Spent 3 hours lubing switches before I realized I had the spring orientation backwards

Evan Anderson · 2026-09-16T17:30:02.933604+00:00

I was building my fifth board last weekend, a Tofu65 with Gateron Oil Kings, and could not figure out why half my keys felt scratchy and pinged like crazy. Turns out I had been dropping springs in without checking which end was tighter, so about 40 of them sat crooked and rubbed the housing walls. Watched a guy on YouTube mention it in passing and it clicked instantly. Now I flip every spring so the closed end faces the stem, and the difference is night and day. How do you all keep track of spring direction when you're doing a big batch?

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