I own an HHKB and of course at some point I wanted to swap out the keycaps for something else. But the choices are limited unless I switch out the sliders for mx compatible ones. As I did some more research on replacement sliders I’ve noticed a lot of comments about them being “scratchy.” I’m sure there’s a lot of factors that could result in scratchiness but the first thing that comes to mind is the plastic surface itself.
What if I use a high-grit wet sandpaper (1,200-2,000) to smooth out micro imperfections and buff it out with a dremel? On top of that I would then try to lube the sliders to make it as slick as possible.
Does anyone think this could work or am I just spouting nonsense?
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I’ve used mx stems that are extremely polished looking and smooth but they can still exhibit some friction from plastic on plastic. It would probably help to polish them, but I think lubricant would probably be easier and result in overall smoothness
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Hi it looks like KBDfans is out of stock on adapter-x(like in the last couple of days). I am by no means an insider, however given the issues regarding the stem rotation they might be coming out with a v2 some time this year that fixes that issue.
Fingers crossed for UHMWP instead of POM sliders.
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I think it’d be safest buffing manually. Dremel would eat through the plastic like cheese even if you use a cotton pad.
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any level of buffing would probably remove enough material to create fitment issues with the sliders, as in you’d be introducing extra space for wobble.
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