if you are staying near Puchong I can borrow you Huang Hua soldering iron, stand, and the Mechanic HX-T100 soldering wire to experience soldering for yourself

i believe 3 times. i did few the second time. (dz60, yd60mq)

if shit happened, then it's time to learn wire jumping haha

currently, i use this set, with a stand and copper sponge i got from melectron.

i am from Klang. yet to buy switches.

RK987
got it from taobao sales for RM110 incl shipping with fake browns from kailh. feels not bad, gonna retire my 10 years old ducky with mx blues

So i bought this and waiting to arrive....




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good luck !

I only done once soldering back at high school , and i think it's been 8 years since then. I not really sure how to desolder and solder.... Youtube makes it looks easy... but i afraid i might mess up and destroy my keyboard's pcb, like the pad (contact hole on pcb ) raised... any idea to avoid that?

My Keyboard is G613, it's mounted on a plate ( i think it's metal painted in black ), and i read somewhere after desolder , have to use some plier or tweezer to remove and gently too....

sokay, ive damaged a few old boards. my test beds. lul.

lol... how to avoid that? how it got damaged? too hot? or the soldering iron touched too long?

and got specific solder wire to use? or the one included in the kit is sufficient?

i think its the mixture of all the above.

its sufficient. just dont leave the iron doing nothing for too long.
gets oxidize easy so tip no good. so bad soldering job. so damage board.

I hoped you used some kind of blower instead of physically blowing into it. Our breathes has water vapour in it, technically accelerates the oxidisation process.

I would say pretty unlimited if it's a good, properly made PCB, provided you do it right with the right tools. I've used a dead Razer as a "switch leg solder cleaner" for countless times of soldering and desoldering (just to get switch legs cleanly desoldered after desoldering from unleaded solder boards) and the pads are still intact, no signs of damage.

I used Visbella Electronic cleaner, and then used hair dryer in cold to accelerate the drying.

It works fine for a day and then back to no register, double/triple type.

If you had used some form of contact cleaner, it's fine, just don't go blowing our breath into the switches, albeit, it's a common mistake most of us do.

Will remember that.... you do soldering before?

May i ask your opinion on which switch is better durability/lifespan? Romer G, or Cherry switches?

if you're worried then maybe can get GRexer's help. I recently got his service to desolder a Poker 2 PCB, the man did a damn great job!

Oh... i bought the soldering kit, might as well experience it myself first. how much he charge per key? i also bought a bunch of Romer G switch from Shoppe.....

Everglide has 熊猫卫星轴. What is it known as in English? I mean like XXXXX stabilizers, what is the XXXXX?

Can't say for sure coz I had never had a Romer-G keyboard on my own use but Cherry had been quite reliable on me, but, yeah, sometimes there are "duds/lemons" that wear out prematurely, really depends on the use condition I guess, dust, moisture etc does increases the chances of corrosion.

Thanks for the recommendation!

Repairs I do typically charge per key unless there's a lot and would charge a flat rate for desoldering/soldering fees, but since you had bought some switches and that you're willing to try, yeah, I guess can go ahead.

Those are plate mount stabilisers. Nicknamed panda coz of the colour scheme. Think it was black housing with white stem and gold wires.

Are gold plated wire for aesthetic purpose only?

ducky one 2 SF + cherry red switch is it good for WFH purpose... mostly for typing.

This post has been edited by PulseAngel: Jul 18 2020, 02:26 PM