Cleaning the Amiga 1000 keyboard

[Cdeforrest]

I did not lubricate anything. Are your springs corroded? Or are the plastic switches/sleeves making the noise?

I have considered squirting white grease (lithium grease) or electric cleaner (contact cleaner) into them but man.. I have no idea if thats a good idea, and this thing is no common USB-keyboard.. I really don't want to screw it up!

This is yet another thing DeOxit is good for.. My barely functional, filthy A1000 keyboard went through the dishwasher & got DeOxit down all the switches. Much better now!

[Overmann]

I did not lubricate anything. Are your springs corroded? Or are the plastic switches/sleeves making the noise?

I have considered squirting white grease (lithium grease) or electric cleaner (contact cleaner) into them but man.. I have no idea if thats a good idea, and this thing is no common USB-keyboard.. I really don't want to screw it up!

This is yet another thing DeOxit is good for.. My barely functional, filthy A1000 keyboard went through the dishwasher & got DeOxit down all the switches. Much better now!

I don't know what an alternative to deoxit would be for us non-americans. The product descriptions that I've found are a litt vague.

[dalek]

I don't know what an alternative to deoxit would be for us non-americans. The product descriptions that I've found are a litt vague.

De-oxit is just a brand. It's just 'contact cleaner' or 'electrical contact cleaner'.

[jdryyz]

And here is my clean up job.

I will require some replacement key switches due to some stickiness I could not resolve.

I will also attempt a retrobright but experience has shown that when it gets this yellowed, sunlight alone won't be enough. I will probably have to do the submersion method. The A1000 case is worse.

[jdryyz]

Decided I needed to do something about the rust on the metal frame. It appeared to have spread while I was waiting for replacement key switches.

All keys working fine now.

[intric8]

OMG that looks F'ing FANTASTIC @jdryyz!!!

Great work!

[jrobbins70]

Amiga 1000 keyboards are like missing socks after a wash cycle.

I recently had to chop the connector on my spare Amiga 3000 keyboard and wire up the 4 pins to an RJ11 jack so I could connect it to my Amiga 1000. It works great, but boy I wish I could get an original A1000 keyboard to fit under in the keyboard garage.

J

[blindguy]

Looks awesome!!

Great job removing the rust!!

I have a Space Invader type keyboard for my A2000 and @amigalove had a great article on how to pull those keycaps off.

[Cdeforrest]

Is there currently a source for the A1000's keyswitches?

Even after a refurb, I have a few switches that seem too far gone. This was supposed to be my spareparts keyboard, but I lost my 'good' A1000 keyboard in a housefire. At least I saved my favorite Amiga..

[jdryyz]

Check eBay.