Keyboard Skateboard

I was brainstorming with Randy on projects for the Mice and Keyboard Reuse Challenge and I thought of doing a keyboard skateboard! Randy showed me this had already been done. Randy was quick to also note that this project didn't actually work!

I was determined to make a working version of the Keyboard Skateboard out of an old keyboard and some parts!

Step 1: Supplies

For this you will need the following:
2 skateboard trucks
4 skate wheels + bearings
2 risers
1 2x4 piece of wood
1 old keyboard
8 wood screws

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Silver Paint

Comments

[the cat expert]

you could make a tail out of a magic trackpad

[PhalanX5]

make it a longboard with multiple keybeoards and I will make one too! nice build

[curious youth]

howabout making an actual skateboard deck like with the curves in the deck and then lay a keyboard on that. preferably one with grip :)

[jgfresh]

wats the point lol?? dont disrespect apple. lol u should have used a cheap windows keyboard

[PlopX]

A cheap windows keyboard would be destroyed with your first step on.
It could be actually a proof that apple stuff is better :)

I probably would have put a skateboard grip on the keyboard, then cut it so it's just on the keys. It must be pretty slippery!

[00bunge00]

does the keyboard actually work?

[wamj]

Finally an actually good use for an apple product

[stsvolga2]

fun skateboard ))
construction of cottages in Volgograd

[Biggsy]

Brilliant!

High five for you

[roland985]

Uh, its too small...

[Biggsy]

Well te high five isn't for you anyway :p

[roland985]

Oh, I thought it was the random high five thing. My bunny can high five it...

[seerixprojex]

ROTFL, I'm sorry, I'm not laughing at your project, it's a really cool idea. But your thoughts... "the 2x4 method works and is strong" and "it's clear i need something lighter." just hit a funny bone. As an older boarder myself, I relate. I can't wait to see version 2.0, you have to do it now and you have to make another video.

[Treknology]

Given that the keyboard in question is totally useless for "typing", I commend you for coming up with something worthwhile.

[sillyzombie666]

i think its unfair this was on the official instructibles youtube page during a contest

[frenzy]

no worries, by being staff i can't win anything!

[sillyzombie666]

THEN WHY ENTER? lol but ya i am actually tempted to make this

[frenzy]

I enter to inspire users like you in ways you could only imagine.

*cue shooting star*

[sillyzombie666]

the more your know lol. ya stuff like this always makes me wants to build more stuff, hell i just built a necklace out of an old ipod shuffle motherboard

[NitroRustlerDriver]

Reminds me of this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKNGGfcPipQ

[astroboy907]

Skeyboard?

[abyrvalg]

nice stuff)

[jensenr30]

cool!

[Kiteman]

You could make the tail from a separate number pad, or (to stick with the iTheme), use a dead/fake iPhone.

Oh! Lightbulb moment!

Make the laminated version, as suggested by przem, and make the tail a flat box with a clear, acetate or polycarbonate top-side, into which you slide a real iPhone, then you can create an app which will use the phone's accelerometers to record your moves and display them in some cool, graphical manner.

Or maybe an app that adds sound effects to your moves...

[aznbenn]

That would be really really cool

[riot5]

The next one should definitely have a mousepad for the tail.

[rodrigo.m.maia]

iSk8 =)

[przem]

Looks cool :-)

Maybe cover the top of the keyboard with a layer of epoxy resin to make it more durable. Or maybe go high-tech and laminate the keyboard with layers of fibreglass, then wood will be not necessary.

[TSC]

Nice!

[randofo]

Version two should be bolted to a thick steel plate, preferably with non-slip treads on the bottom. That would look super ninja.

[hafsteinn]

This is so cool.

Go team keyboard! :)