My Kingdom for Smooth ABS SA Keycaps
Every time I build a new keyboard, I go hunting for keycaps. And every time I go hunting, it eventually devolves into a desperate search for SA (or equivalent) profile keycaps with a smooth finish. SA is the ultimate profile, IMHO, and they're relatively hard to come by. Signature Plastics, which is where a lot of SA sets come from like the T0mb3ry SA Carbon set (they might actually hold the trademark on the SA profile if I'm not mistaken), is reportedly going through some management/ownership struggles (last I heard, they're looking for new ownership), and along with apparently the rest of the industry, they seem to be neglecting this superior keycap profile in their own stocks. If you order direct from them, they have a couple themed sets in stock (maybe), but generally you can have any color you want, as long as it's black or white. Drop carries a fair number of MT3 profile sets, which are very similar to SA. But just like SP's SA-P profile, they're made with a different...
Apr 10, 2024
i'm sorry to be the one to speak up again. I would like to know what Caseking answered you, that they don't offer any other color combinations. I mean they live in ISO-Country, selling ISO-products, making their money and living by ISO-customers.
I although guess you've asked in the same polite manner other german companys like Alternate, Mindfactory ... what's wrong with them not to offer these keycaps at all.
The time i had been raised and educated i've learned to ask in a friendly way if i would like to get something, offending others might not be smart to achieve that.
Matt3o made a nice Granite ISO-childset covering a lot of ISO-layouts and many people, instead of being happy, were upset, because it had been to expensive and had to many keys not needed for their needs. (Around 40 bucks)
Why don't you go to your local town hall, start a small business, that isn't expensive, start to sell ISO-keycaps and get rich. But wait, Ducky might tell you they don't have available what you want right now or they might tell you that you've to take 1000 sets before they make this business with and for you.
To bad, your business ended before it even started.
Cheers
i've this feeling we're moving in circles somehow. But to be more constuctive, it seems you could be fine with your alphas and those G81 caps.
To make that work, you may need some Stabilizer Inserts: top link - http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/products/keyboard-parts/cherry-mx-keycap-stabilizer-insert-2pcs.html for your costar stabilizers and some stemmoding to become centered: second/third link - https://geekhack.org/index.php ?topic=32280.0 - http://deskthority.net/workshop-f7/center-stem-capslock-modding-t9680.html
All you need to build an iso pbt blanck is given at pmk: fourth link - http://pimpmykeyboard.com/blank-key-packs/ Might be to expensive for you though.
Computerbase is my german "hometown", if you're in need for further help or some talk in german send me a pm, same avatar, but the name is Orson or write in this thread: bottom link - http://www.computerbase.de/forum/showthread.php ?t=1326491. Nice people there allways willing to give a hand.
Cheers and good luck
i was referring to a selfbuild full set of blanks out of the given options and not a premade full set by SP themselves.
Cheers
I had the same issue, even worse cause I am used to spanish layout. What I did is switch to ISO UK layout, and is still defficult to get good keysets. Right now you can get an ISO DE pbt keycap set from Vortex on corus-kb, I got mine couple of weeks ago, here you have the links: https://corus-kb.com/en/keycaps/49-vortex-pbt-keycaps-full-set-105-iso-blank-0799665795474.html https://corus-kb.com/en/keycaps/68-vortex-pbt-keycaps-full-set-105-iso-de-qwertz-top-side-printed-.html
Hope it helped,
Regards.
For example ISO Enter is available only in WAN white, but the homing bump keys are in WBK or WFJ. Or there is no white 1.25U key at all.
i havn't had that problem with dsa profile, but the caps/colors given do change once in a while. What had been possible last week might not be given this week and might be available again ....
No problem. I got a granite set and like it a lot, have it on my GON´s keyboard. Did you miss the Carbon and DangerZone sets? those also had ISO packs and are very nice too.
https://www.massdrop.com/buy/danger-zone-sa-keycap-set https://www.massdrop.com/buy/carbon
I am getting DangerZone but I let Carbon go and now I am regretting it, hope its back again sometime.
Regards.
and welcome to the world of craziness. Have you seen this cherry profile drop: https://www.massdrop.com/buy/blank-pbt-keycaps , of course the big bad enter is missing, but maybe you can get a colorwise corresponding iso-enter dsa at SP, might be better than nothing.
Being crazy myself i tell you a secret, that i even did a paint job on single keycaps to get as close as possible. All of this is just meant as inspiration, and welcome to the journey of searching for perfection.
We're doomed my friend, got to go, my medicine is waiting :)
http://pimpmykeyboard.com/dsa-dcs-iso-enter-pack-of-1/ http://pimpmykeyboard.com/colors/