I wanna glue pennies to my Z and X keys on my keyboard, that way the keys will be lighter and easier to press. i dont wanna buy a mechanical keyboard.
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Would this work..?
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That sounds like it'd be really uncomfortable :w:
Pennies are going to be hard and they're not made for hammering your fingers into while keyboards are (relatively) soft and are made for that 
I don't think pennies are heavy enough to make you feel a change in the weight of the keys. Also I might think they're a bit too big? Wouldn't the sides the pennies clank with each other?
A rubber dome's actuation force can be anywhere from 40g to 70g. I guess you will need to put 5/8 of the actuation force to feel the effect of the key getting significantly lighter. Considering a nickle weighs about 5g, that's 5 to 10 nickles on one key
Sources:
https://m.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboa ... easure_my/
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41922.0
Sources:
https://m.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboa ... easure_my/
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41922.0
Topic Starter
you know what...if i glue 10 nickels together, and then glue it to the key, i think that might actually workabraker wrote:
A rubber dome's actuation force can be anywhere from 40g to 70g. I guess you will need to put 5/8 of the actuation force to feel the effect of the key getting significantly lighter. Considering a nickle weighs about 5g, that's 5 to 10 nickles on one key
Sources:
https://m.reddit.com/r/MechanicalKeyboa ... easure_my/
https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=41922.0
you can also make your own mech keypad, if you already got the tools - it's really cheap and relatively easy.
Topic Starter
ooooooooooo mech keyboard? sounds like something me like please post tutorials?
please post tutorials?few links to get you going:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17d5 ... Y6Pos/edit
http://www.instructables.com/id/Osu-Key ... duino-Uno/
http://imgur.com/a/bKuMe/new
There are many different microcontrollers, just an example of one, adafruit tirnket seems like least hassle.
http://www.amazon.com/Adafruit-Trinket- ... it+trinket
drivers
https://learn.adafruit.com/trinket-usb- ... d?view=all
rest is up to you to figure out.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17d5 ... Y6Pos/edit
http://www.instructables.com/id/Osu-Key ... duino-Uno/
http://imgur.com/a/bKuMe/new
There are many different microcontrollers, just an example of one, adafruit tirnket seems like least hassle.
http://www.amazon.com/Adafruit-Trinket- ... it+trinket
drivers
https://learn.adafruit.com/trinket-usb- ... d?view=all
rest is up to you to figure out.