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Every #pom piece

Side-view of five stacked keyboard-plate cross-sections — brass, aluminium, FR4, POM, polycarbonate — drawn as parallel horizontal layers in muted tones with a single warm-terracotta splash on the FR4 band at the centre of the stack.

Plate materials, explained: what brass, FR4, POM, and aluminium actually change

The plate is the cheapest variable in the build and the one builders argue about hardest. Most of the heat is misdirected — but a usable fraction of it is real, and the difference is worth pinning down.

thockMay 9, 202613 min read

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Switch housings, compared: nylon, polycarbonate, POM, and the rest

The housing line on a switch spec sheet is the second-most-important thing about a switch, after the type, and most buyers skim past it. Material decides how the switch rings, how the stem rails feel under a finger, and how much grace it gives a bad lube job. A 'PC top, nylon bottom' tag is doing more work than its three words suggest.

thockApr 21, 20269 min read

Detailed vertical exploded-stack of a mechanical switch with stem skirt rails, an LED notch, an 11-coil spring on a dashed center axis, and pin contacts on the bottom housing — drawn in a single warm-grey stroke with a coral splash and a brass LED-notch hit.

Deep Dives

Why the Gateron Oil King sounds the way it does

Few stock linears earn the word 'creamy' on first press. The Oil King does, and the reason is not a secret stem material or a proprietary lube — it is a careful pairing of housing resins and a factory tune that other linears under thirty cents tend to skip.

thockMay 4, 20265 min read

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