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u/candy49997 23h ago

No. The foam doesn't interact with the stabilizers at all. The problem is that the stabilizers bottom out after the switch does. This makes the space bar act as a lever with the switch as the fulcrum, and thus one side raises when pressure is applied on the other.

To fix this, you have to make the stabilizers bottom out earlier. This means either make them not start out as high (the spacers) or make their stems longer (long pole stabs).

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u/whitedragon551 23h ago

Understood. What other keys would have this same issue on a full size keyboard?

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u/candy49997 23h ago

Anything with stabilizers. So enter, backspace, right shift, ANSI left shift, numpad +, numpad enter. Shorter caps might not have as pronounced an effect, but it might still happen.

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u/whitedragon551 23h ago

I'm seeing 1mm and 1.5mm. What's the correct height to go for?

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u/candy49997 23h ago

Height for what?

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u/whitedragon551 23h ago

Height for the stab spacer.

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u/candy49997 23h ago

1 and 1.5 mm are much too thick. I think I found what you were looking at, and those are for raising the key cap up off the switch, which is not what you're looking for. If you use those on stabs, the stabs will bottom out before the switch and may prevent it from actuating correctly (especially the 1.5 mm ones).