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44man
02-05-2017, 11:09 AM
About pots that I can't find again. I said PDF instead of PID to control heat.
Key board is worn away and I can't read letters. Spell check does not recognize most things.
How can I make the letters visible without buying a new one?

Love Life
02-05-2017, 11:10 AM
About pots that I can't find again. I said PDF instead of PID to control heat.
Key board is worn away and I can't read letters. Spell check does not recognize most things.
How can I make the letters visible without buying a new one?

Paint.

44man
02-05-2017, 11:21 AM
Paint.
I guess. Why they didn't engrave letters in the keys baffles me. Can't expect much for $10. Made in China of course. Need to see if I have model paint.

lightman
02-05-2017, 11:24 AM
Maybe a white or silver sharpie!

slim1836
02-05-2017, 11:30 AM
Get a new keyboard and I bet it will happen again, except you won't have that excuse to use.:grin:

Slim

DougGuy
02-05-2017, 11:32 AM
Buy an IBM "Preferred" keyboard, best ever made, last for years and years and years and the letters don't wear off. Can get them on fleabay for $10 so there's no excuse to buy Asian.

IBM model KB-9910

When they get wonky, you can open up the back and run them through the dishwasher with soap on the hot water cycle, take them out and blow dry, just don't let them go through the machine's drying cycle.

Tackleberry41
02-05-2017, 12:37 PM
Any sort of paint will wear off quickly. A good keyboard has the the characters in the plastic of the key, but something you have to pay for. I bought a keyboard recently it was less than $10.

RogerDat
02-05-2017, 12:44 PM
Maybe a white or silver sharpie! This would be my approach.
Lighted keyboards can be nice, especially on laptops.

mdi
02-05-2017, 01:00 PM
Plastic sticky backed letters like the kind for labeling wires...https://www.mcmaster.com/#self-adhesive-letters-and-numbers/=1682ngs

TexasGrunt
02-05-2017, 01:03 PM
Keyboards aren't that expensive. Good keyboards run about $25-$30.

My Goffin's loves to tear up keyboards I pick them up at thrift stores for him. He'll easily go through a couple a week.

OBIII
02-05-2017, 03:03 PM
Find an old non-working keyboard and swap key caps.

wrench man
02-05-2017, 07:47 PM
I'd say a black Sharpie, but my keyboard is white.
You must use your A LOT!?, mine is on it's second computer!, not sure of the model?, but it's a "Logitech", no complaints here.

nagantguy
02-05-2017, 09:06 PM
PID, all the PDF files I put in my home made pot just kept burning up, didn't do a thing to control temp, was a pretty decent flux though! PID makes a lot more sense, thank you for the correction! Boy do I feel silly!

Half Dog
02-05-2017, 09:11 PM
My keys seem to be in different places each time I type too.

country gent
02-05-2017, 09:58 PM
I just bought a new computer and the wireless key board is slightly smaller than the old one I had used for the last 8-10 years. Its giving me fits with mistyped letters also. May take some time to get used to

flyer1
02-05-2017, 11:16 PM
You can use an engraver to mark the keys or a soldering iron to burn the letter into the key. Have fun.

Digital Dan
02-05-2017, 11:55 PM
Napalm...

dragon813gt
02-06-2017, 12:00 AM
So I'm gonna be the first one to tell you that you're not supposed to look at the keys when typing? :laugh:

JonB_in_Glencoe
02-06-2017, 12:03 AM
Label maker ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VGbY6sirHM

Lloyd Smale
02-06-2017, 08:27 AM
get a puppy! Mine ate the cord to my keyboard yesterday and I HAD to buy a new one.

44man
02-06-2017, 08:57 AM
I was lucky with my little dog, never chewed a thing. Maybe because she has over 100 toys. Other dogs ate table and chair legs. This one is spoiled and has to have chicken jerky when I get my coffee.
My last ones chewed my ID badge and I could not get in work until replaced.