dismantling a futaba

[matt3o]

does anyone have experience dismantling a futaba switch in a not destructive way?

there are 4 rivets on the top of the switch, it seems you need to remove those, but can the switch be closed back?

thanks!

[Daniel Beardsmore]

I would assume that you could clamp and glue it afterwards. From the very few pictures I've seen, I don't think there's anything else that holds it together but those rivets.

The mini Mitsumis are worse: I can't figure out how to get one apart without tearing whole pieces off it, which is what I had to do. The Futabas look like you could carefully drill or cut the rivets and then replace the top with lots of glue, enough to withstand the spring force.

[matt3o]

thanks, that's what I thought. I could epoxy glue them back, even though it seems a little risky, if glue slips inside, bye-bye futaba

[QWERTim]

Getting ready for the next project? Think you have a lot of work ahead!

[matt3o]

a lot indeed!

[Daniel Beardsmore]

I hope you don't have a large supply of Futaba keyboards that you're keeping to yourself ;-)

[matt3o]

LOL. just one (but with Cyrillic legends) and in very bad shape, it will need a lot of love to make it shine back to lost splendor. I wanted to convert it into a 60%. I don't know...

I should get it in a week or so.

[Muirium]

Ah, "not yet". Show us the case and we will judge you for your wisdom or your rashness for wanting to chop it into shape!

I have the same desire to mod an NMB RT-102 that I got in a recent trade, as it feels superb and has a fairly yellowed case anyway. Plus the controller is not behind the numpad, so I could TKL it in theory. But it's too nice for me to really consider taking to a saw…

[QWERTim]

Muirium, I think it's best that you don't see the state of which the keyboard was sent to Matteo! It was not nice!

[Muirium]

Fortunately, he knows how to conduct the Sacred Cleansing Ritual. But he is a busy bot these days, with a CNC especially.