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Etienne MacGyver

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Project Keyboard
« on: August 01, 2011, 10:23:37 PM »
So i needed some switches....
and Ully too for his vindicators..

Time to slaughter this Keyboard out and get me some !




A few screws and it pops right open, no trouble here  :)




Lets start to extract the keys from the switches,
after my fingers started to hurt, i tried a new method:
place the pliers, some pressure, and then....




The key flies into the garden in my case  ;D




Keys removed..




Time to desolder a few joints....
 



Some new tin to start the flowing...




and pictures say more than 1000 words..  :)




halfway there ..




Hmm, the desolder iron stops sucking, maybe the tincatcher is full ?





Okay al done..




And here the example why i love a desolder tool...
the PCB comes off like it was never soldered..




Who need switches ?  ;D
 



@ Ully do you think that 80 is enough ?  i will keep 24 myself  ;D



Back to the Vindicators topic guys !  ;)
« Last Edit: August 01, 2011, 10:26:48 PM by Etienne »
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Re: Project Keyboard
« Reply #1 on: August 01, 2011, 10:44:30 PM »
Cool, I piad 15 usd/piece for my Vindicators part 2, please don't say anything. ;D :'(
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Re: Project Keyboard
« Reply #2 on: August 01, 2011, 11:09:07 PM »
what an effort, etienne! :-*

the big question is: are they going to fit?
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Re: Project Keyboard
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2011, 01:37:33 AM »
The look identical to the ones I have and they do fit, you have to make the legs thinner with some side cutters before they will fit into the small PCBs but after that they fit fine.
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Re: Project Keyboard
« Reply #4 on: August 02, 2011, 06:32:07 AM »
i dont know if they fit, but i would say mess up a few while experimenting, there are enough swithces here i think  ;D

and they are designed to be heavily used, i mean imagine how many times you press them while typing a few years...

lets see what happens and let me know what the results are, i am very curious if this creative solution turns out to be a value of 104 keys x 15$ ...  :o
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Re: Project Keyboard
« Reply #5 on: January 20, 2012, 09:26:30 PM »
Quote from: Superully on August 01, 2011, 11:09:07 PM
what an effort, etienne! :-*

the big question is: are they going to fit?

They do  ;D

https://www.dragonslairfans.com/smfor/index.php?topic=2583.180
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Re: Project Keyboard
« Reply #6 on: January 23, 2013, 08:04:35 PM »
To save you some time and keep you from clogging the Pace, try a heat gun (paint stripper) next time.Heat up the solder side of the Pcb, tap it on the table and the switches will probably fall off undamaged.At least, it worked like a charm in the nineties.
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Re: Project Keyboard
« Reply #7 on: January 24, 2013, 12:03:22 AM »
Yeah, that was what I was thinking....may need to add some flux though...

In 2098, someone will find this thread and post "OMG, you ruined a classic computer keyboard"....... ;D ;D ;D ;D
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Re: Project Keyboard
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2014, 03:45:43 PM »
Quote from: Level42 on January 24, 2013, 12:03:22 AM
Yeah, that was what I was thinking....may need to add some flux though...

In 2098, someone will find this thread and post "OMG, you ruined a classic computer keyboard"....... ;D ;D ;D ;D

I was just thinking that   :P     I love the sound of the clicky-clacky keyboards
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Re: Project Keyboard
« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2014, 04:10:55 PM »
Quote from: Level42 on January 24, 2013, 12:03:22 AM

In 2098, someone will find this thread and post "OMG, you ruined a classic computer keyboard"....... ;D ;D ;D ;D

:lol:

PS: I don't think the humans will survive the year 2084. ;)
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