I used novatouch sliders for all keys, including the spacebar. A friend made this customized 6u SA spacebar for me. Refer to:
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Thatâs great !
Do you feel like the Novatouch sliders are less wobbly than stock topre ? How about smoothness?
I donât have two Topre boards to do comparison side by side, so it might be incurrate. I guess they are close in term of wobble? Maybe the combination of Novatouch sliders + SA keycaps is a bit more wobbly than stock topre sliders + stock keycaps. Still acceptable.
Obviously Novatouch sliders are less wobbly than third-party mx sliders, which are not acceptable for me. As for the smoothness, theyâre fine. They feel really nice and smooth after lubed.
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Iâve tried many times with different lubes but I have not yet been able to get my HHKB with stock slider as smooth as my Tealios V2 board. Has anyone succeeded in this? Is this even possible?
I donât think a well lubed Topre board could be as smooth as a well lubed MX board. I guess the structure plays an important part for that. The Topre structure of housing/slider has wide contacting parts/points while for MX switches is just switch stem and two trays inside the switch case. If you lube all contacting sides of a Topre housing/slider, it would be more smooth but itâs easy to get dirty(and then the dirt reduces the smoothness). So people usually just lube the slider trays of the plate. However you could lube all contacting sides of a MX switch without a problem because all contacting parts are put into a switch case, well sealed. Just my two cents.
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Hello,
to give you an idea how i did it four years ago for the first time (prototype 
) a few old pictures. I used an 7u spacebar for this, the stems work perfect afterwards for 6u.
Have a nice sunday
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Seeing a spacebar cut up like that is making me sweat 
But I donât blame you. 4 years ago we didnât have much to work with for Topre. Nowadays things are way better (aside from Novatouch prices)!
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The new challenge for 660C owners is that designers are moving the second 2.25u shift to a child kit and do not offer 6u spacebars in all possible colors.
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Honestly, canât expect people to include keys like that in base kits if they serve a very small part of the community.
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Yep,
a lot has changed during the last years, but i like it a lot to MacGyver every other day.
Problems do exist to get solved and not to give up.
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I donât know what youâre talking about but I keep finding Novatouches for $50 or so =))) bought 2 within the last year at that price :pppppppppppp
tbf Iâm in Vietnam and not many people use Topre, let alone mod it.
looks like you need to scoop up a handful and reap the rewards on r/mechmarket
Iâll take one, please 
haha not yet my friend, maybe when I found 5 of them. right now I have 1 in the Norbaforce and 1 in the Norbatouch 
Here is my MX-swapped FC660c 45g low noise I recently posted in this other keebtalk thread.
It makes me want to type more.
Bonus pic
I spotted these mudflaps on a delivery truck here in Japan. I wonder what they would think if they knew about this thread.
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What is this and where can I throw my wallet at it?
Just in case you havnât found out yet.
http://xahlee.info/kbd/uTRON_keyboard.html
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Whatâs left?