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“Oppa”: 1391472 SSK – October 28th, 1987

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Oppa SSK Style…!

I remember picking up this keyboard when I bought my Olivetti M20. It was an unexpected pleasant surprise. It looked like someone spilled their coffee on it one day and it got stored away for who knows how many years. I’m guessing it didn’t get a lot of use as the majority of the rivets were still in great shape. This board feels great and looks amazing. I touched up a few traces on the membrane with my conductive pen for the sake of thoroughness.

I’m rather annoyed with myself about the internal case stamps. I forgot to let the waterproof tape DRY before I attempted to remove them, and it ruined the stamps. Note to self: don’t do that again. So I made some little replacements from the pictures I took. Not quite the same, but whatever.

(The name comes from PSY – Gangnam Style. You know, that obnoxiously addictive Korean pop hit. I haven’t subjected myself to the torture of listening to the same song on repeat until I finish a task for quite a while, so that’s what happened here. My play count is 137. :\ Heyyyyyyyyy sexy SSK…!)

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Model M Reconditioning Time Lapse Video!

Here’s about 90% of the entire process, mostly in time lapse fashion! I’ve condensed hours of work into 13 minutes for your viewing pleasure! Unfortunately I forgot to put in a clip of how I preserve the case stamps during washing (waterproof medical bandage = win).

There’s some noteworthy tricks of mine in here including label removal, marking and drilling holes in the barrel panel, and a simple method of removing the springs/hammers that doesn’t involve painstakingly reinstalling them individually. I hope this helps other Model M owners who wish to try their hand at a bolt mod or just want to see how it all goes together!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JkO35gsIB8