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ITT ETL18 switch teardown

u/Chyrosran22 introduces the vintage ITT ETL18 switch with horizontal flappy coil spring.

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Published April 16, 2022
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Thomas, describing himself as a "sucker for interesting and unusual switch designs", covers ITT ETL18, another obscure switch model from the early '80s.

Today we look at another, rather weird switch design - ETL18 switches from ITT. Superficially similar to Mitsumi Miniature mechanical in that it uses a horizontally-slung coil spring to provide tactility, it approaches this tactic in the opposite manner – Chyrosran22

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Published on Sat 16th Apr 2022. Featured in KBD #74 (source).

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