Well hello there! Greetings and salutations!

I’m your friendly neighborhood IBM Model M mechanic dealing with overhauls and customization. Around 300 Model M’s have been put through my services and I intend on keeping that number rolling!

In addition to having had these keyboards shipped to me from all over the world for work, I have a personal inventory that is occasionally available for sale.

I also have a few neat add-ons currently only available through my overhaul service such as a USB Controller, under-key status LEDs, and colored underlay sheets.

[ Bulletin Board ]

8/22/2020

Hey! Wow! It’s only been a little over two months since my last post.

That’s better than usual! Wowsers. Anyhoo – I’m taking nine whole days off of work in September. Maybe then I can play around with keyboard stuffs for a bit.

Hope everyone is doin’ a-okay!

6/11/2020

Err… my plans slowed down a little bit. Which isn’t surprising – I mean, it’s 2020 after all. Day job is temporarily taking up more of my time.

5/25/2020

Yo! Still slowly getting back into the groove. I still have 5 more M’s in my shop that were shipped to me for repair a while back and I need to finish them up before accepting new jobs.

Notable news:

* I’m playing around with some backlighting ideas.

* I’ll be ordering a new batch of PCBs for the USB controller after I make some modifications. I also intend on getting a reflow oven so that I can manufacture them faster allowing me to sell them separately from my overhaul service again. Historically I’ve hand soldered every controller I sold. I enjoy microsoldering, but man it’s time consuming…

* I’m actively working on making a new video about the overhaul process. I made one back in 2014 and took it down after a while because I didn’t like some of the methods I used and wasn’t happy with the severe lack of actual info. I guess in general I just didn’t like it very much.

What’s the timeframe for any of this? No clue. I’ve been running very slow for a while. So, sooner or later. 😛

Per unofficial tradition, here’s some B-52’s.

5/2/2020

Wiping the dust and grime off this site! I rudely disappeared for like.. 4 years? Yeah.

Hope everyone is doing well in these crazy freakin’ times.

-Maxx