[GreenKeys] 3d printed keytops

[hwhall@aol.com]

Maybe we have a terms thing happening? That looks like they 3D printed some key caps (and that is what they themselves called their creation). The key cap is the upper layer of a spring cushion key top and bears the symbols. The spring cushion keytop locks onto a keyboard key lever's metal disk.

It's a useful skill to have developed since we often encounter keytops without their caps but the worst case is when all we have is the bare metal key lever & disk. The multipart keytop is the greatest challenge to reproduce.

FWIW, is seems there were keys made that didn't have a spring cushion arrangement. These were called celluloid keytops & could be 3D printed, too. But it's been my experience that most Teletypes used the spring cushion keytops.

Wayne
WB4OGM


On Tuesday, December 31, 2024 at 09:26:15 AM MST, xandrieu via GreenKeys <greenkeys at mailman.qth.net> wrote: 

Hi,

Check out Thingiverse (www.thingiverse.com/thing:3020027), there is a description of keytops made by 3d printing for a M15 Teletype.

Xavier

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