ALL UHMWPE SWITCH! Good or BAD IDEA?! (Frankenswitch)

Don't try this particular combo, in my opinion/experience its a pretty big waste of time until someone updates the UHMWPE Stems to have 100% Compatibility with JWK Switches! Here are the UHMWPE Stems if you are interested in trying them in other switches which I definitely will be soon! 415keys.com/pr...
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[@lw8882]

The 415 rev. 4 problem is twofold - they tried to change the plastic mix to reduce the shrinkage that was causing stem incompatibility with all but the tightest of keycaps, and second they didn't test the result before full manufacturing runs and shipping the product. Now instead of being too thin they're way too fat. You can't fit tight keycaps on them, and they collide with the housing causing constant friction. The problem is even worse in a tighter harder housing like a boba. I tried those and it was so tight as to be unusable even with a 67g spring in it. It just wouldn't return properly, it became like a bloody tactile, almost a topre capacitive kind of feeling because of how hard the stem binds in the top housing on return. At least the earlier revision I had would work, even if none of my keycaps would stay on the stupid abominable things. The fact they sell these things still without realising that they fucked up entirely on the design, manufacturing and QA phases despite this being the fourth revision of the stem shows that they'll likely never learn the lesson and will continue pumping out scams.

[@TechKile]

Yeah these things suck

[@Luci_71]

i made a modified version of one of these with a p3 stem from a jwk quartz v2 and a tangie housing, smoothest shit ever

[@TechKile]

AYE YO I HAVE SOME OF THOSE....

[@Luci_71]

@@TechKile if you still have some spare tangies just try one or two, smooth af without stem shrinkage or binding

[@dico8199]

Man Tangie Housing with Durock Poms Stems are smoother then all Uhmwpe Idk why but I tried it

[@GabrielFreirev]

Not all UHMWPE but close enough I guess (Durock POMs use a proprietary blend for the stems)

[@dico8199]

@@GabrielFreirev Opps I edited the comment my english isnt that good

[@llama5703]

Maybe the du rock Pom stem is made out of ptfe

[@bbuuii88]

@Dico are they smoother than tangerines?

[@dico8199]

@@bbuuii88 yes

[@sunflwr3721]

i made mine with a tangie housing and the stems of the lychee linears and damn they are smooooooth

[@lseraphicl6918]

Good content bro!

[@TechKile]

I appreciate you my brotha

[@mohamadfikrinahar5583]

Try use 2 stage springs

[@Zeioth]

Funny right? Like on paper UHMWPE have a 0.1 friction coeficient vs 0.3 of Nylon or 0.25 of POM. But real life usage is another thing. EDIT: This article says two materials with very slow friction coeficient can have that issue www.theremingoat.com/blog/switch-plastics

[@skycorrigan6511]

MKBHD's cousin

[@YellowNotThe]

it seems i was indeed correct on twitter

[@rogu3413]

When would the epsilon switches be back ins tock

[@TechKile]

It looks like within the next week! They’ve been sending out news letters!

[@rogu3413]

@@TechKile Great! planning on copping them for a build with the nk65 ee, which, will probably be a long wait...

[@TechKile]

@@rogu3413 haha I feel you, I wonder when they’re coming back in stock

[@LegendaryGauntlet]

Ah ! Good to know. Had the same idea, 415keys wont ship to EU though so you saved me a ton of headache :P Maybe those stems can fit better in Gateron Ink Blacks ? Since those reportedly have an UHMWPE kind of material too.

[@TechKile]

I wonder 🤔

[@cilindrox]

rev 4 are incredible on inks or tealios. As smooth as lubed tangies and one of my fave frankens. People have also reported the new Gateron CJ + uhmwpe stems are even smoother than tealios + rev4s, but I'm yet to try those.

[@wharfy7374]

@@cilindrox If you like tealios with uhmwpe stems, I think you will love the Perlio switches that ZealPC just announced! They have the housing of a tealio and an uhmwpe stem. :)

[@cilindrox]

@@wharfy7374 saw those and my thoughts exactly. Although at $1.5 a pop I think the franken route is still more viable :P

[@MateyDJ89]

@@wharfy7374 They're based on KS-25 design.