Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: Keyboard for CNC

Sounds like it may be the same. It is a semi translucent blue color.

I can understand why you decided it was not useful to you, but I am finding
it to be great for my needs. I do very little typing on my CNC controller.
To me that is all that it is. The most typing I do on it is to punch in a
few MDI commands and for that I could care less about the "feel" of the
keyboard and I am far more concerned that I don't have crap jambing the
keys. Regarding the survivability of hot chips, that is not a major concern
for me. Most of my machining is in aluminum where the chips are not as hot
as steel and when I do steel I am careful to move the keyboard to an area
where it is not geting hit with smoking chips. I figure if it is hotter than
I want landing on my hand I don't want the keyboard there.

Tim
[Denver, CO]

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>Tim,
>Is this the one that's transparent?
>We went through this thread while ago and I bought one of these
>sealed flexible keyboards for my CNC.
>When it came I was very disappointed with it. It was very flimsy, the
>material used would not be able to withstand even one hot chip and
>typing on it was horrible.
>The keys have no positive feel to them and you get the impression
>that all you are doing is rocking them and not pressing them.
>A bit like having a pillow fight on a kids bouncy castle.
>I didn't even take mine into the workshop, it wouldn't have lasted 2
>minutes.
>I tried it on my laptop as a good way to get a bigger keyboard that
>folded away but the feel was not right. Because of this rocking
>action I kept missing keys.
>In all the one I bought was a total waste of money.
>In fact if anybody wants to pay packing and carriage when I get back
>from holiday in the new year they can have the bloody thing.
>
>John S.
>
>
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