An interesting suggestion that had not occurred to me. Thanks! > -----Original Message----- > From: Dave Cole [mailto:linuxcncro...@gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, August 02, 2018 12:38 PM > To: emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > Subject: Re: [Emc-users] Possibly useful keyboards > > Why not put a standard keyboard into a plexiglass box with an open side > towards the operator? > > You can still see the keys if needed if you make it out of clear > plexi. A sheet of 1/4" plexi, a table saw, and some plexi glue is all > you need. > When it gets scratched up, make another one, or buff it out. > > Dave > > On 8/2/2018 11:56 AM, Gene Heskett wrote: > > On Thursday 02 August 2018 10:19:14 Przemek Klosowski wrote: > > > >> On Wed, Aug 1, 2018 at 5:12 PM Gene Heskett <ghesk...@shentel.net> > > wrote: > >>> On Wednesday 01 August 2018 13:50:46 Przemek Klosowski wrote: > >>>> How about $12.50? Here's a purportedly waterproof, lit up plastic > >>>> job at Banggood > >>>> > >>>> https://www.banggood.com/JiZZ-GX16-Waterproof-LED-Backlight- > Mechan > >>>> ical > >>>> -Handfeel-Gaming-Keyboard-p- > 976896.html?utm_design=147&utm_source= > >>>> emars > >>>> > ys&utm_medium=Mail_US09_email&utm_campaign=newsletter%E2%80%94e > mar > >>>> sys&u > >>>> > tm_content=Winna&sc_src=email_3138530&sc_eh=35422cecd170ae1e1&sc_l > >>>> lid=3 > 02692&sc_lid=122562085&sc_uid=nM5Tc3ihrE&cur_warehouse=USA > >>> Looks good, but those tapered side keys are instant jam from flying > >>> swarf. The square sided keys of a logitech K360 aren't proof from > >>> swarf jams, but do reduce them to a tolerable level, but they've > >>> disappeared from the supply chain now. I've also killed a couple of > >>> them with an errant coffee cup. I wonder if they have a keyboard > >>> cover for this one? It might even work, as long as the cord would > >>> reach the machine. > >> so I haven't used this one, but they do show a picture of it partly > >> submerged in water, so I think it has a continuous membrane all around > >> the unit. > > Waterproofness is a far lessor priority than being immune to a bit of > > swarf following the key down, and then wedgeing it down because the side > > of the key is tapered, which means the gap between the key and the mask > > widens. I have some membrane covers custom made for the k360, but found > > the membrane would buckle and hold the key down too. So that experiment > > only lasted about an hour. Some Acer computers came with a keyboard > > that had no mask, keyswitch stems was all that penetrated the top > > molding, but they are monster sized, and have no place to grab them and > > pick them up w/o inadvertently pressing some "media" key that lcnc > > didn't like around the edges. Great keyboard, if only it was available > > without all that gingerbread. Swarf, if anything, might prevent a key > > from being pressed, but the air hose easily cleared any such problems. > > But 130+ keys? 20 around the edges? My mildest expletive is Nuh-huh. > > > > Thanks Przemek K. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Check out the vibrant tech community on one of the world's most > engaging tech sites, Slashdot.org! http://sdm.link/slashdot > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
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