What size bolts for bolt mod?
- hasu
- Location: Japan
- Main keyboard: HHKB
- Main mouse: HHKB
- Favorite switch: Topre
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M2(2mm). dunno imperial size.
Sandy55's original page still be there. http://sandy55.fc2web.com/keyboard/repair_model_m.html
Also you can find new geekhack wiki page though I don't know it is useful as old wiki was.
P.S. I used only M2 tapping screws(and washers) without nuts for my mod, it is OK so far
Sandy55's original page still be there. http://sandy55.fc2web.com/keyboard/repair_model_m.html
Also you can find new geekhack wiki page though I don't know it is useful as old wiki was.
P.S. I used only M2 tapping screws(and washers) without nuts for my mod, it is OK so far

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- Location: Germany
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1.8-2.0mm
don't use the cheap stainless steel ones
don't use the cheap stainless steel ones
- fohat
- Elder Messenger
- Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, USA
- Main keyboard: Model F 122-key terminal
- Main mouse: Microsoft Optical Mouse
- Favorite switch: Model F Buckling Spring
- DT Pro Member: 0158
I don't know whether you are in the US, and/or whether McMaster-Carr would ship to you, but here is what works well for an IBM Model M bolt-mod.
The 4th (last) item on the list is self-tapping screws for the front row, where the plastic ridge stands up. Clipping out notches from that ridge and installing bolts is better, but the self-tappers are easier. Also, they are expensive - 10 of them cost what 100 of the others cost!

The 4th (last) item on the list is self-tapping screws for the front row, where the plastic ridge stands up. Clipping out notches from that ridge and installing bolts is better, but the self-tappers are easier. Also, they are expensive - 10 of them cost what 100 of the others cost!
