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Offline aegrotatio

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Aw, man, an eBay miss
« on: Tue, 14 September 2010, 16:25:58 »
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Offline didjamatic

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« Reply #1 on: Tue, 14 September 2010, 16:28:10 »
Dangit!! A bolt modded m for under $10!!!
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Offline aegrotatio

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« Reply #2 on: Tue, 14 September 2010, 16:30:50 »
Yeah, I was sure it was going to be shilled, I mean the labor involved must be worth something.  Then again the description doesn't actually say that it works aside from the eBay "reburbished" boilerplate notice.

Then I got busy talking to cow-orkers.  Hehe.

Shills always come back for selling again. We'll see.
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Offline WhiteRice

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« Reply #3 on: Tue, 14 September 2010, 17:16:33 »
Hey guys how do you know if a bolt mod needs to be done? Is it a feeling thing or is it when keys stop responding?

I took apart my space saver and almost all the rivets on the bottom came off. But it's still types fine.
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« Reply #4 on: Tue, 14 September 2010, 17:25:14 »
Well, if you're happy with your keyboard then there's no need to do the bolt mod.
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« Reply #5 on: Tue, 14 September 2010, 19:05:28 »
After each drop I open my Model Ms to see if a rivet broke.
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Offline mcdonc

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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 14 September 2010, 23:38:09 »
I was the high bidder.  I'm not gonna drop it from anything though.
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Offline Daniel Beaver

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« Reply #7 on: Wed, 15 September 2010, 09:50:56 »
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I was the high bidder.  I'm not gonna drop it from anything though.

And I was the seller. It was my first bolt mod, but it came out all right. More to come in the future.


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Hey guys how do you know if a bolt mod needs to be done? Is it a feeling thing or is it when keys stop responding?
Probably not. It's very time consuming, and dealing with all the little bolts and nuts makes you want to pull you hair out. It does give the board a more consistent feel, and less twangyness, but the effect is subtle at best. I'm not going to try it on any of my boards unless there are responsiveness issues with the keys.

This one was only missing a couple rivets, but I decided to try a full replacement just to see what the keys feel like afterwards. This board was pretty muddy before I restored it, so I wanted to clean the membrane (which you can't get at without removing all the rivets). This also proves to me that basically any Model M can be brought back from the dead.
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Offline TexasFlood

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« Reply #8 on: Wed, 15 September 2010, 10:17:54 »
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(extra trivia points for naming the movie)

Looks like the warthog from hell from Raising Arizona.
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Offline mcdonc

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« Reply #9 on: Wed, 15 September 2010, 15:24:39 »
I'll take good care of it, Dan. ;-)  Thanks...
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Offline mcdonc

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« Reply #10 on: Fri, 08 October 2010, 22:21:16 »
For the record, I've now been using this thing since I got it in the mail, it's awesome.
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Offline Oqsy

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« Reply #11 on: Fri, 08 October 2010, 22:28:02 »
damnit I knew the trivia, too... then again the coen's are a household name in my uh... household.
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