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Robbedoes
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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!
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Don't drop crazy cash on custom wood builds! Instead go buy polymer clay and paint. Then you can spend a ridiculous amount of time trying to make it look like you can afford to drop crazy cash on...
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Durazell
Want to build a Clicky Mech Keyboard. Where to begin?
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I found that the silenced version was very nice and smooth because almost all of the sound was gone, but was not a fan of the variable weighting. The 45g felt smoother than the 55g because of the reduced actuation force on the bump. The 55g bump takes a little longer which to me reduced the time you spent on the smooth smooth Topre downstroke. Probably a time ratio thing per keystroke.
The Novatouch feels cheap compared to the Realforce, I didn't weigh it but to me it felt like it was half the weight and hollow. The switches felt more or less the same but the rest of the board changes your experience dramatically. I personally was underwhelmed by the Novatouch just because of the keyboard's weight.
Honestly I'm still fairly undecided as to whether I want this 55g or the all 45g EK Version.
EDIT: Oh also, which silenced keyboard did you try? A RF or HHKB? Because I cannot find any mention if the silenced RF uses elongated stems to compensate for the landing pads like the HHKB Type-S does.
The bottoming out on the Novatouch felt more hollow since the materials were cheaper and allowed the sound to resonate a bit more.
I tried both of the silenced boards, 45g HHKB Type-S and Ergo-weighted Realforce Silenced. I wasn't really impressed by the HHKB Type-S, probably because of how small it is, makes the sound more obvious since less metal is used. The Realforce was nice, I know they use landing pads, not as nice as the ones you can buy from EK but from what I can remember Brian at EK mentioned they do use landing pads in the Realforce, didn't ask him about the stems.
I for one would love a silenced all 45/55g Realforce. I really liked the feel and sound combination for some reason.
EDIT: I remember Brian mentioned that the Novatouch might use cheaper rubber in their switches than Topre does, since he has his own spec for the 45g Realforce.