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Offline digitalleftovers

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POM Caps?
« on: Tue, 15 March 2011, 16:18:38 »
Out of curiosity, what is the best (cheapest) way to obtains POM key caps?  They would need to be Cherry MX compatible.

My best guess is that I would need to find an old board to harvest them from.  Can anyone offer suggestions for what boards would be most likely to have POM caps?
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Offline Kacee

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« Reply #1 on: Tue, 15 March 2011, 16:27:58 »
G80-3000 black casing...

I have one and seriously I don't know if I want POM keycaps, PBT keycaps from Cherry are much better.
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Offline panda-R

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« Reply #2 on: Tue, 15 March 2011, 16:28:29 »
Quote from: Kacee;312300
G80-3000 black casing...

I have one and seriously I don't know if I want POM keycaps, PBT keycaps from Cherry are much better.


what u don't like about them?
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Offline digitalleftovers

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« Reply #3 on: Tue, 15 March 2011, 16:35:07 »
Quote from: Kacee;312300
G80-3000 black casing...

I have one and seriously I don't know if I want POM keycaps, PBT keycaps from Cherry are much better.


Its mostly curiousity.  I wasn't able to find much info about keys specifically, just the material.  Does anyone know of any Grey, beige, or white boards that have them?
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Filco 104 MX Brown (Otaku) - FKBN104M/NPEK 黒い空
Ducky TKL MX Brown/Blue 80% (White) - 1087-F 白の空
KBC Poker MX Red with PBT Key Caps - PFCN6000

"Consumers use touch screens.  Producers use keyboards."

Offline Kacee

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« Reply #4 on: Tue, 15 March 2011, 16:41:04 »
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what u don't like about them?


They have a slippery feeling to my fingers. And I guess POM is very hard to work with as I see imperpections of the surface where the stems are (can't think of the right word)
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Offline laden3

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« Reply #5 on: Tue, 15 March 2011, 18:42:45 »
Quote from: digitalleftovers;312305
Does anyone know of any Grey, beige, or white boards that have them?


AFAIK POM comes in black only. "Original" colored ones will be available some time in the future... distant future......
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Offline digitalleftovers

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« Reply #6 on: Tue, 15 March 2011, 18:49:50 »
I think some of these are POM



Yes, I found it in webwit's image directory.  If I am wrong, please correct me.
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Filco 104 MX Brown (Otaku) - FKBN104M/NPEK 黒い空
Ducky TKL MX Brown/Blue 80% (White) - 1087-F 白の空
KBC Poker MX Red with PBT Key Caps - PFCN6000

"Consumers use touch screens.  Producers use keyboards."

Offline RiGS

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« Reply #7 on: Tue, 15 March 2011, 19:16:44 »
Pom keys are very reflective.
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Offline laden3

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« Reply #8 on: Tue, 15 March 2011, 20:00:53 »
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I think some of these are POM

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Yes, I found it in webwit's image directory.  If I am wrong, please correct me.


Yes, you are WRONG+right. Delrin isn't Delvin. Don't make "the Moogle's mistake" and google is your best friend.

Delrin keycaps can still be made in different colors, but AFAIK no keycaps manufacturers make them. Why? Demands.
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Offline Kacee

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« Reply #9 on: Tue, 15 March 2011, 22:54:43 »
Quote from: digitalleftovers;312366
I think some of these are POM

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Yes, I found it in webwit's image directory.  If I am wrong, please correct me.


It's the lower rightmost one.
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Offline digitalleftovers

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« Reply #10 on: Wed, 16 March 2011, 01:20:01 »
Quote from: laden3;312395
Yes, you are WRONG+right. Delrin isn't Delvin. Don't make "the Moogle's mistake" and google is your best friend.

Delrin keycaps can still be made in different colors, but AFAIK no keycaps manufacturers make them. Why? Demands.


Ahh... Now I understand. And now that I know more about Devlin, I'm somewhat intrigued.  They might actually fit on a 1087, which has wider key wells than a filco.  

Back to POM.  It sounds like my best black cherry G80's?  Any date range I should look for?
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Filco 104 MX Brown (Otaku) - FKBN104M/NPEK 黒い空
Ducky TKL MX Brown/Blue 80% (White) - 1087-F 白の空
KBC Poker MX Red with PBT Key Caps - PFCN6000

"Consumers use touch screens.  Producers use keyboards."

Offline sixty

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« Reply #11 on: Wed, 16 March 2011, 01:28:11 »
Modern ones, or any lasered ones actually. All their black lasered keys are POM. The old ones are double shot ABS.
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Offline Findecanor

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« Reply #12 on: Wed, 16 March 2011, 05:58:26 »
I'm not a fan of Cherry's black lasered POM caps. Too slippery.
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