*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
however, there are some issues:
- the keycaps are near impossible to remove if you don't want to break them, but this is an ALPS/matias thing and will get better over time - some stablilsed keys rattle a lot (which makes my previous point all the more relevant) - thankfully the space bar is smooth as butter - there is *only* 6 key rollover:
aside from these minor complaints it's an awesome board and totally recommended. : )
also, i managed to remove some keycaps.. with a lot of precise force. you absolutely have to use a wire keycap puller, and you need to pull really hard and absolutely straight up on them. no need to worry about the switches, they are securely mounted to the metal plate in the keyboard. the reason for the unrealistic force involved is that the caps have small molding errors, which kind of fuse with the middle part of the switch slider. so although they look awesome, the low quality of the molding and the fact that they're quite thin makes them a poor choice. they're even thinner than the similar looking ones on the dell AT101W.
tl;dr: i am still really enjoying this board, so don't let what i just said deter you from requesting/buying it. just make sure to select some doubleshot keycaps for it and be aware that there's only 6KRO. that's all, i guess i'll just shut up now. : )
the mod can also be reversed if you don't misplace any of the little rubber dampeners.