Author Topic: Dye subbed Cherry G81-3100 US ansi keyboard (Read 8566 times)

Moogle Stiltzkin · « **on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 12:48:39 »

Just wondering would anyone be interested in this Cherry G81-3100 US ansi dye sublimated POS keyboard ?

Yes it's G81 this time around :bounce: Cherry MY switches, so the caps are compatible for Cherry MX as well. Dye Sublimated as you can see from the pictures.

Private message with offer if interested :}

PS: If you do get this, please consider getting the patch kit if you plan on using the caps on a more modern keyboard e.g. Filco, Cherry g80-3494, Ducky etc.
http://geekhack.org/showthread.php?t=14698

keyboardlover · « **Reply #1 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 13:01:06 »

Moogle Stiltzkin · « **Reply #2 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 13:07:00 »

shipping will be from the US by the way :} so don't worry about that bit heh.

Moogle Stiltzkin · « **Reply #3 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 13:20:00 »

More pics.

Just waiting 1-2 days then i'm ebaying :X just wanted to give geekhackers a whack at it first. So pm with price offers if you are interested.

sixty · « **Reply #4 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 13:36:27 »

I assume you are trying to proxy-sell for a few extra bucks from these guys:

http://cfusion.com/parts/g81-3100spbus00/

Last time I asked they never got back to me.

keyboardlover · « **Reply #5 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 13:38:59 »

Ugh, too rich for my blood. I am out of the running

Moogle Stiltzkin · « **Reply #6 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 13:39:33 »

They have 0 stock left :} got bought out.

itlnstln · « **Reply #7 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 13:43:13 »

Quote from: sixty;294918

I assume you are trying to proxy-sell for a few extra bucks from these guys:

http://cfusion.com/parts/g81-3100spbus00/

Last time I asked they never got back to me.

Wow. That site rivals in crappiness to Unicomp's.

laden3 · « **Reply #8 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 14:07:08 »

How much are you expecting?

keyboardlover · « **Reply #9 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 14:09:39 »

My guess: ~$200 or more. For me that's way too much to pay for a board I'm only going to steal the keycaps from.

Peter · « **Reply #10 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 14:38:41 »

So, you have 7 of these or what ?

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&hash=item3a63215376&item=250771231606&nma=true&pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&rt=nc&si=Wlvd%252FJ7Qf3VCO8dz2pXoefaMFzU%253D

Moogle Stiltzkin · « **Reply #11 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 14:43:26 »

wrong model. mines SPBUS. Basically it's the same thing for the dye subbed caps and both compatible with Cherry mx switches.

Anyway i'll list one first on ebay :}

RiGS · « **Reply #12 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 14:43:29 »

For those who are interested KBC is prototyping thicker pbt dye subbed and doubleshot keycaps.
http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=289686&postcount=235
http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=290186&postcount=244
http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=294641&postcount=280

laden3 · « **Reply #13 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 16:00:44 »

Quote from: RiGS;294963

For those who are interested KBC is prototyping thicker pbt dye subbed and doubleshot keycaps.
http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=289686&postcount=235
http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=290186&postcount=244
http://geekhack.org/showpost.php?p=294641&postcount=280

:doh: moogle will kill you :biggrin:

Moogle Stiltzkin · « **Reply #14 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 16:07:18 »

nah i don't really care :}

keyboardlover · « **Reply #15 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 16:09:35 »

They're not available yet, so it doesn't matter much.

sixty · « **Reply #16 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 16:24:46 »

Its not gonna matter afterwards either. Theres dozens of other sublimation dyed keycaps, yet Asian collectors only want the real deal from Cherry Corp.

RiGS · « **Reply #17 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 16:51:52 »

bad for them...

keyboardlover · « **Reply #18 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 17:43:33 »

Quote from: sixty;295009

Its not gonna matter afterwards either. Theres dozens of other sublimation dyed keycaps, yet Asian collectors only want the real deal from Cherry Corp.

Yea, I was kinda thinking that too...

RiGS · « **Reply #19 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 17:56:23 »

I don't see why old keycaps that don't have much texture and pulled from MY switches for 200$+ a real deal. If there are dozens of other sublimation dyed mx keycaps then maybe you could enlight us with some information about them.

laden3 · « **Reply #20 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 18:02:03 »

I am interested too... The only problem with these old goodies is that the bottom row doesn't fit our modern keyboard.

keyboardlover · « **Reply #21 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 18:49:30 »

I would guess that the non-Cherry Corp MX-compatible dye subs are still more expensive than an SP group buy, but sixty please correct if I'm wrong. Please see the latest SP estimate for a 104 key dye sub set:

Quote

1 set $891.95 / set

5 sets $250.60 / set

10 sets $170.43 / set

25 sets $122.33 / set

50 sets $106.30 / set

75 sets $100.95 / set

100 sets $98.28 / set

RiGS · « **Reply #22 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 18:55:38 »

Dye subbed and pbt!

sixty · « **Reply #23 on:** Mon, 14 February 2011, 19:08:13 »

There is a bunch on POS boards for alternative dye subs: KSI, some TG3, Tipro to name a few.

Most of these are extremely thin. The reason the original Cherry ones feel so good is because they are really thick PBT. Their texture is actually different from Cherry double shot keys and they last much longer. Best of all, they don't yellow either.

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Author Topic: Dye subbed Cherry G81-3100 US ansi keyboard (Read 8566 times)