A Few Obscure Keyboard Switch Modifications
Figure 1: Oh yeah, I meant it when I said obscure... There’s no doubt that mechanical keyboard switches have gotten increasingly better in their stock forms over the past half decade of releases. Despite switches now having tighter manufacturing tolerances, smoother factory lubing, and overall higher quality per dollar spent, aftermarket modifications of switches is still one of the most discussed topics by people freshly joining the hobby today. This hyper fixation on switch modding is due in no small part to the glut of keyboard content creators that produced videos, shorts, and all manner of content during the peak of COVID talking about the art and science behind lubing and filming for switches. For a while there, it almost seemed as if you had to have some content about lubing, filming, and/or ‘frankenswitching’ switches if you wanted to cut it as being a true keyboard content creator in the space. However, as people like this have flooded the internet with...
Oct 22, 2024
There are many styles of space bar, but there is no difference between space bars that use costar stabs and cherry stabs. For costar stabs, you need to remove the white plastic tab under the existing keycap and move it over to the new keycap. This video doesn't show him actually transferring the plastic tab, but you can see the tabs very clearly in the video.
Now, having said that, there's a plethora of space bar configurations. The most common, a 6.25U wide space bar with 3 stems. There's a center stem, and one each 50mm to either side of it. This space bar will fit that, but it also has 3 other stems for greater compatibility. There's the center stem, one stem 12.5mm off to the right, and to either sides, one stem 40mm from the center, and one stem 50mm from the center.