violet sentinel
I've been looking into reducing the travel distance of my switches recently and this thought came to mind.
I think it would be great if there was a Wooting switch that had a shorter travel distance, such as 2mm. Alternatively, offering a way to customize existing Lekker switches to reduce their travel distance would work.
violet sentinel
For now, I'm just putting o-rings on my keycap stems (not the stems on the switches) to accomplish the shorter travel distance.
slate light
You're putting the o-ring like this?
It might be best to contact switch manufacturers such as Geteron, TTC, Geon, etc.
violet sentinel
You're putting the o-ring like this?
It might be best to contact switch manufac...
O-ring is getting put on the outside diameter of the key cap, not inside the switch anywhere. If I were to mod the inside of my switches I might do something like that though.
So it's not actually reducing the travel distance of the switch, but it is keeping me from pushing it down all the way (which has a similar effect).
slate light
O-ring is getting put on the outside diameter of the key cap, not inside the swi...
That will not change the travel distance
violet sentinel
That will not change the travel distance
I thought the underside of my keycaps was colliding with (or coming close to colliding with) the top of the switch housing. Is this not correct? That's the only way I can think that these o-rings would have any effect how I'm using them, and it definitely makes pressing the keys down feel like they don't move as much.
slate light
Keycaps normally don't hit the top of the switch. If they do hit and you raised the keycaps with o-ring, you're actually increasing your travel distance since you removed any interferences
violet sentinel
Keycaps normally don't hit the top of the switch. If they do hit and you raised ...
Guess that makes sense.
opaque solar
Guess that makes sense.
🤨 Not at all.
How you used O-Rings around the keycap stem/pole is correct and is often done to decrease/alter the sound rather than to limit the travel but you can use them as travel limiters as well. You could stack a couple to limit the travel even more but the side effect of anything silicone/rubber is that it’ll feel squishy, not sure if you mind that.
A similar question was asked not too long ago but I can’t remember if it was by you. If I did suggest travel limiters to you already, you can ignore everything below.
A Travel Limiter kit exists although it’s exclusively sold in Japan, here: https://shop.hid-labs.com/product/spacer-pom-pack/ If you’re not from Asia or if shipping is too expensive an alternative would be an M2 washer, which you can probably find locally. You should look for (inner diameter) 2mm by (outer diameter) 4mm by (thickness) 0.5mm washers. You can get thicker washers as well (or stack thinner ones), the thicker the washer, the more it’ll limit your travel. The material of the washer also matters, the softer it is, the more squishy it’ll feel and the more it’ll silence the sound. If you have any questions lmk. 👍
slate light
I would like to know how putting o-rings on the switch keycap stem limits the switch travel?
opaque solar
I would like to know how putting o-rings on the switch keycap stem limits the sw...
👍
slate light
That looks like you put the oring on the keycap so it will hit the top on the switch, limiting switch travel
violet sentinel
🤨 Not at all.
How you used O-Rings around the keycap stem/pole is correct and i...
I didn't think I was crazy, glad to know I'm not the only one that has used o-rings to accomplish this.
opaque solar
That looks like you put the oring on the keycap so it will hit the top on the sw...
That’s how O-Rings are used in general. You may be confused with O-Rings on stabilizer stems where you put them in between the keycap pole and switch stem to help with the travel difference between normal stabilizers and long pole switches.
slate light
That’s how O-Rings are used in general. You may be confused with O-Rings on stab...
OP and yourself mentioned to put the o-ring on the switch stem and not on the keycap stem
opaque solar
OP and yourself mentioned to put the o-ring on the switch stem and not on the ke...
Where did I say that?
violet sentinel
I was talking about putting the o-rings around the part of this keycap you can see sticking up.https://www.jellykey.com/wp-content/uploads/JellyKey-Nature’sRageseries-Infernoartisankeycap012.jpg
opaque solar
I was talking about putting the o-rings around the part of this keycap you can s...
Yes, that’s the correct use of O-Rings and does limit the travel.
“Around the keycap stem/pole” is what I said.
slate light
“Around the keycap stem/pole” is what I said.
I understood that as the switch stem/pole for the keycap
opaque solar
Ah, no. Around the pole of the keycap.
slate light
Right, but OP put the o-ring on the switch
opaque solar
I don’t think he did. If he did, then that indeed wouldn’t limit the travel in any way but is also the incorrect usage of O-Rings and can cause friction.
slate light
You're right I'm an idiot 
opaque solar
You're right I'm an idiot <:lel:1013510189846106173>
It’s alright man!
slate light
Putting inside the switch makes it somewhat permanent and you can't easily change it
