My first Frankenswitch: Swapping Kailh Box Navy Spring into a Durock T1 Silent Shrimp Keyboard Switch
Navy switch opened I built a Tokyo 60 using the Durock T1 Silent Shrimp switches and the Drop+Matt3o /dev/tty MT3 keycaps (with Apple kit, natch). I like it a lot, as a silent tactile board, but I was getting the occasional, annoying, double-space-bar activation and/or, just by grazing the space bar, inadvertent actuation. At least one reviewer has encountered issues with “weak springs” with this switch and their solution was to swap in a Cherry MX Clear spring. Me being me, I decided to swap in a spring from one of the several Kailh Box Navy switches I have surplus. I’ve never done this before. I found this switch opener tool , which was advertised to work with Kailh switches, and confirmed it would also work with the Durock. This YouTube video shows just how easy it is; literally just position the switch on the opener and then press down. Pop, off comes the top. Couldn’t have been easier. And the Frankenswitch works exactly as I’d hoped: The spacebar requires just enough effort...