The author mentioned from the beginning of the chapter that the most popular mechanical keyboards on the market are Cherry-axis mechanical keyboards, which feature a cross-shaped design, so it can be called a “cross-axis”. Recently, many Chinese manufacturers have also designed their own mechanical shafts based on the Cherry shaft, which is also based on the cross shaft. As for the structure and materials inside, we will leave it to the next time to discuss in depth.
In addition to the mechanical keyboard, the K10 membrane keyboard launched by i-Rocks also adopts the cross-axis design. In the field of capacitive keyboards, Cooler Master uses the Novatouch launched by Topre’s new capacitive axis, the Chinese brand Noppoo launched The capacitive keyboard also uses a cross axis. The reason why these manufacturers use large cross shafts is that they are highly accepted by the market and are convenient for users to replace by themselves.
If you remove the keycap of the mechanical keyboard, you will find that the original Cherry keyboard (G80-3494 in this example) has the Caps Lock and space bar mechanical shafts not in the center, but offset a little to the side. Therefore, even if the length of the keys is the same, there may be different positions of the cross holes at the bottom, and other keycaps or keyboards cannot be shared. If you want to use the purchased keycaps for the original Cherry keyboard, please pay attention to whether there are multiple common cross-hole slots at the bottom of these keys.
