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Cyberpunk Cable Necklace - 101 Uses for a dead keyboard - part 2

Cyberpunk Cable Necklace - 101 Uses for a dead keyboard - part 2
This is a very simple thing to make and costs very little to make a pretty gift. This is the second in my series, bringing the running total of uses for dead keyboards to 11.



OK, there probably aren't actually 101 totally different uses for a dead keyboard but we will see how far we get.

Our local Geek Central - "The Electron Club" ( http://carrierdetect.com/?cat=23 ) - in Glasgow has provided me with a crate of dead keyboards in preparation for the workshops at the upcoming Scottish maker fair: McMADSAT, so I needed to be ready to use up the pile of parts accumulating on the living room floor.

There are already some excellent ones on Instructables:
1 Keyboard as planter or seed sprouter: http://carrierdetect.com/?cat=23
2. Keyboard keys as drawing pins/thumbtacks: http://www.instructables.com/id/Keyboard_Thumbtacks/
3. Keyboard keys as beads: http://www.instructables.com/id/Wintereenmus-ideas-Keyboard-Bracelet/
4. Keyboard badges and name plates: http://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-Techie-Name-Badge/ and http://www.instructables.com/id/Geeky_Valentines_Name_Sign/
5. Keyboard films as wallets: http://www.instructables.com/id/Wallet-made-from-a-computer-keyboard/
6. Coat rack: http://www.instructables.com/id/Apple-puck-mousekeyboard-coat-rack/
7. Keyboard in a bottle decoration: http://www.instructables.com/id/A-Simple-Keyboard-in-a-Bottle-Decoration/
8. T-shirt modding: http://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-make-a-cool-cyberpunk-top-using-keyboard-bi/
9. Kelendar: http://www.instructables.com/id/Keylendar/
10. 101udk Part 1 Geek bag: http://www.instructables.com/id/Geek_Bag_101_uses_for_a_dead_keyboard_part_1/

 
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The curly kind of laptop cable
Scissors or pliers
Spray paint
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Mar 1, 2009. 5:08 PMmg0930mg says:
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Aiming to get a Show and tell maker fair going in March 2009. Anyone in UK or willing to travel, please let me know.