A few years ago I found an IBM Model M in the shed and got pretty excited. I knew what it was because when researching mechanical keyboards the year before when I brought my Filco I came across Model M references everywhere. It was a bit of a shock because I wanted a Model M and there was one sitting right under my nose! This Model M was given to us along with a computer that was the first computer my family ever owned. It served it's years and then got replaced with rubber domes like so many other unfortunate Model Ms. Anyway when I pulled it out of the shed it was pretty dirty. The keycaps had a layer of dirt, dust and god knows what else on them and felt fuzzy to type on. The Buckling Springs felt awesome, the caps did not. So without much thought to it I plugged it into a server computer we had and went back to my Filco. Since joining here I've wanted to breathe some new life into it and today my 5.5mm Hex screwdriver arrived so I could finally finish it.
Took a few pictures as I was taking it apart:
Before:Gross keyboard fluff.
The caps after being soaked in denture tablets. Fuzzy begone!
I was a bit sad to find this when I opened it.
I should be able to epoxy this back on but if I'm honest I don't think I'll bother as there's no movement in the plate once the top of the case is on.
The controller. No super rare MANDOLIN CRYSTAL on this one
Long dead bugs.
We're both '93 kids
I ran out of light before I finished it so I'll take some pictures of it all cleaned up tomorrow.
Typed this on my nice clean Model M. How will I ever go back to browns now?
)
Edit: Took some pictures of it all cleaned up this morning, was a bit rainy last night and overcast today.
After:All clean
It's mostly clean. There's a little bit of dust left on it but I'm happy with how it turned out.
You can see in the corner there where the mounting point was broken.
Keycaps scrubbed up amazingly well thanks to the denture tablets.
Only lost 4 rivets. I'd consider doing a bolt mod except that there's a crack in the black plastic plate that runs the full length of the board and I don't want it to break in two.
You can see the crack running from left to right under the Insert/Delete block here.
Nawwww :3
Am I #LEGITBALLINPHOTOGRAPHER Yet?
Hope this isn't too many pictures
Well there you have it. I couldn't be happier
If that wasn't enough pictures for you there's a few more that I didn't post here:
http://imgur.com/a/jTA5E Tanks for looking