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Offline Novus

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What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attach to stabilizers called?
« on: Sun, 29 December 2013, 16:28:31 »
What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attack to the keyboard stabalizers called?

I'm referring to these:
http://i.imgur.com/zonzZoJ.jpg

I'm looking to buy some of these for the larger keys, so I don't have to transplant these for new keycaps from my older keycaps.
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Re: What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attach to stabilizers called?
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 29 December 2013, 16:30:36 »
I've always heard "stabilizer inserts". This is what WASD calls them here as well.
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Re: What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attach to stabilizers called?
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 29 December 2013, 17:14:01 »
I call it    wire-rotation-containment-field-conduit-apparatus   
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Re: What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attach to stabilizers called?
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 29 December 2013, 18:13:18 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 29 December 2013, 17:14:01
I call it    wire-rotation-containment-field-conduit-apparatus   
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Re: What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attach to stabilizers called?
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 29 December 2013, 19:33:20 »
Quote from: the1onewolf on Sun, 29 December 2013, 18:13:18
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 29 December 2013, 17:14:01
I call it    wire-rotation-containment-field-conduit-apparatus   
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Captain, we're detecting a class III spacial anomaly on long range sensors.
You wouldn't happen to have a TARDIS parked nearby would you?
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Re: What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attach to stabilizers called?
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 29 December 2013, 20:12:33 »
I am sloppy and just call them tabs or clips.

The extreme differences between manufacturers is irritating.

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Re: What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attach to stabilizers called?
« Reply #6 on: Sun, 29 December 2013, 20:52:40 »
Nightmares
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Re: What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attach to stabilizers called?
« Reply #7 on: Mon, 30 December 2013, 02:43:36 »
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Re: What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attach to stabilizers called?
« Reply #8 on: Mon, 30 December 2013, 11:50:33 »
Quote from: noisyturtle on Sun, 29 December 2013, 20:52:40
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Re: What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attach to stabilizers called?
« Reply #9 on: Mon, 30 December 2013, 12:48:49 »
Quote from: SpAmRaY on Mon, 30 December 2013, 11:50:33
Quote from: noisyturtle on Sun, 29 December 2013, 20:52:40
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They're great on the Egdx...

Egdx must be demonic-compatible...

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Re: What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attach to stabilizers called?
« Reply #10 on: Mon, 30 December 2013, 13:18:21 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Sun, 29 December 2013, 17:14:01
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This looks like a proper name to file a patent application.
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Re: What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attach to stabilizers called?
« Reply #11 on: Wed, 01 January 2014, 17:23:26 »
Quote from: riotonthebay on Sun, 29 December 2013, 16:30:36
I've always heard "stabilizer inserts". This is what WASD calls them here as well.

Looks like i'll be buying a few of these :).
I can also pick them up locally yay ... That and I couldn't find any other places that sell these because of the nomenclature differences
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Re: What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attach to stabilizers called?
« Reply #12 on: Wed, 01 January 2014, 21:15:17 »
Are their different sizes to these inserts? I think my Rosewill keyboard had a different size for the spacebar.
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Re: What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attach to stabilizers called?
« Reply #13 on: Wed, 01 January 2014, 21:22:21 »
Quote from: Charizard^ on Wed, 01 January 2014, 21:15:17
Are their different sizes to these inserts? I think my Rosewill keyboard had a different size for the spacebar.

no
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Re: What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attach to stabilizers called?
« Reply #14 on: Wed, 01 January 2014, 22:26:56 »
Quote from: Pacifist on Wed, 01 January 2014, 21:22:21
Quote from: Charizard^ on Wed, 01 January 2014, 21:15:17
Are their different sizes to these inserts? I think my Rosewill keyboard had a different size for the spacebar.

no

Weird.... Somehow I managed to find a different sized pair.
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Re: What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attach to stabilizers called?
« Reply #15 on: Wed, 01 January 2014, 22:28:51 »
Quote from: Charizard^ on Wed, 01 January 2014, 21:15:17
Are their different sizes to these inserts? I think my Rosewill keyboard had a different size for the spacebar.

No, some are just tight and some are just loose - entirely dependant on the keycaps.
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Re: What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attach to stabilizers called?
« Reply #16 on: Fri, 03 January 2014, 23:14:59 »
Quote from: Charizard^ on Wed, 01 January 2014, 21:15:17
Are their different sizes to these inserts? I think my Rosewill keyboard had a different size for the spacebar.

There may be different sizes but they function all the same.

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Re: What are the white plastic "hooks" that you attach to stabilizers called?
« Reply #17 on: Sat, 04 January 2014, 00:56:12 »
I think I remember buying a replacement pair from WASDkeyboards.com those may have been the different sized ones... 
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