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[Wanted] Cherry PBT Dyesub light gray mods?
« on: Wed, 14 August 2013, 11:24:30 »
I would love to have a set of light gray mods for my Cherry replica dyesub with blue legends.
I know the GB had a dark gray mods, but is there a light gray set out there somewhere?

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similar to what I'm trying to achieve (w/ center stemmed cap lock)

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Re: [Wanted] Cherry PBT Dyesub light gray mods?
« Reply #1 on: Thu, 15 August 2013, 14:26:25 »
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Re: [Wanted] Cherry PBT Dyesub light gray mods?
« Reply #3 on: Tue, 20 August 2013, 11:02:11 »
phx, the keycap set in your photo is imsto's (kbc) set, the same as this. The photo is just bad so it appears light grey.
I found a similar if not the same keycaps here: http://www.ebay.com/itm/KBC-White-Gray-Dyesub-Blue-Fonts-Thick-PBT-104-Keyset-Cherry-MX-Keycaps-/330911046913?pt=PCA_Mice_Trackballs&hash=item4d0bd5dd01

There isn't a center stemmed grey caps lock for it, only the incorrect colour white one.
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Re: [Wanted] Cherry PBT Dyesub light gray mods?
« Reply #4 on: Tue, 27 August 2013, 11:12:12 »
Yep, I just got the white and light grey set with blue fonts from Feng's eBay store, but now I would like to find a light grey center-stemmed Caps Lock (or any light grey 1.75x keycap; even better if it said "Command", because I remap Caps Lock as Command in Mac OS X). Blank is OK as well.

Also looking for extra left-shift keycaps in light grey. Plastic preference: thick dye sub PBT > thin dye sub PBT > doubleshot ABS > lasered POM. Blank is OK as well.

Can find dark grey, blue, and white, but I need light grey.


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Re: [Wanted] Cherry PBT Dyesub light gray mods?
« Reply #5 on: Tue, 27 August 2013, 11:32:15 »
One potential workaround is to get the white and gray PBT set from eBay and augment it with the white and gray doubleshot ABS set from Originative. This is an expensive solution and the Caps Lock (and in my case the extra Left Shift as well) would be doubleshot ABS instead of PBT, but the color is the best match I have found so far.

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Re: [Wanted] Cherry PBT Dyesub light gray mods?
« Reply #6 on: Tue, 27 August 2013, 14:32:35 »
it's also possible to just mod the stepped cap by cutting off the stem and move it slightly

I've contacted Feng asking for if there will be another batch coming with the correct color, havent heard back yet.

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Re: [Wanted] Cherry PBT Dyesub light gray mods?
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 27 August 2013, 14:45:49 »
it's also possible to just mod the stepped cap by cutting off the stem and move it slightly

I've contacted Feng asking for if there will be another batch coming with the correct color, havent heard back yet.

Yes, thanks, I have seen the mod on the stepped caps lock, but it looks like it would be difficult to get the position of the grafted stem just right.

I've also sent several messages to Feng; no reply yet. Thanks again.