*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
Five switch off. Keyboard unusable. Extra quality control.
Some people also reported being able to force the sliders back in without opening the switch case but this can potentially destroy the switch requiring replacement.
Anyway, while waiting for my Vibe to be shipped, I took precautions and got 10 Cherry MX Clear switches since I also have two more KBs with them.
I managed to replace the accent keys with the ones supplied and later on I replaced them all with SA Dasher without an issue. Also I have two more keyboards with MX Clears and never had an issue with a stem coming out of the housing. You just have to wiggle a little bit and pull straight up.
Regarding the o-rings: since the default keycaps are in SA profile, you need to insert quite a lot of them on each keycap for them to actually have an effect. If you place just one ring like in the pictures above, I won't do a thing as it has nothing to block it above.