Spacebar mod reddit A place to discuss, share, and collaborate all things PICO-8, the fantasy game console by Lexaloffle! Show off your work, talk about your favorite carts, and meet other Pico-8 enthusiasts! What is a novice friendly way to try on and improve at least the clonky/hollow sound, I asume the feel won't be the same as other keys since the spacebar keycap is so much longer. Most hacks and mods add foam to inside underneath. Using a tofu hhkb with 65g Zealios, ended up putting a vintage black in the space bar - seemed to be just the right weight to prevent bottoming out and the MX housings are a lot quieter than Zeal housings. Help your fellow Redditors crack the electrical code. Except, even if I did that. 25U and 1. The “thock” that is satisfactory does not come from the stock keychron keycaps. I chose to use durock v2 screw-in stabs (which I lubed with krytox 205g0 and used KBDfans stabilizer foam stickers) and nk creams (which I filmed with krytox 205g0 and filmed with deskeys film), but am still having rattle. So I'm wondering what sort of mods I should consider to make the spacebar go down a little more reliably every time, especially when I hit it from the stabs instead of in the middle. Whatever "fills" the spacebar, be it silicone or foam, is guaranteed to absorb the vibrations that bounce around in the hollow-space. There isn't really much to say about the spacebar, but I found a few useful tricks. How can I fix the space bar rattling? Hello, so I build my own custom keyboard about a month ago. What size would you suggest? Did you ever have issues getting good sounds out of your spacebar? Well then this video might be for you! Here I'm going through 5 modifications you can do t Feb 22, 2022 · how to make your spacebar sound good? This is one of the comon problems encountered by keyboard enthusiasts and this is my go to method in fixing the issue! Introducing the Jelly Tape Mod! It's Feb 13, 2024 · I researched across Geekhack, Reddit, zFrontier and Bilibili and found out some people replace the spacebar and the two Katakana and Hiragana (or whatever they are) keys next to it with a 4. Would the spacebar dampener help at all. That's not always effective but it easy and worth a try. Normal. r/GlobalOffensive is the home for the Counter-Strike community and a hub for the discussion and sharing of content relevant to Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (CS:GO), and Counter-Strike 2 (CS2). 25U) I recommend doing the holee mod, tape mod, and bounce your wires and bounce your space bar key cap , the tape mod i didnt know how it could fix the problem but i tried the tape mod and all the rattle from my enter key has gone Last night i added foam to the case, and this morning did a 2 layer tape mod to the board. Weirdly, when I flipped the spacebar upside down, it sounded amazing. Lubing the spacebar doesn’t really solve the problem because the issue is with the stabilizer wire being uneven. We welcome posts about "new tool day", estate sale/car boot sale finds, "what is this" tool, advice about the best tool for a job, homemade tools, 3D printed accessories, toolbox/shop tours. Getting rid of rattle completely is step one, then you can go from there. maybe a quick search in this subreddit for more options • Keychron Q1 Pro (Paid full price and purchased it with my own money) • K Pro Banana Switches • I replaced stock foam with squishier foam from the acoustic upgrade kit and added Blu Tack to the spacebar to reduce the pinging sound. This achieves a similar muting effect without affecting the feel, and fortunately masking tape is a pretty common household item. Still a little louder than the rest but much much much much better. Things I'm considering: Buying g lube and just lubing the stabilizers Buying the GSV2 stabilizers AND applying lube to see if that's a better experience Start with great stabs lubed and holee modded. Hollow sound from large hollow key cap - space bar. I was surprised it worked so well, but I think I'd need to use a semi permanent adhesive on the side-posts like threadlock to keep it straight. Perfect mod if you are building a bassier, "thocky", board, since it absorbs the highs, allowing the low, bassier notes to come out. This removed all rattling but ended up feeling mushy, as if something was stopping it from bottoming out cleanly. Ticking stabilizers is actually very common especially for the spacebar. I did the mod, and, well, see for yourselves. My spacebar was extremely rattly so I applied the bandaid mod, holee mod, and lubed the stems, housing and wire with Krytox 205g0. . If you have similar problems to me, PTFE tape might be your best shot. This should help with the pinging a bit more given you've done all the other mods possible Welcome to /r/Electricians Reddit's International Electrical Worker Community aka The Great Reddit Council of Electricians Talk shop, show off pictures of your work, and ask code