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Filco Spacebar stabilizer inserts and wire
« on: Tue, 13 May 2014, 14:08:18 »
Recently, I was able to fulfill a long-time dream and got a Filco Zero keyboard.

It was not new, but I have it working properly in general.

The problem is the spacebar. It came with a beige spacebar from a Dell AT101W (in fact, the entire set was on it except for CapsLock) but, of course, the wire stabilizer does not work. Besides being too short, it is too thin in diameter to fit the slot.

I was lucky enough to get the original Filco keys, but the inserts and wire have been stripped from the spacebar.

The holes are Cherry-style crosses and I don't know whether the opening for the wire is a hole or a slot, but it may not matter.

I do not have a lot of experience with this type of keyboard part, but I need 2 inserts and a C-shaped wire something just a bit over 9 cm long. This wire needs to be approximately as thick as the spacebar wire of a Model M.

Does anybody have these and/or can you tell me where to get them? Thanks!
« Last Edit: Tue, 13 May 2014, 14:26:46 by fohat.digs »
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Re: Filco Spacebar stabilizer inserts and wire
« Reply #1 on: Tue, 13 May 2014, 14:58:32 »
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Offline fohat.digs

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Re: Filco Spacebar stabilizer inserts and wire
« Reply #2 on: Tue, 13 May 2014, 17:29:12 »
Thank you, that looks like it.

Of course I had to buy a key just to get above the minimum to make an order!

It is so annoying that the little things like clips make the real things unusable.
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That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30

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Re: Filco Spacebar stabilizer inserts and wire
« Reply #3 on: Sat, 17 May 2014, 14:14:21 »
Update: thanks, Hyde!

Quick delivery from WASD for $7 shipped including a cool green keycap.

Installation was a snap, and I only installed the clips backwards once.

Eat your hearts out - Filco Zero with blue Alps!

If only there were a plethora of choices for Alps caps like there are for Cherry.
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"However, even though I was born in the Mesozoic, I do know what anyone who wants to reach out to young people should say: Billionaires took your money. They took your chance to buy a home. They took your chance at a good education. They stole your opportunities. Billionaires took the things you want in life. If you really want those things, you have to take them back.
That's the message. That's the whole message. Say that every day, not just to reach America's frustrated young white men, but people of every age, race, and gender.
Late-stage capitalism is a wealth-concentration engine, focused on vacuuming up every dollar and putting it in as few hands as possible. Republicans are helping that vacuum suck.
How does a tiny fraction of the population get away with this? They do it by dividing the other 99% of Americans against themselves."
- Marc Sumner 2025-05-30
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