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Offline Shyfe

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Recommended O-Rings for HHKB
« on: Sat, 26 April 2014, 00:07:15 »
Hey guys. I'd like to do a silent mod on my HHKB. What O-rings would you recommend? I saw the WASD keyboard ones, but they don't look like they're the right size. I imagine stretching them would cause them to have a higher effective hardness.
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Offline epzy

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Re: Recommended O-Rings for HHKB
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 26 April 2014, 00:43:53 »
3/16" or 1/8" dental bands.

You can also use one of these methods:

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40582.0

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=49046.0
« Last Edit: Sat, 26 April 2014, 00:48:17 by epzy »
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Offline Shyfe

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Re: Recommended O-Rings for HHKB
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 26 April 2014, 18:20:39 »
Looks good. Does anyone know the exact diameter of the slider? 3/16" and 1/4" seems like a pretty significant difference.
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Offline epzy

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Re: Recommended O-Rings for HHKB
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 26 April 2014, 18:22:19 »
Quote from: Shyfe on Sat, 26 April 2014, 18:20:39
Looks good. Does anyone know the exact diameter of the slider? 3/16" and 1/4" seems like a pretty significant difference.

Many others and I have used 3/16" dental bands in ours, and Glissant has used 1/8" without any problems, so both works at least.
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Offline exitfire401

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Re: Recommended O-Rings for HHKB
« Reply #4 on: Sat, 26 April 2014, 18:23:51 »
Quote from: Shyfe on Sat, 26 April 2014, 18:20:39
Looks good. Does anyone know the exact diameter of the slider? 3/16" and 1/4" seems like a pretty significant difference.

Did you mean 1/8"? because that's only 1/16" difference. hell, even 1/4" is 1/16" difference.
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Offline Glissant

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Re: Recommended O-Rings for HHKB
« Reply #5 on: Sat, 26 April 2014, 18:26:03 »
epzy is right :). I used 1/8" on my hhkb pro 2, and it's made the board a lot more quiet without sacrificing any travel. Your mileage may vary ;).

That being said; I keep hearing that o2dazone's mod is excellent. It's just a little more work.
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