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Silent switches with inconsistencies?

I recently built my first keyboard. Neo 60 core with TTC blueish white v2 silent switches. After making sure all my switches are snapped into place and my pc plate being even all around I noticed that some of my switches are louder than others. I thought it might be my keycaps but after swapping them around, this was not the issue. I want to say about 60% of my switches when pressed make a more thocky sound and have more of a snap to them when released. The other 40% of switches sound fantastic, very silent bump with hardly any noise on release. I’m not sure if this is just inconsistency with the switch manufacturer or it’s something else my noob self can’t figure out. I’m not using any find of foam padding currently but have tried and it did not help. Any advice on what I might be experiencing?

I wasn’t able to find a specific subreddit that is used for mechanical keyboard guide so I thought I might post here for advice since it might be switch related.

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u/3qx_osrs — 9 days ago

Looking for a way to reduce/stop wobble for plate-less builds

In honesty I am not building a keyboard, but need suggestion or advise on how to deal with wobbly switch for a board what doesn't have a plate. Specifically I swapping out the switches on my MPress Hitbox/Leverless controller with Kailh Box Saker switches. The caps on this controller is 20mm circles, so they will be prone to switch wobble.

My issues with the Kailh Box Saker, is that it has no grip on the PCB even though it a 5pin. So I was wondering for suggestion for getting the Kailh switch attached to a plate-less board without solder since I want to keep the hotswap. Ideally I was wondering if there anything like switch -(pad) double side tape

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u/Fit_Engineering3312 — 14 days ago