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Offline Bottles

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Does a keycap with this kind of thickness exist?
« on: Thu, 30 May 2013, 21:05:14 »

This is supposed to be the keycap im looking for cut in half where the grey area would be solid.

Preferably they would be blank.
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Offline Photekq

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Re: Does a keycap with this kind of thickness exist?
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 30 May 2013, 21:06:46 »
None that are readily available.
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Offline Turkishrambo

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Re: Does a keycap with this kind of thickness exist?
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 30 May 2013, 21:12:51 »
Haha why would u need caps that thick? :P

Youd prob need stiffer springs to make up for the weight of them..
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Re: Does a keycap with this kind of thickness exist?
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 31 May 2013, 12:22:21 »
Turn your keycaps over and pour a quarter of a spoonful of concrete in them.
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Re: Does a keycap with this kind of thickness exist?
« Reply #4 on: Fri, 31 May 2013, 12:34:20 »
Clacks are like that; or at least mine is (and i only have one :()
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unless they have some unforeseeable downside (like they're actually made of cream cheese cunningly disguised as ABS)

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Re: Does a keycap with this kind of thickness exist?
« Reply #5 on: Fri, 31 May 2013, 13:37:03 »
Once upon a time, I saw a picture in this forum of keycaps that some Chinese guy (?) had filled with Sculpey (or other polymer clay) in the empty space above the key stem.
However, that would only work with PBT keys. ABS starts warping at a temperature lower than what is needed for curing Sculpey. Sculpey is also not adhesive when cured - it would be held with friction only.

Btw, Cherry profile keys on the home row -- the lowest keys -- have very little extra space, even the thin-walled PBT keys.
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Re: Does a keycap with this kind of thickness exist?
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 31 May 2013, 20:32:17 »
I guess you could put some blu-tack in them to figure out how much extra weight you can add to each row of keys
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Re: Does a keycap with this kind of thickness exist?
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 31 May 2013, 22:26:42 »
Boost's superhero caps are perhaps the thickest I've seen.
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Offline Bottles

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Re: Does a keycap with this kind of thickness exist?
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 10:39:36 »
Quote from: Tym on Fri, 31 May 2013, 12:34:20
Clacks are like that; or at least mine is (and i only have one :()

Thanks! I found a bunch of pics of what Im looking for in this album. http://imgur.com/a/ZRPcb/layout/blog

Specifically this picture. The Leftmost is ideally the key cap profile that I want.


Im assuming its impossible for CC to make me some sort of blanks either with his plastic or with ABS or PBT so the search continues.

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Re: Does a keycap with this kind of thickness exist?
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 10:49:52 »
Quote from: Bottles on Sat, 01 June 2013, 10:39:36
Quote from: Tym on Fri, 31 May 2013, 12:34:20
Clacks are like that; or at least mine is (and i only have one :()

Thanks! I found a bunch of pics of what Im looking for in this album. http://imgur.com/a/ZRPcb/layout/blog

Specifically this picture. The Leftmost is ideally the key cap profile that I want.
Show Image


Im assuming its impossible for CC to make me some sort of blanks either with his plastic or with ABS or PBT so the search continues.



well that was an alps protoype, are you wanting alps keys or mx keys?
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Offline Bottles

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Re: Does a keycap with this kind of thickness exist?
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 11:43:19 »
Quote from: ray4jc on Sat, 01 June 2013, 10:49:52
well that was an alps protoype, are you wanting alps keys or mx keys?

MX keys ideally. The only thing I was referencing in that image was the thickness of the top of the cap.
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Offline elttaboi

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Re: Does a keycap with this kind of thickness exist?
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 13:13:51 »
clickclacks are that thick, but you can't just buy those :P

Best suggestion is to get imsto thick pbt keys if you want weight.
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Offline tricheboars

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Re: Does a keycap with this kind of thickness exist?
« Reply #12 on: Wed, 05 June 2013, 11:39:31 »
awww snap. Ripster pics.
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Re: Does a keycap with this kind of thickness exist?
« Reply #13 on: Wed, 05 June 2013, 11:47:58 »
Quote from: Bottles on Sat, 01 June 2013, 10:39:36
Quote from: Tym on Fri, 31 May 2013, 12:34:20
Clacks are like that; or at least mine is (and i only have one :()

Thanks! I found a bunch of pics of what Im looking for in this album. http://imgur.com/a/ZRPcb/layout/blog

Specifically this picture. The Leftmost is ideally the key cap profile that I want.
Show Image


Im assuming its impossible for CC to make me some sort of blanks either with his plastic or with ABS or PBT so the search continues.



Just find a whole bunch of CC clusters.
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