Closed Amiga 500 keyboard springs

[Astral]

I need some Amiga 500 keyboard springs please. I had a doozey while handling some ?. I want the long thin type. 0.2mm thickness x 14mm long x 4.8mm wide. I only need two but a small number of extras/spares would be great. Located in Australia - shipping from anywhere is fine. Thank you.

 

[davideo]

As per this thread I'm willing to send you some but will wait for a couple of days in case anybody nearer can sort you out.

They're from a 500 keyboard but I'll check the dimensions as per your post above.

 

[Astral]

Solid plan. Let's do that.

 

[davideo]

These are the ones I've got

I believe the space bar had a longer spring and not quite so wide - I haven't got any of those but you're welcome to the above

 

[Astral]

Doh! They are the shorter and wider, and from my research so far, much more common type.

 

[davideo]

Doh! They are the shorter and wider, and from my research so far, much more common type.

Mine are no good to you then

 

[Astral]

Yep. That is the case. Thank you.

 

[davideo]

Yep. That is the case. Thank you.

No problem. Good luck finding some

 

[Watson]

I have just 1 spare A500 keyboard spring., mine is the shorter one also.

 

[Astral]

I ended up finding and ordering some readily available 0.3mm x 5mm x 15mm springs as opposed to the stock 0.2mm x 4.8mm x 14mm springs. With the pressure testing and measuring and so on that I've done, I reckon they'll work. I'll post back here I have them and tested them as it may help other in the future.

 

[Astral]

I can now confirm that the springs I ordered as replacements work fine. 15mm x 5mm x 0.3mm as opposed to the stock 14mm x 4.8mm x 0.2mm. They work fine. No auto presses due to excess spring pressure acting on the membrane. Nice positive feel. Noticeably firmer feel than stock but certainly very useable.