I just found out about KeyCon, a mechanical keyboard convention happening in DC tomorrow.

https://www.pennsocialdc.com/event-details/keycon-2025

I would 100% be there if it weren't for the ridiculous birthday parade clusterf*cking up the city. They picked the wrong day for this thing.

#KeyCon #keyboards #mechanicalkeyboards #keycaps #keyswitches #CherryMX #Alps #bucklingspring #keyboard #Topre #computing #DC #WashingtonDC #conference #geek

@kobilacroix @katja and #Unicomp makes a #ModelM known as the "#EnduraPro"…

• Which is not as "sociable" if you ain't the only being in the room or if you are sensitive to #BucklingSpring noise...

Latest find, IBM Model M SSK #bucklingspring #mechanicalkeyboard

My next big wiki page revision is coming along nicely! #Unicomp, the 'torchbearers' of #bucklingspring #IBMModelM #ModelM keyboards, deserves a good, informative, factual page as well! Aiming for a release potentially as early as a few days, maybe a week?

An IBM M2 Keyboard Lives Again https://hackaday.com/2024/07/01/an-ibm-m2-keyboard-lives-again/ #PeripheralsHacks #BucklingSpring #IBMmodelM2 #ModelM

Could not help myself when Model F Labs had a bleedin' sale on the F77...today it landed with a thud on my desk. Oh my, this is something else. It weights in north of 4 kilograms and seems to be made of panzer steel. Cork feet! They remind me of the ones on the Amiga A2000. Tonight I'll be adjusting buckling springs #keyboard #ibm #bucklingspring #retrocomputing

@jennzycos well, that's the problem:

"#BucklingSpring" ain't a "Mechanical #Switch" but actually just a mechanized #Rubberdome...

I mean, I have a #ModelM, duh...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D7wmMZmMinM

@scrat @fuchsiii wenn du sichergehen willst dass du statf #Cublicle nen eigenes Büro bekommst, dann rate ich zu #BucklingSpring (Model M) oder #BoxNavy (MX-kompatibel), weil die sind klicy af und akustisch sehr imposant.

@kingu np.

It's also the perfect reason to demand a single-person office or be given 100% remote as an option, becuase #BucklingSpring is loud af!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpyvLFLZtC0

@dcseifert *nodds in agreement*

Once you went with good switches you don't want to go back...

If you like #BucklingSpring, you may also like #BoxNavy and #Clickiez switches...

#introductions Hi, I'm Admiral Shark! I share knowledge of IBM, Lexmark, Unicomp, TGCS & Lenovo stuff! #Beamspring #BucklingSpring #IBMModelF #IBMModelM #ThinkPad

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Wooden Keyboard with Scrabble Tiles Goes the Extra Mile

[Steve M. Potter] loves and respects a good, solid keyboard as much as we do and wanted to build an heirloom-level battleship to grace their home office. Well, you couldn't ask for a better donor keeb. [Steve] used a Unicomp, the modern Model M. The cases on them are nowhere near as nice as a real model M, but hey, where else are you going to find a keyboard with new buckling spring switches? You're not. (If anyone has a line on new buckling spring switches by themselves, please let us know.)

Although it has those wonderful buckling spring switches, this body is made of solid cherry. After dialing in the general shape of the case, [Steve] carefully routed out all the key cluster holes using a plunge router. This appears to have been the easy part, because making the keycaps looks terribly tedious.

The alphas a number row are all made from 3/4″ maple dowel rod cut down into cylinder nuggets and topped with Scrabble tiles. The F keys and modifiers are cut out of square poplar rod with bird's eye maple veneer for a unique look. We particularly like the colored F keys -- they look like candy or whisky stones, and just happen to be in resistor color code order. But our favorite part has to be the Caps Lock light. We'll never understand why in situ lock lights went out of fashion.

Like the look of this keyboard but don't have this much time to invest? Macropads look good in wood, too.

#peripheralshacks #bucklingspring #keyboard #modelm #scrabbletiles #unicomp #woodworking

Finally living my best keyboard life!
#unicomp #modelm #bucklingspring

So after using my new buckling spring keyboard for a few days I've gotten very used to it and now EVERY other keyboard feels hideously inferior and I think I am ruined forever.
#BucklingSpring

Some really cool information about the magic of buckling springs.
#BucklingSpring
https://imgur.com/a/DXTAZ

I have finally become that old man with his noisy typewriter keyboard.
#Unicomp #BucklingSpring

@lx
#mechanicalkeyboard #bucklingspring

I was using a Razer with Cherry Blue switches. I think the model was Widowmaker - no, I just checked - Black Widow. I think it was made for gamers, but I was just looking for something with Cherry Blues. I heard the Cherries are supposed to be a good substitute for buckling springs. They're not.
These Unicomps are expensive, but all mechanicals are, aren't they?

@lx

"Did anyone use an IBM Model F or M before?"

#mechanicalkeyboard #bucklingspring

I just bought a unicomp buckling spring keyboard and my typing improved immediately. How about you?

Did anyone use an IBM Model F or M before? #mechanicalkeyboard #bucklingspring