I've just received the mill-max sockets to use in my Infinity ErgoDox, as I finally took the time to desolder all of the hard-mounted switches (which are now sticky and I never really liked all that much), and, phew, these sockets are tiny! Looks like I have some fun (× 152) ahead of me.
Heartbreaking: 76 solder joints later, only half of his keyboard is working.
@olasd It could have been a good opportunity to solder hotswap sockets 😅
@olasd Haaa, I didn’t know these, I had the “big” clampy thingy in my head when I think “hotswap”.
For me, resoldering my ergodox is still in the “Todo list for someday in the bright future when I’ll have time”…
@Chouhartem yeah, mill-max sockets are sleeves with a six-jaw spring contact, that you can fit in a regular 1.5mm plated through hole to turn it into a very low-profile socket. It's super cool (not cheap though, and a very rigid exercise in parsimonious soldering. Any tiny excess of solder wicks into the sleeve, making it unusable!)
https://www.mouser.fr/ProductDetail/575-3305015804720000
Glad to say I only wasted 3 of them across all 152!