Re: Some keys on the keyboard do not work

[songbird <songbird@anthive.com>]

rhkramer@gmail.com wrote:
> Oh, one other thing I should mention -- on most keyboards (at least the ones 
> I've cleaned) there are some metal pieces (essentially springs) under many of 
> the larger (wider) keys.  I am pretty sure they are intended to allow pressing 
> either end (or the center) of those long keys (e.g., the space bar).
>
> I am careful with those, also, to pay attention to how they are installed, and 
> then to reinstall the same way, and also, during the reinstallation, I use a 
> toothpick to put a little bit of vaseline on the pivot point (where they 
> attach to the keyboard).

  yeah, there can be a bit of a challenge to figure out
some things.

  right now i have two keyboards i took apart to see if 
i could fix them or combine them to get one working keyboard
but as it turns out there is some kind of pressure/ribbon
connection inside that i've screwed up and now both are shot 
for sure.  too bad as i really liked them, but they could 
not hold up to how i used them and broke (all plastic case
is too flexible and eventually the connections inside fail
if you use it unsupported propped across your lap).


  songbird