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Offline yomammary

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Keycap Stabilizer Insert
« on: Thu, 16 October 2014, 08:40:06 »
I recently changed my original WASD keycaps for think PBT Leopold keycaps.
Problem is that the stabilizer inserts are bit loose on the keys and I mean all of them are pretty loose.
Do you guys know if there are inserts that would fit better my Leopold keycaps?

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Offline esoomenona

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Re: Keycap Stabilizer Insert
« Reply #2 on: Thu, 16 October 2014, 09:01:44 »
I've used little squares of scotch tape with great success before (adhesive side facing the insert  ;) )

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Re: Keycap Stabilizer Insert
« Reply #3 on: Thu, 16 October 2014, 09:06:27 »
I find cling wrap to be the best solution. You can shape it easily around the stem and adjust to fit and it won't move around or leave residue / be hard to get off.
My wife I a also push her button . But now she have her button push by a different men. So I buy a keyboard a mechanicale, she a reliable like a Fiat.

Offline yomammary

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Re: Keycap Stabilizer Insert
« Reply #4 on: Thu, 16 October 2014, 12:33:10 »
Nice, I don't know why I didn't think of this!
Thanks for all the replies.
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Re: Keycap Stabilizer Insert
« Reply #5 on: Thu, 16 October 2014, 14:05:56 »
Scotch tape works surprisingly well ;D
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Re: Keycap Stabilizer Insert
« Reply #6 on: Sat, 18 October 2014, 03:24:19 »
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Re: Keycap Stabilizer Insert
« Reply #7 on: Sat, 18 October 2014, 21:53:46 »
I wonder if one could use playdoh for said problem.

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Re: Keycap Stabilizer Insert
« Reply #8 on: Sun, 19 October 2014, 05:00:35 »
I wonder if one could use playdoh for said problem.

It would get stuck inside the keycap.

A small ~1cm square bit of plastic, even from a plastic shopping bag or a ziplock bag, works fine, and is easily removed with no damage or residue to keycap or switch.
"Because keyboards are accessories to PC makers, they focus on minimizing the manufacturing costs. But that’s incorrect. It’s in HHKB’s slogan, but when America’s cowboys were in the middle of a trip and their horse died, they would leave the horse there. But even if they were in the middle of a desert, they would take their saddle with them. The horse was a consumable good, but the saddle was an interface that their bodies had gotten used to. In the same vein, PCs are consumable goods, while keyboards are important interfaces." - Eiiti Wada

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Offline yomammary

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Re: Keycap Stabilizer Insert
« Reply #9 on: Sun, 19 October 2014, 07:51:00 »
Thanks, I'll make sure to look into this topic next time I have a question.
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