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Pabile 30-Key Mechanical Keyboard

Now powered by Raspberry Pi RP2040 micro chip. More information on https://github.com/pabile/Pabile-Keyboards

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Pabile 12-Key Macro Pad

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P42 Acrylic Casing

Trying to design stacked acrylic casing for my P42 keyboard. Below is the final design. 7 layers of 2.5mm matte black sheets with frost middle layer to let LED shine through. First two layers were glued. Bolts were sandwiched on these layers to hide them. Beta: All frost sheets on my P42 with Adafruit Feather 32u4 Bluefruit LE. Alpha: Checking clearances on clear sheets Please follow us on…

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Pabile 20-key Macro Pad

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3D Printed Alps Stabilizer Inserts

3D Printed Alps Stabilizer Inserts

Due to difference in mounts, I was not able Tai Hao Dolch’s spacebar on my AT101W. Until… (more…)

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Orange Yummy Orange Alps Switches

Orange Yummy Orange Alps Switches

I bought 65 pieces of these for another custom build but plans have changed. Currently selling these.

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Sand Dunes of Paoay, Ilocos Norte

This is not only good for those 4x4s but also to capture somewhat classis Japanese shots …Naruto feel if I may.

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Took some photos after lubing the switches.

…still not as pleasing to use as my blue Alps switches.

Bare 60% Salmon Alps Keyboard Took some photos after lubing the switches. ...still not as pleasing to use as my blue Alps switches.

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ID No. 4086227

So…. someone sent me this board for repair stating that there are keys not registering and LEDs won’t lit. I mentioned that this was basically due to loose rivets and I offered to repair it. Being able to repair similar issues before, I was pretty sure that a bolt modification will fix it.

The board as it arrived and after disassembly:

Key test:

  Contrary to my assumption, dead keys were not caused by loose rivets. I checked the membrane and found that there are four traces broken. Time to order copper tapes…

While waiting for my repair kit, I prepared the panel board for USB conversion:

[a week later]

So the copper tape arrives… I tried to repair the broken traces and reassembled with a nuts and bolts. Unfortunately, the traces on the membrane were too brittle that more traces broke after assembly. So I have to disassemble and re-assemble again…

After I made sure the traces were fixed, I found out that RAlt, F3, ” (quote) and Pause buttons won’t press properly when sandwiched in its plates. RAlt stayed pressed while the other buttons are hard to press.

I was able to fix RAlt by placing a thick piece of paper between membranes but could not fix the others. I tried to loosen and tighten the bolts surrounding the 3 buttons but no good. I can only assume that the area of these buttons are warped and won’t align perfectly. I don’t know any fix for this so I am leaving it at is.

All in all, I disassembled then re-assembled the board 3 times and fixed a total of 12 traces plus 4 from the LED strip.

  ISO converted since we have no spare button to replace ANSI Enter.

Though with issues, I composed this post using the subject keyboard. Works pretty good since the buttons with issues are not commonly used.

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      IBM Model M PN 1391401 02JAN90 ID No. 4086227 So.... someone sent me this board for repair stating that there are keys not registering and LEDs won't lit.

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Lobo, Batangas

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Everyday El Nido

Here’s a glimpse on the locals of El Nido, Palawan. El Nido Dock Locals and workers are dwarfed by the number of shipments, limestone cliffs and tourist coming in and out of the port. On tour AWESAM! ..and this is what El Nido looks like at night. el nido sa gabe #palawan #mobile #night #beach #street #outdoor #travel #adventure #everydayphilippines #traversephilippines #wheninmanila…

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Access IS AKE104969 / 1-STK 15

Access IS AKE104969 / 1-STK 15

Official product page Currently typing on this board. Seems well built, standard ANSI layout and pretty sturdy. This board has two PS/2 and a serial port. It beeps as you power up the PC. Scratches everywhere I am not sure how to test this feature of the board. Cherry MS Black. Supports NKRO. This unit seems refurbished   Aside from the scratches, the keycaps are inconsistent. It seemed that this…

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Everyday Boracay

All photos are taken with my trusty Nikon Coolpix AW110 [OC](c)Pabile

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M-122 SN 1017108: Still Fighting ...for a Cause

M-122 SN 1017108: Still Fighting …for a Cause

SN 1017108 reminds me a lot of a street photographer that I admire. Like this photographer, this keyboard does not want to give up. So, with everything I have, I decided to keep it alive, functional and be something that will still inspire and contribute however/wherever it can. These said, and since this photographer I admire is in need help to cope up with his daily obstacles, I will be selling…

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Leading Edge DC-2014

Model No.: DC-2014 Serial No.: DKA 70452073 Here’s a Soarer’s converter + Pro Micro pin out guide for those who wish to convert this beauty to USB. It is noteworthy that the Pro Micro should be flashed with Arakula’s modified firmware and all 5 pins are used as mentioned in this post. Glamour shot with her new USB cable… For those who wish to know what I think of this board, well, here’s my Pros…

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To paint or not to paint? I am yet to assemble my second 60% build due to its plate. Part of me wants it as bare metal while the other wants it painted... What would you do?

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