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Offline sloppie

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Little help with these custom keycaps
« on: Sat, 11 January 2014, 17:25:13 »
I ordered a set of thick PBT from IMSTO for the first time ever. I'm currently having problem with keys using cherry stablizer (left shift, Enter, NUMPAD + & NUMPAD Enter) and the spacebar.

Anyone knows the if Das Keyboard has different spacebar size?
The keys get stuck somewhat hard at the bottom of the stroke.

Here are some pictures:






Many thanks.
« Last Edit: Sun, 12 January 2014, 22:41:35 by sloppie »

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Re: Little help with these custom keycaps
« Reply #1 on: Sun, 12 January 2014, 00:08:29 »
I think the stabilizers are a bit misaligned

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Re: Little help with these custom keycaps
« Reply #2 on: Sun, 12 January 2014, 00:31:53 »
I'm pretty sure the problem is more or less what you have shown already, the stabilizers don't fit the keys that well.
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Offline sloppie

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Re: Little help with these custom keycaps
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 12 January 2014, 01:16:28 »
Do you guys think it would work if i break off the 4 corners circled in picture 3?
It doesn't seem possible to move the spacebar stablizer since the 2 stand-off are at max width.
I'm not sure which spacebar is using non-standard size.

This is the set I'm using.
http://imsto.cn/index.php?route=product/product&path=59&product_id=61
« Last Edit: Sun, 12 January 2014, 01:20:34 by sloppie »

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Re: Little help with these custom keycaps
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 12 January 2014, 02:09:50 »
Check your space bar for "straightness."

Chances are it's your space bar that is warped// mis molded

It could also be that the stems are warped, while the exterior of the bar is straight...

This is typical of PBT-spacebars..



It is VERY unlikely that your stabilizer slots are the problem, because they're punched into metal via template.

because ur Original space bar fits.

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Re: Little help with these custom keycaps
« Reply #5 on: Sun, 12 January 2014, 15:33:05 »
Sometimes key just doesn't come out quite right from the factory. I would let imsto know, they may be able to take care of you.

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Re: Little help with these custom keycaps
« Reply #6 on: Wed, 15 January 2014, 22:13:21 »
hi guys, usually u may just put the SB a little bit up, then it works.
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