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 "version": "2026-10-20",
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 "slug": "cherry-mx-pcb-mount-stabilizers",
 "name": "Cherry MX PCB-mount stabilizer holes (2u, 2.25u, 2.75u, 6.25u)",
 "kind": "standard",
 "category": "Electronics",
 "group": "Keyboard switches & stabilizers",
 "year": null,
 "question": "Where do the stabilizer holes go for 2u, 2.25u and 6.25u keyboard keys?",
 "tags": [
  "keyboard",
  "mechanical keyboard",
  "stabilizer",
  "spacebar",
  "cherry mx",
  "pcb",
  "footprint"
 ],
 "aliases": [
  "stabilizer spacing",
  "keyboard stabilizer holes",
  "6.25u stabilizer spacing",
  "2u stabilizer spacing",
  "cherry stabilizer footprint",
  "spacebar stabilizer distance",
  "pcb mount stabilizer hole size",
  "screw in stabilizer holes"
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  "height": null
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 "sheet": {
  "basis": "KiCad SW_Cherry_MX_2.00u/2.25u/2.75u/6.25u/ISOEnter_PCB footprints (citing Cherry's MX catalogue)",
  "overall_mm": {
   "length": null,
   "width": null,
   "height": null
  },
  "notes": [
   "Keys 2u and wider (Shift, Enter, Backspace, numpad 0, spacebar) carry a wire stabilizer: two housings, one each side of the switch, joined by a wire so the key goes down level when pressed off-centre. PCB-mount (Cherry-style) stabilizers clip or screw into two holes per housing.",
   "Spacing is the same for 2u, 2.25u and 2.75u keys (housings 23.8 mm apart, ±11.9 mm from the switch) and 100 mm apart for a 6.25u spacebar (±50 mm), positions from the KiCad Cherry MX footprints. The small Ø3.05 hole is on the switch-pin side, the large Ø4.0 hole opposite (same y-up, keycap-side view as the switch footprint page).",
   "The files are drill jigs at true size: a ring round every hole (switch and both housings) joined by bars, to print and drill through or to import as the exact hole pattern."
  ],
  "table": {
   "columns": [
    "key",
    "stabilizer"
   ],
   "rows": [
    [
     "2u key",
     "housings at ±11.9 mm (23.8 mm apart)"
    ],
    [
     "2.25u key",
     "housings at ±11.9 mm (23.8 mm apart)"
    ],
    [
     "2.75u key",
     "housings at ±11.9 mm (23.8 mm apart)"
    ],
    [
     "6.25u key",
     "housings at ±50 mm (100 mm apart)"
    ],
    [
     "small hole (each housing)",
     "Ø3.05 at y = +7.00 mm"
    ],
    [
     "large hole (each housing)",
     "Ø4.0 at y = −8.24 mm"
    ],
    [
     "vertical 2u (numpad + / Enter, ISO Enter)",
     "housings at ±11.9 mm along the key's long axis"
    ]
   ]
  }
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   "url": "https://github.com/KiCad/kicad-footprints/tree/master/Button_Switch_Keyboard.pretty",
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  "cherry-mx-switch-plate-cutout-and-pcb-footprint",
  "keychron-q1-max",
  "logitech-mx-mechanical"
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 "faq": [
  {
   "q": "How far apart are 6.25u spacebar stabilizers?",
   "a": "100 mm: each housing 50 mm from the switch centre."
  },
  {
   "q": "Do 2u, 2.25u and 2.75u keys use the same stabilizer?",
   "a": "Yes: housings ±11.9 mm from the switch (23.8 mm apart) for all three."
  },
  {
   "q": "What size are PCB stabilizer holes?",
   "a": "Two per housing: Ø3.05 at 7.00 mm towards the switch-pin side and Ø4.0 at 8.24 mm on the other side."
  }
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   "stl": "https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/cherry-mx-pcb-mount-stabilizers/stab-drill-jig-2u-2.75u.stl",
   "note": "2u-2.75u drill jig, 1.6 mm thick: MX switch holes at the centre plus stabilizer holes at ±11.9 mm (Ø3.05 and Ø4.0), rings joined by bars"
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   "stl": "https://xemstudio.com/files/hardware/cherry-mx-pcb-mount-stabilizers/stab-drill-jig-6.25u.stl",
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