A brief reflection and look at how far our community has come since joining. I’ve been in the mechanical keyboard hobby for a very long time. It started as a high school student’s search for a keyboard for writing novels back in the 2008-2009 school year. I thought I wanted to be an author and I felt I needed a keyboard that I could sit down to at my desk and just write. After researching, joining forums, and saving money, I made my first purchase in the hobby, a blank black Happy Hacking Keyboard Professional 2. I still own this keyboard and while it is heavily modded now, it remains one of my all-time favorites. My HHKB Pro2 with MitchCapped Accents Many people would have stopped there, but keyboards became a hobby. I enjoyed learning about them, and early on, I enjoyed hunting for them in thrift shops. I would dig through bins at Goodwill and Salvation Army while popping keycaps off with paperclips looking for mechanical switches. I searched for a birthday Model M...
May 7, 2024
Is this a known issue for Zealios switches? It appears to me that the metal parts are often not properly aligned inside... could I have caused this during soldering? Heating the components too much or something perhaps (used 340° C).
EDIT: I just got a super nice reply by Henry from Zealios switches/Zeal PC. He explained to me that the transparent switches have a lower melting point due to a fiber glass percentage. Being a layman solderer I probably overheated them, causing the bottom part of the plastic to deform ever so slightly. He also gave me instructions on how to fix the key-chattering with an image containing arrows etc. He also recommended heating the joints for no more than 2-3 seconds during soldering. So, a big public thank you to Zealios switches for the explanation and the great support!