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Offline xSpartanCx

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Model M making springy noise?
« on: Wed, 02 July 2014, 14:59:44 »
I have a used model M and when I tap a key quickly some of them make a springing noise when they come back up. Should I get new springs? If so, where? Is this normal?
EDIT: By springy noise I mean a high piched ringing "ping"
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Offline smknjoe

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Re: Model M making springy noise?
« Reply #1 on: Wed, 02 July 2014, 15:05:32 »
I'm not sure if this is a serious question or a joke. The mechanism used is a spring. So, it's going to sound like...a spring.
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Offline xSpartanCx

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Re: Model M making springy noise?
« Reply #2 on: Wed, 02 July 2014, 15:16:10 »
Quote from: smknjoe on Wed, 02 July 2014, 15:05:32
I'm not sure if this is a serious question or a joke. The mechanism used is a spring. So, it's going to sound like...a spring.

Ha, I meant that it makes a "ping" noise and want to know if there's any way I can change that.
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Re: Model M making springy noise?
« Reply #3 on: Wed, 02 July 2014, 15:31:50 »
Dental floss mod is probably your best bet.

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=9761.msg1238134#msg1238134
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Re: Model M making springy noise?
« Reply #4 on: Wed, 02 July 2014, 15:33:55 »
Quote from: xSpartanCx on Wed, 02 July 2014, 14:59:44
I have a used model M and when I tap a key quickly some of them make a springing noise when they come back up. Should I get new springs? If so, where? Is this normal?

.............and not a pingy kind of noise?
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Offline xSpartanCx

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Re: Model M making springy noise?
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 03 July 2014, 19:23:42 »
Quote from: fohat.digs on Wed, 02 July 2014, 15:31:50
Dental floss mod is probably your best bet.

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=9761.msg1238134#msg1238134

Looks good, I'll try that out next time I go to the pharmacy and get that "fluffy" floss
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Re: Model M making springy noise?
« Reply #6 on: Fri, 04 July 2014, 03:25:47 »
Quote from: xSpartanCx on Thu, 03 July 2014, 19:23:42
Quote from: fohat.digs on Wed, 02 July 2014, 15:31:50
Dental floss mod is probably your best bet.

http://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=9761.msg1238134#msg1238134

Looks good, I'll try that out next time I go to the pharmacy and get that "fluffy" floss

This is the SINGLE most useful idea to modify a Model-M keyboard without ripping it all apart.  Thank you to anyone for first mentioning this  :thumb: .
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Re: Model M making springy noise?
« Reply #7 on: Fri, 04 July 2014, 20:20:22 »
The floss mod also dampens the click a bit, which I'm not crazy about. If there's one thing I like about Unicomp it's that they managed to alleviate the metallic ping without affecting the click.
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Re: Model M making springy noise?
« Reply #8 on: Fri, 04 July 2014, 21:57:27 »
For me, the floss mod is perfect and essential on the Model F, I have done all of mine without hesitation.

It is far less satisfying on the M, and I really prefer Ms without.

But that is probably because the F feels so much more "alive" than the M, and I am far more concerned with feel than sound.
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