related questions. im using the aliaz silent 60g switches, also lubed with 205g0 and i just ran out of ideas i can definetly tell that the noise is mostly from the spacebar springing back up after Context: I've been struggling to mod my spacebar stabs for over a year now. 10" thick sheet or thinner! Anything more than that WILL NOT FIT! Spacebar Modding. The frame I ordered is a 64 key frame and holds opportunity for a split spacebar mod which I am keen to try out, here’s my issue; the keycaps needed for this are 2. So, unpopular opinion seeing other responses: dont add foam IN your space bar, add it underneath the plate Foamed space bars always sound 'dead' to my ears, and I've tried a bunch of makes/models/styles, but you can reduce the hollow echo a bit by cutting foam to fit the cavity underneath your space bar. First of all, the stock spacebar (at least on the Pro 2, not sure about the newer models) is ABS, while the rest of the Sort of new to this whole mechanical keyboard thing but recently I decided to order a frame and build off that for a first keyboard “build”. To fix this, you can try both the holee mod or plumber’s mod. I had a bit of old foam lying around so I cut it to size and glued it into my space bar and it made it even quieter! Win! Turn the space bar 180º Both stabilizers on the space bar have to be connected with the stabilizer springs (the metal piece that stabilizes the whole space bar) (also the metal piece doesn't need to be touched/moved/turned around at all, you can just leave it as it is) Push the space bar back into its switch and you're done! Has anyone done this spacebar foam mod, if yes, does it make a huge difference? What type of foam did you use, how thin did you slice it? This mod is from KBDfans, costs $5 but shipping is like $25 so i don't want to buy this, thinking of DIYing it but I don't really know how thin to cut it or what type of foam I should use, (my spacebar is 6. Not as silent as the rest of the keys. yeah, I didn't have much luck with the foam mod. I did 2 layers of masking tape on mine last week and it was great. This works similarly to spacebar foam, which I was using before, but my DIY foam made the spacebar feel slightly sluggish. This is by far the best stab I've been able to mod. If you don't want to take out the switch or stabilizer to mod them or invest in higher grade keycaps, then you could try putting foam in the spacebar. This sub is for tool enthusiasts worldwide to talk about tools, professionals and hobbyists alike. tape mod is way easier since it sticks and it doesn't have much thickness to interefere. It has all the common hacks. 25U, and I’ve found it to be a pain in the ass to find keycaps of Something else people have done is put a bit of tape or bandaid on the pcb so that the spacebar stabilizer rests on it instead. 75U, 2. If you decide to do this mod, make sure you get a 0. This will take a while but be patient and keep at it. I personally have had success with the plumber’s mod. With everything done assemble your keyboard and enjoy a more poppy and muted sound! any ideas to mod my space bar to make it more silent? i think i kinda tried everythinglubed (205g0) and band aided the stablizers, (durock) i even tried to put aloooootttt of lube in and its still kinda noisy. Mine have always been super scuffed no matter what I did. Jul 28, 2024 · Take your spacebar keycap and cut strips of tape to fill in the gaps. Decided to use o-rings. I saw that spacebar foam on their website yesterday and thought about getting it. I had to put two o-rings on each side of the spacebar. Now the sides do not bottom out and the spacebar is more silent. But can't remember having another keyboard with such different feeling with the spacebar. I recently put in a frankenswitch to my spacebar that is boba u4t everything, cream stem. And yeah keycaps material is important. i added a layer of the painters tape i was using, and two thin layers of the packaging foam that came with the board (HANDY!). while playing with the extra tape i thought of a way to try making the spacebar sound less hollow before lubing the switches. Although this more changes the sound character than removing hollowness. 5u Nissho spacebar, but I just can't get my hands on something like that, so I started looking for alternatives. The mod will help a lot, making your spacebar sound less hollow and more poppy. The question of thocc gets asked 10x a day in this sub. The black space bar sound is exactly the same as the spacebar with the white drawings. Mod your board, get a switch that produces a lower pitch, add foam or cotton under your space bar. Look at new k8 pro (pre kickstarter) offering. It’s a little tight, and I wouldn’t use it for normal alphas, but in the spaceb I was going to do the bottom row too after I saw a post about modding a spacebar to work with the non standard sizing found here. vcr udcr htpg jqgdd fntaucx dqbh itqrtv cmq nouz ychrw