Swapping Stems on Alps Switches

[paecific.jr]

I am not that familiar with the Alps internals, but I have a thought. Could someone, hypothetically swap the stems of the Cream Dampened Switch into a Yellow housing with a Yellow spring? That way they could have a quiet, linear switch?

[Daniel Beardsmore]

The dampers on damped Alps need special slider stops, so the shell is specific. It's hard to photograph, but you can see it here:



If you want to make an Alps SKCM switch linear, just remove the click or tactile leaf. The springs are of course interchangeable.

[paecific.jr]

Interesting. Also, how did you get those pictures so fast?

[Daniel Beardsmore]

I travelled by TARDIS to the relevant wiki page …

[Wingklip]

Try it. Looks fitting.

[andrewjoy]

My Alps 60 has dampened whites with the tactile leif removed and they feel nice . Not as good as real old Alps liniers like greens but still pretty sweet. If I wanted to dampen greens I would swap both the slider and switch bottom from dampened white/creams , the only issue is your losing the lube that makes greens so nice

[Daniel Beardsmore]

… tactile leif …

I'm not sure I want to know about you and your touch-feely Scandinavian friend …