*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
If you've ever seen him replace the keys on his keyboard, or he already has wacky keys on it, there's a very good chance it will work. Also, some of the bigger brand-name mechanical keyboards are Poker, Keycool, Razer, KBC, Ducky, and Filco - if he's using one of those, it is mechanical (and there are others brands, as well as custom and hand-made ones). There are different types of mechanical key caps, but Cherry-types are the most widely used. (Think of it sort of like car parts. They perform the same function on different cars, but the parts don't work in models for which they weren't made.)
Edit - I just noticed there are also Topre stems offered. So there is a very good chance that one of those will work, if he has a mechanical keyboard. But you have to know which it is. If you can't just ask him, and you feel OK about doing this, you could pull a key off and check. If it has a hole in the stem shaped like a cross (or the letter 'X', if you look at it sideways), it is Cherry. Topre looks a bit like two letter 'C's joined back-to-back. They go back on pretty easily. But don't do that if you're not sure it is a mechanical keyboard!