wait, does that imply that there will be a low profile “ursa minor”, and will height be the only difference?
Yup 
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The infill of the legends is done with polymer clay.
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interesting, very excited for ursa minor.
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The legends are super sharp !
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Talk about a seemingly simple thing made hard. I know I’m tired but this one got me: swapping TTC Matrix switches into one of my Prophets. The POM plate is quite soft and somehow it’s difficult to seat switches but they pop out easily so I found myself playing whackamole. I’d get one switch seated and another would pop out or the plate would bend since the switch wasn’t fully seated. Eventually I gave up and loaded the entire plate with switches, then aligned them to the millmax sockets on the PCB and seated them. Definitely never done that before but surprisingly it worked.
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As far as I know, this is the only low-pain way to use a POM plate. 
I think someone actually does make a tool specifically for dealing with soft-plate challenges - looks a bit like a wide-tooth comb - but yeah. I feel that headache.
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My fingertips would disagree with the low-pain sentiment, but point taken 
It’d worked in one off instances before but definitely not here. Lesson learned!
I ended up doing almost the same thing as you when I was trying to swap them while the assembly was still in the board. The modifiers were usually okay as was the num row but the alphas towards the center got me. every. single. time.
I think they have been officially named “plate forks”. I just bought one. They are popping up on more and more sites.
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This is where PCB padding helps immensely.
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Going fully retro, even with the record player. Endless love for the days of my youth — the breadbin.
BTW, Matt3o showed a C64 case on his discord server. Sounds like he wants to have it manufactured.
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Wonderful. Joyous. Is this the AFSA set?
SP SA Chocolatier 
Decided to give C3 Equalz v3 stabs a try tonight.
They come with a gasket kit, with a selection of thicknesses and materials. Since this is a work keeb, I used the thick ones.
I also used the included Teflon strips for the stems.
From there, I just put a sheen of 205g0 on the flat sides of the stem and on the ends of the wires up to just past the bends where they clip in; very minimal. (Switches are TTC Silent Bluish Whites.)
I also decided to finally try one of the silicone case inserts I’ve had laying around for a while.
They’re quite snug.
I’m really happy with these Nylon stabs so far - way more my speed than the polycarb KBDfans ones I had on here before. I can definitely say I’ve never had stabs sound this good with this little lube.
I decided to do this after not using this keeb for a while and forgetting how bad the stabs sounded; floppy and clunky. Definitely a good idea, and definitely worth the leisurely hour or two I spent on it with YouTube in the background.
Here’s what the keeb sounds like now:
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Had the same impression when I first tried those C3 v3 stabs. Sounds great!
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Dang, I’m gonna need to try these now.
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Discipline on the bench today. People do some fancy artsy shit with silk/mask on boards and I really need to get inspired to try it on some of my stuff.
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Decided to give my new little light box a try with some quick phone photos.
Gateron Browns
TTC Heart / Honey / Love
Gateron Oil Kings
Once I get a setup all dialed-in I’ll be photographing my whole collection with my DSLR.
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