*Help* Screw in stabilizers not fitting in Dropshift V2 keyboard
I'm trying to build a mechanical keyboard with screw in stabilizers, I've build some mechanical keyboards with click-in stabilizers, never with screw in. Somehow one of the pins of the metal top-part collides with the screw in stabilizer of the numpad "enter key". I already tried grinding of a bit of the pin that collides with the stabilizer, but unfortunately I can't make it fit/close properly. You can see that the pin of the toppart leaves a mark on the bottompart of the stabilizer, see picture 2. What am I missing? Using Durock V2 in a Dropshift fullsize V2. See pictures below, thanks in advance!
Apr 23, 2024
http://www.amazon.com/Vortex-White-Doubleshot-Keycaps-infill/dp/B00XA8FHRU/ref=sr_1_sc_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1434020447&sr=8-3-spell&keywords=doubltshot+PBT (Black Double shot ultra thick PBT for 29.99$ if you'd prefer non blank)
29.09$ Free shipping and look to be about the same thickness as these from the photos. The only Review is 5/5 stars though similar listings for the same product share similar scores.
The only benefit this drop offers is the colored modifiers.
But given the lack of color options even that is debatable.
For 38$ I can select my own color combination from a wide variety at PimpMyKeyboard
So...Save a dollar over amazon if you want white?
Save 8-9$ over Pimp my Keyboard which has superior color options
On top of all this wait 5+ Weeks for shipping?
Even the original MSRP is listed as 35.00$ BY massdrops own admission so aside from all the other deals i listed....9$ is worth 5+ weeks of waiting to you? I know money is different for everyone but...yeah pass.
/Jedi Mind trick
This is not the deal you are looking for.
They do have blank PBT sets, but they're currently only in DSA profile, not DCS.
in terms of thickness
Thickness comparison to some common types:
Pimp my keyboard is Signature Plastics, as you might be familiar with, their DCS profile doubleshots thickness can be seen above. I'm unsure where you are getting the $38 figure from as usually their DCS PBT doubleshots go for significantly higher than that price. I think perhaps you're referring to DSA profile which is again significantly thinner.
This is a very fair deal at least at Geekhack where the sets are $28 single colour and $30 dual colour shipped: https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=72609.0 If you buy from massdrop you'll pay a slight premium but nothing too significant, only a significant premium if you are an international buyer. As a note, these aren't sold retail yet that I know of and are being bought from Gateron distributors directly to sell on in group buys.
edit: Poker II and Leopold FC660M for comparison
I am sure Alex can comment as to actual measurements or thickness.
http://www.banggood.com/PBT-87-Blank-White-Key-Caps-for-Cherry-MX-Keyboard-p-84084.html
Edit: The Amazon ones look like pretty thin pbt to me. And I remember talking to vortex thru facebook a while ago about the doubleshot pbts on amazon and they said they said they're the same thickness as the ones on the pok3r. I have a pok3r and i can't tell if these are supposed to be thick or not.