[sudo-discuss] mx brown switches in salvage

[robb]

i think we're gunna have to mount a larger fan to the underside of teh
skylight thing that's bolted to teh rafter.
we can reach it w/scaffolding
might be a good time to install some diffusion under teh skylights 2


On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 11:53 AM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:

> we have a duct fan, it's under the laser cutter to the left of its cart
> last i saw it, it's a beige and blue metal box the size of a small TV/VCR
> combo, and it has two 4" duct things on the back.  It would need some
> modification to work with the exhaust duct we have (cardboard and duct tape
> or something from the hardware store or a cut-up plastic bucket)
>
> and then its inlet can be ducted to our acrylic fume hood box thing, or to
> whatever we're trying to ventilate.
>
> also don't forget someone should go on the roof and reposition the top of
> the duct in the skylight thing so it's centered over its hole, so it
> doesn't leak back into the room like it does now.
>
>
> On Thu, 22 Sep 2016, robb wrote:
>
> we need a duct fan
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 8:50 PM, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>>
>> that's hilarious, i guess it would be perfect for what Trent wants to do.
>>>
>>> make sure you get plenty of ventilation, i should have mentioned.
>>>
>>> This can't be done in sudoroom without running a fan to the ventilation
>>> duct near the laser cutter.  Perhaps the clear acrylic flow-hood could be
>>> connected to a ventilation blower to the exhaust duct.
>>>
>>> -jake
>>>
>>>
>>> On Thu, 22 Sep 2016, robb wrote:
>>>
>>> i just found a 10.5" X 20" electric hotplate yesterday.
>>>
>>>> it's on the projects shelves past the robot arm w/a note about component
>>>> removal use on it.
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, Sep 22, 2016 at 3:39 PM, Trent Robbins <robbintt at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Thanks Jake! I was planning on doing it by hand, but it would be neat to
>>>>
>>>>> try the mechanical one at sudo room.
>>>>>
>>>>> Trent
>>>>>
>>>>> On Thursday, September 22, 2016, Jake <jake at spaz.org> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> a hotplate covered with clean sand heated up to 400 degrees (celsius)
>>>>>
>>>>>> will be a surface on which you can place a circuitboard covered with
>>>>>> such
>>>>>> switches, and then you can pluck them out of the board as their solder
>>>>>> melts.  This is how old boards had their parts salvaged from them back
>>>>>> when
>>>>>> people still did that.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> if you don't have the right hotplate and you want to use a skillet
>>>>>> instead, you'll likely have to cut the circuitboard in half or thirds
>>>>>> so
>>>>>> that it will be small enough to fit in the skillet of sand.  no big
>>>>>> deal.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> you could also remove them one at a time, using a desoldering tool.
>>>>>> There's a motorized one at sudoroom, which is basically a gun-shaped
>>>>>> soldering iron with a hollow tip and a foot-pedal activated vacuum
>>>>>> pump.
>>>>>> You could use that to pull the solder out of the hole for one of the
>>>>>> two
>>>>>> pins of each key, and then use a regular soldering iron to heat up the
>>>>>> second one while pulling the key out with the other hand.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> good luck,
>>>>>> -jake
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, 20 Sep 2016, Trent Robbins wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Does anyone know a good way to salvage from 101-105 mx brown keyboard
>>>>>>
>>>>>> switches?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I'm planning on building my own keyboard this fall or winter and have
>>>>>>> plenty of time to source scrap.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> http://cubiq.org/build-your-very-own-pc-keyboard
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Build process is as complex as you'd expect.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Teensy firmware: https://github.com/tmk/tmk_keyboard
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Trent
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> --
>>>>> (Sent from cellphone)
>>>>>
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