From: et472@FreeNet.Carleton.CA   
      
   Knut Roll-Lund (kr-lund@nogarbage.online.no) writes:   
   > Mike Y wrote:   
   >> I would NEVER EVER tell someone that hasn't done it to use a Q-Tip   
   >> to clean or lubricate an original type Model I keyboard with the metal   
   >> leaves.  The risk of damage is just too great.   
   >>   
   >> Q-Tips have 'hairs' that can very easily catch on the metal fingers.   
   >> Once you bend them, forget it.  Someone who hasn't been 'in there'   
   >> just doesn't understand how careful you have to be around those   
   >> fingers.   
   >   
   > I think he meant the piston only, not inside the switch. I have one M1   
   > keyboard that has the switch exposed when the cap is off but it is not   
   > what he describes. There the piston is square and on the cap and goes   
   > into the switch.   
   >   
   And of course, that's really where all the gunk accumulates.  It interfears   
   with the motion of the keycaps.  I've cleaned keyboards of that sort of   
   thing, and it's amazing how much better they can feel afterwards.   
      
     Michael   
      
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