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Mod your computer keyboard, steampunk style

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For the keyboard status lights I remove the cardboard letters from three of the keys and replaced them with translucent acetate. These were glued to short brass tubes which were in turn glued over the LEDs.

The whole frame was wiped down with denatured alcohol and sprayed with a coat of clear lacquer.



Photo and caption courtesy of Jake von Slatt.
                                                       

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The "Brazil" (1985) keyboardpreviso@...  | 03/19/08
trop cooldwdm@...  | 03/19/08
Nice work, but.....JoeSchmo  | 03/28/08
Why do you have to be so negativejlabossiere@...  | 03/28/08
Awesome creativity!tdarmond@...  | 03/28/08
good jobwhite_enterprises@...  | 03/28/08
Letters rubbing off..techrepublic@...  | 05/19/08
When did imagination, creativity, and craftsmanship become a waste of time?bkatzman@...  | 03/28/08
Nice work, JoeSchmo but.....Mistwire  | 03/28/08
Standing applause for Jakehubbert@...  | 03/28/08
That keyboard is kickin!TheCoyoteDreams  | 04/02/08
Tell 'em again, Hubbert!gm1cusnr  | 04/04/08
What do you have on YOUR hands?SaintGeorge  | 03/28/08
Great Accountgalliodo@...  | 03/28/08
But Joebc@...  | 03/28/08
Top effortmackay_723@...  | 03/30/08
Doing what you loveswbogart  | 04/02/08
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Schmo what's the problem?david.shane@...  | 04/02/08
Beats spending you spare time on callwizodd  | 04/03/08
Agreed!!!Duke E. Love  | 05/09/08
;)JCitizen  | 05/10/08
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Beauty is only skin deepj3hess@...  | 03/28/08
cute ideatechwriter@...  | 03/28/08
Someones done itanimation303@...  | 04/03/08
ok i seedan.haffar@...  | 04/03/08
Work of Artcopperti@...  | 03/28/08
Awesome!jsikon1971@...  | 04/03/08
Bella creación / Beautiful creation.l_montoya@...  | 03/28/08
Instead of repeating the design...wizodd  | 04/03/08
What the ....Nik de Greek  | 03/30/08
RE: (Mod your computer keyboard, steampunk style)greg.lee@...  | 03/19/08
like mecatseverywhere@...  | 03/25/08
As long as they can take a Alpha, Beta, Gamma, andJCitizen  | 04/04/08
Outstanding!Dr_Zinj  | 03/20/08
Re: Outstanding! I concur!Granville  | 03/24/08
Yeh...chrisbedford  | 03/28/08
Costdubai_beachbum@...  | 03/28/08
must be Joes brotherrustybear59@...  | 03/28/08
Interesting WorkRonCJK  | 03/28/08
RE: (Mod your computer keyboard, steampunk style)tdanna@...  | 03/25/08
Does it come with White-Out?jgs01@...  | 03/26/08
white out?gsteck  | 03/28/08
RE: (Mod your computer keyboard, steampunk style)FrankXchange  | 03/28/08
RE: (Mod your computer keyboard, steampunk style)68mustanggt302@...  | 03/28/08
beautiful project, why hand draw the profiles though?a.southern@...  | 03/28/08
why hand drawnsimsr@...  | 03/28/08
Steampunk laptopJeffDeWitt  | 03/28/08
Holy Cow! That's... amazing.karen@...  | 03/29/08
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Old Telephone Test Panelskeech51@...  | 03/28/08
RE: (Mod your computer keyboard, steampunk style)Deejay54  | 03/28/08
So, where's he selling it?Michael_Knight  | 03/28/08
I'd buy onenriddle@...  | 03/28/08
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RE: (Mod your computer keyboard, steampunk style)paul.prichard@...  | 03/28/08
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Purchase One!!william.bryant@...  | 03/28/08
Buy one HERE!wizodd  | 04/03/08
Sorry wizodd, that link didn't work..JCitizen  | 04/09/08
Perhaps Try this link...Jairo-IT  | 05/13/08
Wow! Thanks Jairo-IT!....(NT)JCitizen  | 05/20/08
Surprising!Pascal_Bellerose  | 03/28/08
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RE: (Mod your computer keyboard, steampunk style)shadow3865  | 03/28/08
You must be a salaried employee...bruce.fry@...  | 03/28/08
Neither salaried nor govt means anything as far as time goes...wizodd  | 04/03/08
Fantastic!Fixer77  | 03/28/08
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CHECK IT OUT!thought@...  | 03/28/08
What's "steampunk"?gwcarter@...  | 03/28/08
Try this for starters...thought@...  | 03/28/08
RE: (Mod your computer keyboard, steampunk style)bookkeeper@...  | 03/28/08
Nice JobThomas.Marshall@...  | 03/28/08
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RE: (Mod your computer keyboard, steampunk style)gcjeffries@...  | 03/29/08
The finest art!JCitizen  | 03/29/08
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RE: (Mod your computer keyboard, steampunk style)iCherylb  | 04/02/08
So, I just don't understand the reasoning heredrdosus  | 04/02/08
EVERYTHING doesn't have to be done for technical improvement!wizodd  | 04/03/08
OK, I see your pointdrdosus  | 04/09/08
RE: (Mod your computer keyboard, steampunk style)capturinglife73@...  | 04/02/08
Good stuff, but far too much time on your hands :-)e.mcvicker@...  | 04/02/08
Great keyboard ! i love projects like that!dan.haffar@...  | 04/03/08
Personal projects help keep our sanity!tdarmond@...  | 04/03/08
cooooljstafford81@...  | 04/02/08
Can you do this with the Trackpoint?willemdax@...  | 04/02/08
Creativity can be a means to a positive endjetpower  | 04/02/08
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It's Beautiful!UncleYitz  | 04/04/08
RE: (Mod your computer keyboard, steampunk style)steeldocparker@...  | 04/08/08
Very cool, indeed!sdgreen42  | 04/28/08
Not efficient... too much free time.tim554@...  | 05/12/08
Not a Job...Jairo-IT  | 05/13/08
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