Restoring a 37 Year-Old IBM F Mechanical Keyboard

The IBM Model F keyboards not only used the best switches, the materials used in their production (well over 5lbs of steel and other metals) means they will be working as good as new when it’s time to pass it on to your grandchildren. The problem…they just aren’t made that way any more. The IBM Model F was discontinued in the 1980’s. If you do find a Model F, it will be some combination of dirty, broken and/or expensive, requiring hours of work to get it working again!

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