Indeed - though if they sold out of those things at $5 a pop, I bet they made a killing. It looks to me like some sections of small plastic tubing with wire-cap ends on them as grips probably well under a buck of materials there.
Personally, Iād still prefer those specialized pliers you recommended a while back - but including something like these things with stabs might be a good-guy move, ha.
Very true. I bet the profit margin on something like this is respectable. Iām just thinking why make a profit once, when you can do it multiple times. This tool fixes warped wires, like a hundred or so before it most likely needs to be replaced. But if you sold straight wires, peeps would need your product each and every time they built a board. I know I would. Cha-ching.
Iām thinking to do this, you canāt bend the wire at all. Youād have to stencil it in its final form then cut it out of a solid object. I think the very act of bending the wire to form the right angles is what causes the unintended warpage.
These are still my go-to for initial straightening. For those little tweaks done by hand, I just use a band-aid on the finger acting as the fulcrum to the lever pressure Iām exerting. No worries.
Thereās also this list, which includes original estimates for reference
Historically speaking, compared to all the sets run in 2020 which mostly shipped a full year or more after the estimate, the latest sets to ship have āonlyā been about 6 months late.
Took me a while to figure out what was going on, but this is pretty cool if it works well:
I had seen the Screen but wasnāt sure how the keys work. Apparently you can change out the key frame assembly to have either linear or tactile switches, both a full 4mm travel. Iām going to guess itās some sort of hall effect mechanism. Switches and plate appear to be fully clear with sliders slightly visible on the West and East of the switches.
Profile of the keys looks to be completely flat, which is pretty crappy. But weāve never seen it from the side. Definitely not an end-game solution, but itās pretty cool.
Iād bet it has more to do with oxidation where the portion covered by the keycap probably experienced less thus not darkening as much. Just a guess though.
I think Razer had orange tactile switches, but IIRC they also had yellow switchesā¦ so I donāt know if itās the inside that oxidized or the outside that fadedā¦