Does anyone else notice a trend with switches having thicker stems lately?
Putting my eBPT 9009 (KBD67 Lite version) on the Gateron Cap v2 or Jwick linears (black full nylon) is significantly harder compared to my (probably r1) EV-01, itās not hard to the point Iām feeling it will break but I do worry it will strech them over time.
Am I worrying too much or is that reasonable?
Ironically the Chinese copy came out before Keebwork finished theirs. The clone workmanship is far less intricate.
Dang. The phrase MADE IN CHINA is taking on a whole new meaning these days.
Ha! I thought is was keycaps stems were getting way tighter.
Whichever way, my last multi-layout hotswap build where you have to turn switches around in order to get the layout you want, totally deformed a few switch stems resulting in some super loose keycaps if I swapped that particular switch from north to south-facing. It got so bad I had to keep track of what switches were facing in what direction.
Iām curious - why would north- or south-facing do anything to the stems? I just inspected my Ginkgo65 and theyāre all south-facing, but my keyboards at home are all north-facingā¦is the problem only when its mixed on the same plate? 
The Ajazz board could be unrelated to Keebwerks, it was released it on June 1st which is Childrenās Day in China and with Tom and Jerry being popular in China it could be just a coincidence that they are both cheese inspired. Or in the end, it could be a copy 
Thatās fair. And the Chinese version is 65%
argh, I canāt believe I missed this, they go on sale all the time but that is the best deal in a while
It could be. I was using the BIOI flexcut PCB which pretty much positions the switches anyway theyāll fit. But the DZ60RGB flips the Esc and 1! switches to north-facing which I sometimes notice have a tighter keycap fit than the rest. YMMV.
I have a pack of Tecsee Purple Pandas and their stems were pretty loose, but Iāve only had issues with one set so it wasnāt a problem/
Iāve had some keycaps on my Purple Pandas and used them later it on a pack Tecsee Carrots Iāve bought later that year, itās stems were significantly thicker.
After a while of using those keycaps Iāve retuned them to the Tecsee Purple Pandas and to my suprise, several keycaps were quite loose.
Edit: I also want to order a pack of JWICK black nylon linears, but a sample has a very thick stem and it worries meā¦
Chinese manufacturers are brutal, the industry is so massive there they can copy a product in a heartbeat and release it before you know it.
A lot of Western companies are keeping their work top secret and wouldnāt let Chinese people go miles near it, no kidding, itās that bad.
I swear Google is stalking me. Anyways, I jump on YT and their first recommendation is for this documentary about a Chinese village that has a decades old industry built for the sole purpose of forging Van Gogh paintings. I guess itās just how things are done, although regrettably.
https://twitter.com/JakeSucky/status/1587872902296137729
Itās curious, even if itāll mostly be obscured by keycaps 
officially
leaked
When it comes to finalmouse words have no meaning unfortunately
Zfrontier has some excess U80-A boards? hmmm
Those sure look like KATE / CAPS, too.
