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O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« on: Fri, 31 May 2013, 20:56:44 »
So, does any one know rings that are thin enough to fit..

How bout those "thin" 40a red ones on WASDkeyboard..

Anyone try them?
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Re: O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« Reply #1 on: Fri, 31 May 2013, 21:20:25 »
The thinner red ones will be fine.  The blue/black ones I think reduce the travel too much..but some people may like it like that...
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Re: O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« Reply #2 on: Fri, 31 May 2013, 21:41:50 »
Quote from: Polymer on Fri, 31 May 2013, 21:20:25
The thinner red ones will be fine.  The blue/black ones I think reduce the travel too much..but some people may like it like that...

you've tried them? do you have calipers? could you take the thickness?
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Re: O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« Reply #3 on: Fri, 31 May 2013, 23:26:54 »
From the WASD website, it says that red O-rings are .2mm and blue/black are .4mm. I have a sampler kit and I prefer the reds the best.
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Re: O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 00:07:39 »
Either one is fine. When I put 2, even thinner than WASD, keycap pops up when I spam too hard  :p
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Re: O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 00:32:04 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 31 May 2013, 21:41:50
you've tried them? do you have calipers? could you take the thickness?

I have some WASD o-rings and calipers. 1.4mm for red, and 1.8mm for blue and black.
Keep in mind that's thickness. Travel reduction is less than that because the o-rings are round and the keys don't land perfectly on the vertical diameter.
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Re: O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 00:49:51 »
Here's what I had in the past. The WASD thicker ones are the "A" size, the thinner ones are "H". The ones you'd want for imsto's thick PBT caps is the "D" size. I found these are the thinnest you can have them while still being effective as O-rings. If you put these on normal stock caps, then do nothing because they're too thin to even hit the bottom. On the imsto caps, if you use any size other than "D", you get a significant reduction in travel distance.

The "D" size is 1mm thick.


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Re: O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 00:55:32 »
Which of these are IMSTO's silicone o-rings?  I'm guessing the thickest red and the second thickest?  Not sure where to find D. (Will look for your original post).
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Re: O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« Reply #8 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 01:18:12 »
Awesome info guys.. THANKs....
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Re: O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« Reply #9 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 01:22:12 »
Quote from: khaangaaroo on Sat, 01 June 2013, 00:32:04
Quote from: tp4tissue on Fri, 31 May 2013, 21:41:50
you've tried them? do you have calipers? could you take the thickness?

I have some WASD o-rings and calipers. 1.4mm for red, and 1.8mm for blue and black.
Keep in mind that's thickness. Travel reduction is less than that because the o-rings are round and the keys don't land perfectly on the vertical diameter.


Thanks for the caliping khaanga :D
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Re: O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« Reply #10 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 05:07:44 »
anyone knows where to get cheap orings? Amazon sells them but only blacks.
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Re: O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« Reply #11 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 09:09:20 »
Quote from: berserkfan on Sat, 01 June 2013, 05:07:44
anyone knows where to get cheap orings? Amazon sells them but only blacks.

Unfortunately, almost all non-keyboard O-rings are for industrial purposes and are much harder than what we want.
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Re: O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« Reply #12 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 10:09:08 »
Quote from: Polymer on Fri, 31 May 2013, 21:20:25
The thinner red ones will be fine.  The blue/black ones I think reduce the travel too much..but some people may like it like that...

Actually, it depends. I don't like them (linear Cherry MX + Cherry DS). Technically, it would be possible to use even the black o-rings, though.
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Re: O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« Reply #13 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 10:12:49 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Sat, 01 June 2013, 09:09:20
Quote from: berserkfan on Sat, 01 June 2013, 05:07:44
anyone knows where to get cheap orings? Amazon sells them but only blacks.

Unfortunately, almost all non-keyboard O-rings are for industrial purposes and are much harder than what we want.


70A o-rings exist, but they're usually either too big, or too small. I wouldn't mind very thin, this hard ones only to slightly dampen the sound. I don't want reduced key travel.
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Re: O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« Reply #14 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 11:47:12 »
oh :o can we have a scissor feeling with a lot of them :o ????
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Re: O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« Reply #15 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 11:50:05 »
Quote from: tns on Sat, 01 June 2013, 11:47:12
oh :o can we have a scissor feeling with a lot of them :o ????

what?
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Re: O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« Reply #16 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 11:52:25 »
Quote from: berserkfan on Sat, 01 June 2013, 05:07:44
anyone knows where to get cheap orings? Amazon sells them but only blacks.

I got some of imsto's but haven't tried them yet.

I think WASD are ~$18 they have them on their site and ebay

also I've seen a few set go recently in the classifieds here
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Re: O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« Reply #17 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 12:05:29 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 01 June 2013, 11:50:05
Quote from: tns on Sat, 01 June 2013, 11:47:12
oh :o can we have a scissor feeling with a lot of them :o ????

what?
short travel distance like scissors switches :o ? Could it be?
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Re: O-ring for Thick pbt Cherry profile
« Reply #18 on: Sat, 01 June 2013, 12:19:08 »
Quote from: tns on Sat, 01 June 2013, 12:05:29
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sat, 01 June 2013, 11:50:05
Quote from: tns on Sat, 01 June 2013, 11:47:12
oh :o can we have a scissor feeling with a lot of them :o ????

what?
short travel distance like scissors switches :o ? Could it be?

Oh.. yea, of it's possible..

On my oem profile pbt, I was rocking 2mm silicone ghetto-rings, which reduced travel by 1.3mm or so. 2.7mm travel is close to the lenovo scissors

It won't be like the new Apple scissor which honestly feel like 1mm travel.

The only issue is thick pbt because it's cherry profile, so there's not a great deal of room for the orings..

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