Silent Bluish Whites
Great recommendation from @Deadeye. They are great stock remind me of silent Topre with a little bit of noise/scratch. Definitely potential to dethrone my go to boba u4s. Any lube film or spring recommendations?
I hope this come out in 5 pin one day
(My attempt at artsy photo)
I love those switches - glad youâre enjoying them as well!
Me too.
Until they do, Matrix 0-1 Tactiles have 5 pins and seem to have the same or at least a very similar leaf, if you have any of those laying around. Also a big fan of those; theyâre the loud-and-clacky version of the Bluish White, pretty much.
It was the Bluish White that made me fall in love with the 2-stage springs so I would keep them or get 2-stage in another weight. 3203 lube and kbdfans switch foam.
POM plate from GDG.
Wow, congrats on the raffle win dude. I tried to get a keypora for about a year, never got lucky enough to own one.
Thanks! I can definitely relate, Alpha was one of the makers I could never score a W with too, up till this last raffle I entered. Keep at it, itâll come through eventually bud!
We were just talking about those in this thread. Tell us more about the switches!
I order them from you))
This actually came yesterday (sorry) but turns out its 29th birthday is today!
Yes, thatâs a Model M⌠and yes, it has a Dell logo. When USA-based Model M production was given to the then-newly formed Lexmark, they immediately looked towards producing these keyboards for other companies and clearly Dell was a buyer. This keyboard is P/N 1397651 and has a detachable SDL to PS/2 cable. Despite the branding, itâs otherwise the same as a standard IBM P/N 1391401 from the same generation.
I almost chucked one of my Staebies stabs across the room after trying to push the wire in for ten minutesâŚdoes that count?
I have TX stabs to try for my next build which should be a good challenge. Not sure why I am so stab-assembly-challenged.
No, itâs not you. Staebies and TX both require a firm hand to get their wires snapped in.
Nah, you have to throw the stabs like shurikens so theyâll stick the walls before you can review them stabs. 
A 1983 Smith-Corona Ultrasonic electric typewriter with acoustic actuation sensing:
Got an NCR80 plastic kit today. I bought directly from YMDK instead of AliExpress. Whatâs crazy is how fast it shipped. I ordered it on a Thursday night and received it the next Monday morning.
Iâve almost bought one of those like four times and likely will at some point. Did you get the R1 or R2?
Recieved JWICK samples today, so far from first impression this are really really good.
Samples were drenched in factory oil, very smooth, the switches almost ignore off center presses, almost no spring crunch/ping, housing doesnât look like it needs films, and wobble is decent, not great though.
No big difference from the yellow and black switches aside for cosmetic difference, the spring might start heavier on the yellow JWICK but theyâre quite similar.
Overall this looks to be fantastic stock switch, though I can see why they cost so low, while they perform great, they feel somewhat cheap, canât really explain it, but I can definitly recommend this!
Worth their price which IIRC is around $15 for 70, if youâre looking for standard linear switches that donât need much work, very smooth and nice sound signature definitly pick this.
