespread, it's just a few unfortunate folks.  I would have considered your cause myself, as I had a loudly ringing Filco, but I took matters into my own hands

[Xyxyll]

Based upon what I've seen, it's actually not widespread, it's just a few unfortunate folks.  I would have considered your cause myself, as I had a loudly ringing Filco, but I took matters into my own hands

Hah, well it's your solution that leads me to believe it is a resonance issue.  Your solution certainly wasn't the most delicate, but it accomplished the same goal, albeit in a different practical and theoretical way.