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Step 2A note on keys
In my excitement yesterday i got a bit ahead of myself and de-keyed the keyboard without taking any photos. This is easy to do - you could unscrew each individual screw and deconstruct the keyboard neatly... or give it death with a pair of pliers, either way is effective and leaves the keyboard defenceless, enabling you to get the tasty insides out.
As for the keys themselves, you want quite tall profile keys with a decent amount of height on them as we are going to be sticking holes through the sides. Laptop keys or more modern keyboards use the black art of ergonomics and so have a tendancy to produce only short keys that arent really much use for this project (but can still be useful)
Keep a hold of the innards and extra keys, you could use them in such fine projects as a wiring wallet, name badges or even fridge magnets. (I really like the pad circuitry designs and am already thinking of turning it into lampshades or visors)
As for the keys themselves, you want quite tall profile keys with a decent amount of height on them as we are going to be sticking holes through the sides. Laptop keys or more modern keyboards use the black art of ergonomics and so have a tendancy to produce only short keys that arent really much use for this project (but can still be useful)
Keep a hold of the innards and extra keys, you could use them in such fine projects as a wiring wallet, name badges or even fridge magnets. (I really like the pad circuitry designs and am already thinking of turning it into lampshades or visors)
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