deskthority

The stem on my Filco MJ2 'u' key came off and my efforts have only made things worse. I've never soldered before, and don't have the equipment. I'll look into some local repair shops first, but I'd be interested to see what help can be offered here.

I can supply a switch, or if you have spares, I'll make up the price.

It's uses Cherry Brown, and I'm located in UK.

might I ask what efforts those were if not soldering?
And really, keyboard fanatics should know soldering. Heck, everyone should. Easy as pie. Almost.

Well, I followed the guide on Geekhack to get a stem back in without soldering, but the stems changed from MJ1 to MJ2 so my efforts were futile.

do you have any picture?

Edit : this thread belongs to the "Keyboard sub forum"

ty_moon wrote:Well, I followed the guide on Geekhack to get a stem back in without soldering, but the stems changed from MJ1 to MJ2 so my efforts were futile.

The shouldn't of changed. They are just cherry switches.

If you cannot find anyone locally id be glad to take a shot at it for you, i am located in the Netherlands.

I'll go ahead and offer my services here. I'm in the 'States, however. PM me if you're interested.

I can help you as well, but I live in Sweden.

oh btw I could do it lol! If you still need someone I can do it along with the fantastic Das you sold me lol.