aligning a welded-on nut with existing threads?

Hmm ... perhaps you want a unix programmer's keyboard. (I've seen some PC keyboards, made by NorthGate, which have a switch to change the behavior to this mode). What these keyboards have which would be helpful to you is that the caps-lock key is down where Control is on a PC keyboard, and the control key is directly to the left of 'A'. (Now, you'll have to experiment with your editor to see what a "Control-A" does. In mine, it moves the cursor to the beginning of the line.) Some possible behaviors might be worse than your current problem.

Another possibility is to pop the keycap off the CAPS-LOCK key, and find a spring just large enough to surround the post and switch under the keycap, so it takes more force than usual to use the CAPS-LOCK. (I don't use it at all, so if you are similar, you could go inside the keyboard and cut a trace leading to the switch -- but be sure that you can jumper over the cut just in case, as this might cause a group of keys downstream of that one to no longer respond.

Or -- you could turn a sleeve to surround the switch and keep the key from ever depressing. :-)

Enjoy, DoN.

folks are barely legible. Of course it shows they went to public

......and just what's wrong with learning the proper method for installing a condom....? Ken.

For those who are constantly hitting the Caps Lock and typing a half paragraph in ALL CAPS before you look up and notice, there is a simple solution.

It's a part of Windows Accessibility (Control Panel, Accessibility Options, Keyboard, Toggle Keys) - you can turn on a notification BEEP every time you hit Caps Lock (or the other Lock keys), and a BOOP when you shift back to normal. You'll still do it, but you'll know about it right away before you plow through three sentences.

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Thanks. I had not found that.

Dan

I made up a door clamp in a shop once . Two lengths of 1" all thread running parallel through welded coupler nuts . It did bind a tad . Used a three corner file on the threads to get just enough clearance to move smoothly . It is still in use and has been in daily operation for over