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Interesting theory. He has neat evidences that are in line with his hypothesis.

Should we prevent the sun from touching beige/white plastics at all costs? If we believe his hypothesis, we probably should.

I personally prefer black colored keyboards/key caps, and I think I have more reason to like ...

I have found 3M self stick rubber pads work quite well and have excellent grip. I got them at Michaels (arts & crafts store) for under $5.00 USD.
Thanks for sharing the tip. I too prefer 3M adhesives to any other brand.

However, the reason I used the non-slip pad was mainly to provide soft ...

Congrats on finding your keyboard.

I would keep your HHKB away from the non-slip pad. Here is what happened to my black HHKB after some time on the pad.

DSC_2207.jpg
source: http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/3590725

I think the pad reacted with black paint on my HHKB, so I don't know if it would ...

Unfortunately, there is no room for a mouse.

Run this full-screen and let me know what you think:
4-RAwF3oshw

I popped several keys on my Dell AT101W and did the same thing. Mine seems to do move around quite a bit. Some switches didn't move as much, but some did.

I wanted to further compare Cherry vs Alps. So, I did the same exercise ...

This is how fully modded 356mini sounds like.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZX0xESf6skQ

source:
http://www.otd.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_tabl ... _id=137452
http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/6030907

In a libertarian market economy, you have to accept that if there are constantly demand enough, and low enough supply, the price will increase as per the famous curve. Some are simply willing to pay when you aren't

Agreed! No problem with that.


I don't think most of the people who complain ...

having it self govern is a very fine line (what is the medium we are comparing to? original sale price? Original sale price minus usage = new price?) which will lead to many many arguments and in turn can be personal. If someone wants to pay that much for an item who's to say they can't (or it ...

Thank you for the offer, CeeSA.

I just want to grab ISO dyesub caps from the classified. I would be asking to wire around 50EUR. I will send you PM as soon as I hear back from the seller.

Thanks again.

Thanks for the input.

Last time I asked my bank, they asked for 40 USD. That is prohibitively expensive. I guess I was pretty clear on what I wanted, but I guess I was not.

Could you point me to affordable and reliable service to transfer funds to Germany from the US?

Is there a reliable service that does that? (I am in the US)

Or..

Can any one help me send funds to a German bank? I can send funds via paypal.

Thanks!

I know GPL 103 is a little thicker but I have tried to mix it with 205 and the results were not very good. The viscosity was very inconsistant. How do you mix it Limmy?


I put grease and oil in a small container and mixed it with coffee stick. They mix pretty well. If you want less thick grease ...

GPL200 is basically PTFE thickened GPL100. If you have any other Krytox grease and GPL100, then you could make grease similar to GPL200. Also, don't be too surprised if you see a lot of oil-grease separation in GPL200. (I have seen quite amount of separation on my GPL201)

I have at hand
oil: GPL100 ...

Wonderful! Now, it would be perfect if we could get a decent housing for the parts. Is there a popular way to put them in a case? It seems it would be hard to hold the boards in place. Is there an easy solution to this? Hmm.. glue gun?

I will take two sets. Thanks!

If you are going to make the widget more interesting, you could do something like this.

http://webwit.nl/input/kbsim/

made by webwit.

I think he uses sound recording of only one switch, but to make the app slightly more realistic, you could do a separate recording for space bar and shift keys ...

There is no sign of left over sale. Is there going to be one?

I am no longer on the market for one.

Doing something that no one else is doing is not usually a good business strategy. There are reasons why firms do not do certain things.

By the way, it is good to hear something new is coming out from Cherry. I personally didn't like the most recent G80-3800 because the caps were not compatible. I ...

Limmy, why not use (one of) the Krytox for the springs? Krytox is too thin?

I found the Victorinox oil on-line for about £3.something. Was there a specific Silicone oil you used? I expect there are many varieties with that title.

Reason is simple. I tried it and I didn't like it or should I say ...

Limmy how viscous were the oils you used? Was thicker oil better? Or oil with more creep? Would the Victorinox oil be thin(ish) with low creep (so it stays on the bearings and doesn't creep all over the tool and then the hand and pocket?

The oil is rather thick. For use on springs, I think ...

Can you recommend a product to lubricate the springs?

LSD oil is popular choice among Korean community members.

I do not have any experience with the oil, however. I have used some silicone oil and it works pretty well in my opinion. I used Victorinox multi-tool oil and Abu Garcia reel oil ...

I ordered some center stemmed stepped CapsLock keys.

Prices are reasonable. (mark up seems to be relatively low) Seller seems to be honest. I like what he is selling. In these cases, I wouldn't mind giving the seller some money for my convenience.

I hope Moogle kits are sold in this way too. I ...

Thank you for the update!
With PS/2 to USB converter using Teensy(one developed by Soarer or another by hasu) and this USB device, I should be able to remap any keyboard except keyboards with integrated USB hub.

I don't put my computer to sleep nor require NKRO(6KRO is enough for me), so I am ...

How exciting!
So, I need to purchase
1. https://www.circuitsathome.com/products-page/arduino-boards
[ Edit: this is not what is needed. It is Arduino Leonardo that is needed for this mod. Link for Arduino Leonardo http://arduino.cc/en/Main/arduinoBoardLeonardo ]
2. https://www.circuitsathome.com ...

I hope the new ones use better plastic more suited for friction. The current material for slider housing is ABS, which is not great material where friction is of concern.

Also, I saw a similar keyboard from photos of Realforce event in Korea.
http://www.kbdmania.net/xe/2061297 (5th pic)
http ...

I like it!

I began buying different kind of lube because of my 6-year-old HHKB. It became pretty hard to press if not hit on the spot. Especially the control and backspace key were problematic.

I have tried Krytox oils and grease on Topre switches and I think combination of the two works best. Using oil only ...

high cap.png low cap.png

Here are my thoughts on high caps and low caps. Pivot point and point of friction are kind of off for Cherry switches, but it conveys general idea.

Also, I think it has something to do with friction being more noticeable in the first few mm.

However, you feel more ...

It depends all on which mouse you have. This mod involves desodering and soldering. The parts can be ordered from mouser or digikey. I have modded Logitech G700, Razer Mamba, Razer Lachesis, Razer Habu, and Razer Copperhead(failed mod, it was my first time desoldering..)

Here are some disassembly ...

I had the same problem with my right index finger. I switched the switches to Omron D2F-01F and problems went away. The previous one was also an Omron switch but with different part number, D2FC-F-7N, however the difference in feel is pretty noticeable.

D2F-01F switch is made in Japan and it has ...