I feel like this might be appropriate here.
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I wonder what happens if they made stems out of sand and glue. It canāt be as scratchy as browns, though.
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Iāve made a particular mistake, twice actually, that made for an extremely sandy experience. In service of one quick-and-dirty mod or another, I had reason to use a Dremel-type tool to shave some bits down - the mistake being the laziness of leaving the switches in.
The first time was from above, and I got superfine plastic dust right down in a handful of switches. Inoperably sandy. Basically ded. Theyāre still in a bag somewhere waiting for an extended cleaning that may never comeā¦
Second time was actually from below the PCB; I actually ground-down some soldered-in cheap Outemu-style hot swap sockets so I could fit some foam below themā¦ that stuff got right inside the switches, too. A couple wouldnāt even return they were so sandy.
Not that I needed to tell anyone - but lesson being if youāre doing any maintenance that produces particulate, insulate your switches from it one way or another. 
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Also insulate your lungs by wearing a mask! 
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I thought it was cast, but the guy said it was machined which is really impressive. He must have a 3-axis or something
It would be interesting to see a click jacket version.
Love it dude. Iām thinking all you need is a Thomas Kinkade painting and youād be all set. 
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Yes! ā¦but with some Star Wars stuff subtly painted-in, like Luke raising an X-wing from a lake, an AT-ST trundling through a forest clearing, or a Star Destroyer hovering menacingly beyond the mountain fog. I have a buddy that does this, and weāve already talked about doing one for my den. 
Not my budās work, but basically what Iām thinking:
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Received 2 Tecsee Ruby samples, linears switches with UHWMPE stem, one of them felt like it had a very weak tactile bump, I didnāt know if Iām imagining or thereās something defective.
Turns out it arrived with a tactile stemā¦
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I have a watercolor portrait of Ron Burgundy in my guest bathroom thatās always a hit. But now I see these and I MUST have them.
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some spackle will fix that up. just fill in that gap
Opening up my Pigeon when
Heh. Is that cheeky?
I think itās cheeky.
Edit:
Confirmed cheeky bois
This keeb, thoughā¦ obviously Iāll need some time with it but they all have an impression to make with a first set of test clacks. Yeah, those were nice.
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Hoo-wee that URLā¦
Anywho - these look to have those ātallā cross-mounts; presumably another way to get around interference issues. The cross-mounts are taller than the dust shrouds - also not heard of Wujing before.
welp thereās the manufacturer i guess
Oh uh, check out mechanicalbionicleās shop switchoddities.com btw, he knows a lot about these obscure switch manus
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My most recent WTH is QK65 requiring USB-A to C cable. I reckon they couldāve used the money spent on bundled cable toward using full USB-C.
You may still be able to use USB-C. You might need to fiddle with cable orientation (e.g., the cable is topside down in both ports).
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Whoa. How did I not know this before? 
Haha, yea. Did it work!?
Iām not sure what the technical reason is (@Dave might know), but some daughterboards donāt accommodate the āany orientationā quality of USB-C. So, it ends up being like a USB-A cable, where it only works in one orientation.
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