Thanks for your answer. Why should the question mention the desired end result? As for the number of variables, I don't think there are that many (key switch, diameter, hardness, thickness, o-ring material), and I'm not sure whether any of them would impact the outcome. If I knew, I probably wouldn't have asked the questions :)

Thanks, regarding the last paragraph I precised the question.

@Erik I agree there is way to much closing on SE, but I find inconsistent moderation even worse. I fully agree with your answer.

IMHO each question should be subject to the same treatment. That's my definition of consistency.

" Not necessarily to sit there and close them all when you're trying to prove a point." -> isn't consistency one of the basis of moderation?

So much white space... total waste of my monitor size. Do you guys realize some people still use SE with a computer?

"Front page flooding (but that can't be helped)": I have never understood why the meta SE people are against adding some option such as "minor edit" to prevent this from happening when cleaning... That is ridiculous.

Thanks, +1 for the link. Regarding the screenshot, I often attach some in my posts but in this case I don't think it adds anything to the question. For the OS I'm pretty sure that the solution if any is OS-independent so I'm afraid that using the very specific OS tag might deter some people from answering. For yeah anyway good general tips, thanks!

@JourneymanGeek Thanks, screenshot added!