IBM Model M Industrial ("homemade" version)
Buckling Spring, Dye-sublimated keycaps, 1997/2010
This is a keyboard I assembled myself out of several spare parts, most of them kindly supplied by webwit. In late 2010 webwit ordered a bunch of leftover IBM Model M Industrial cases from Unicomp and sent me a spare one along with some other goodies.
I took the spring assembly, plate and controller from a very dirty 1997 "blue label" Model M, which surprisingly had no broken rivets at all. I added the stickers and a swapped the LEDs for orange ones.
A few custom RGB keycaps finish the job. In terms of elegance and design this is probably one of my favourite keyboards.
