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Offline AtomicChameleon

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Custom Alps TKL Builds Stab Issue (Any Ideas?)
« on: Fri, 13 March 2020, 17:18:32 »
Hi! I have been wanting to build my own custom alps keyboard for a while now and finally got around to doing it. I used keyboard-layout-editor.com to create a normal WKL layout. I put the raw data into builder.swillkb.com. I chose the alps stabilizer type and then entered the criteria for the rest of my board. I used laserboost.com to create a custom plate. Now that I have the plate everything seems to be perfect but a couple of stabilizer issues.

1) My 7u spacebar stabilizer holes should be just a little closer together. Because of this, I can't use the 7u stab bar like I was hoping to. What are my options so that I don't have to waste this beautiful plate?

2) The other stabilizer wires (shift shown) pop out when used. This is not a huge problem because everything but the spacebar doesn't have much wobble. So, if I can't get any stabs to work that is ok.

Has this happened to anyone before? Are there any known fixes?

Thanks ahead of time for any help!
~Jake
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Offline Sup

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Re: Custom Alps TKL Builds Stab Issue (Any Ideas?)
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 13 March 2020, 18:44:41 »
Welp there is not much to do then jerry jig it and vile away until it has the right spacing and then gluing the stabilizers to the plate. 
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Re: Custom Alps TKL Builds Stab Issue (Any Ideas?)
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 13 March 2020, 19:47:01 »
Can you bend a new wire with longer "ears"?
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Offline AtomicChameleon

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Re: Custom Alps TKL Builds Stab Issue (Any Ideas?)
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 14 March 2020, 11:17:11 »
Yeah, I would try the wire thing by the largest stab wire I have it 7u. Looks like I will get the Dremel out and see what I can do. Thanks for the help guys!
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Offline AtomicChameleon

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Re: Custom Alps TKL Builds Stab Issue (Any Ideas?)
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 14 March 2020, 16:46:04 »
Fixed the problem with a little file from Lowes. Thanks again for the advice. Don't think I would have thought of that!
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Re: Custom Alps TKL Builds Stab Issue (Any Ideas?)
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 14 March 2020, 18:30:13 »
Quote from: AtomicChameleon on Sat, 14 March 2020, 16:46:04
Fixed the problem with a little file from Lowes. Thanks again for the advice. Don't think I would have thought of that!

Glad it worked out  :)
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