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Offline Quarzac

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« on: Sun, 11 September 2011, 20:46:15 »
From what I've seen, greens are used primarily for spacebars. Is it crazy talk to want an entire board of greens? Mainly because I like the color green.
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« Reply #1 on: Sun, 11 September 2011, 21:45:57 »
The feel of a cherry green is almost = a cherry blue stem with a cherry black spring.  So if you took a G80-3000 with blue switches, changed all the springs to black springs from another source, it would feel like a full cherry green keyboard.

Of course if you just want green colored stems you could try to paint the stems. :)
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« Reply #2 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 00:35:24 »
You sir, understand. I think I will probably just try to paint the stems if WASD ever stocks a darker green. Greens are apparently kind of hard to come by. Although I bet they're pretty cool.
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« Reply #3 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 05:14:07 »
But... keycaps go over the switches so you can't see the colour anyway?
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« Reply #4 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 06:03:55 »
Ascaii modded his keyboard to greens:

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Offline Bilbin

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« Reply #5 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 08:47:15 »
I've been wanting a full board of greens for a while now. Some guy was selling individual ones on deskthority a while back, probably still is.

Just couldn't be bothered learning to solder just to replace 87 key switches, most likely damaging the keyboard permanently.

I doubt ghetto-greens feel like greens, same way that ghetto-reds probably don't feel the exact same as reds.
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Offline N8N

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« Reply #6 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 08:50:22 »
If it makes you feel any better I dove in the deep end and put clears in my Filco (and mine has 104 keys!) a while back and I didn't break anything! (have actually been using it at work, and it hasn't hiccupped on me yet)  So it can be done...  Now I did have some previous soldering experience from restoring old cars, but this was the first serious work I'd done involving PCBs.

Also, rather than buying a whole set of greens, you could just buy a POS keyboard with clears or blacks and harvest the springs for "ghetto greens" - would likely be much less expensive, although slightly more labor intensive (you'd have to put the heavier springs in your existing Filco switch bodies...
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« Reply #7 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 09:02:03 »
I've been wanting to do this too... I say we organize a group buy of them. Because if we got over 1000 switches we might be able to talk to cherry directly. Just an idea. Sounds pretty BA, not gonna lie.
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Offline peda

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« Reply #8 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 09:12:28 »
If I recall directly, there are rumors that the new CM mechanical keyboard will have an option to get it with full greens (and clears)

I espacially hope for the clears to happen B-)


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« Reply #9 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 09:29:14 »
Greens are like a clicky panda clear, but even heavier! Very manly switch.
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« Reply #10 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 09:33:12 »
Sounds fun
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« Reply #11 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 09:36:54 »
Quote from: elbowglue;414678
The feel of a cherry green is almost = a cherry blue stem with a cherry black spring.  So if you took a G80-3000 with blue switches, changed all the springs to black springs from another source, it would feel like a full cherry green keyboard.

I would agree with this. Good description.
Iirc it might be heavier but im not sure. Might check later tonight.
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« Reply #12 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 09:37:55 »
How would greens compare to buckling spring?  If its how I think it would be, then a full NKRO MX Green keyboard would be my absolutely perfect keyboard.

....if it had dark purple one it somewhere, at least.  :D
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« Reply #13 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 10:40:27 »
Quote from: Bilbin;414829

I doubt ghetto-greens feel like greens, same way that ghetto-reds probably don't feel the exact same as reds.

They are very near,

i have both on two different keyboards and i used old blue switches spring whith new black stems and full new red switches.
And i can't feel the difference, which doesn't mean there isn't of course :-)
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« Reply #14 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 11:20:47 »
Quote from: keyboardlover;414841
Greens are like a clicky panda clear, but even heavier! Very manly switch.

This sounds awesome.  I just finished modding two boards to ghetto reds and ergo clears.  I'll have to try ghetto greens next.
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« Reply #15 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 13:34:39 »
Quote from: Quarzac;414664
Is it crazy talk to want an entire board of greens? Mainly because I like the color green.

 
Since you asked, I would have to answer yes, IMO it is crazy.

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You sir, understand. I think I will probably just try to paint the stems if WASD ever stocks a darker green.


Why do you care about the stem color, which is not even visible unless you take the keycaps off ???
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« Reply #16 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 20:16:09 »
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Since you asked, I would have to answer yes, IMO it is crazy.



Why do you care about the stem color, which is not even visible unless you take the keycaps off ???

Because I will KNOW. I will know that my board is green at heart, even if it's black on the outside.
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« Reply #17 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 20:49:18 »
But if you paint the stems it will all be a sham.  And you know it.
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« Reply #18 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 21:14:46 »
Quote from: hashbaz;415258
But if you paint the stems it will all be a sham.  And you know it.
Damn you. Now I will never have peace. Unless of course I come by 104 greens, or 87 and a TKL board.
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« Reply #19 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 21:32:56 »
2nd of June email from blainchen on Deskthority.

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Price per switch is EUR 0.85.
Shipping is EUR 15.00 to Australia.


It would cost $101 USD without shipping for 87 MX green key switches.
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« Reply #20 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 21:36:16 »
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2nd of June email from blainchen on Deskthority.



It would cost $101 USD without shipping for 87 MX green key switches.

Well, this is one dream I am abandoning.
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« Reply #21 on: Mon, 12 September 2011, 21:44:52 »
You could always start saving :wof:

...Or hope we get a 1000 switch group buy going.
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