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Wodan
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Jan 17, 2016
One thing I just came across after sharing pics of my Planck (the keyboard !!) that I wasn't aware of before. @Eric.T brought to my attention that Cherry MX stems aren't 90° symmetrical but only 180° symmetrical meaning you can rotate keycaps 180° but not 90°. This is something you would only do to DSA caps obviously and I bet alot of people don't mind the orientation of their cursor or "O" key when putting it on. Since all caps have little marks where the injection into the mold happened, I checked some caps I got from the previous round of granite and realized that in my Gamer Kit there were four kinds of cursor keys (one for each direction) while my granite mod cursor caps had three sideway caps and only one up/down cap.
I'm not sure if this has been adressed before but please mind the orientation of your symmetrical DSA caps before putting them on and MASSDROP please make sure we get 2 up/down and 2 left/right cursor keys when assembling the kits.
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gromwalh
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Jan 17, 2016
WodanCould you post another picture demonstrating that the DSA caps are not symmetrical at a 90° turn? I have never observed this before; in fact I've observed the opposite. I don't think most people consider the injection sprue to be a symmetry feature, so if that's all this is based on then I'm not sure everyone would agree that they're not symmetrical at 90°.
Wodan
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Jan 17, 2016
gromwalhDSA profile is 90° symmetrical but the crosses of Cherry MX stems aren't ! Hard to see with the naked eye but the horizontal bars and the vertical bars have slightly different dimensions. @Eric.T referred me to the last paragraph of the Design section of this article: http://deskthority.net/wiki/Cherry_MX
matt3o
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matt3o
Jan 17, 2016
WodanCherry MX switch stem is not symmetrical, but SP keycap stem is symmetrical and big enough to fit all orientations. DSA keycap fits in any direction.
Wodan
643
Jan 17, 2016
matt3oHm well glad to hear that but I can't shake the feeling DSA caps have a "comfortable fit" and a "tight fit" when you rotate them 90°...
matt3o
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matt3o
Jan 17, 2016
WodanI'd say a tight fit and a tighter fit
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