My keyboard!

I like weird keyboards! I made this one 2 years ago! Don't worry, it still works, even though it's in 2 pieces and bent and tilted and without letters!

How I made this:

• I bought 2 identical keyboards
• I disassembled them
• I erased all the letters using sandpaper (this is important for touch typing)
• I cut the plastic frame and the spacebars with an angle grinder
• I made new spacebar stabilizers by bending and cutting the old ones
• I unsoldered the LEDs on one of the keyboards
• I cut the USB cables and soldered on new USB connectors
• I put a piece of paper between the layers of the keyboard matrix where it is unused
• I drilled some holes, put it back together with some extra screws and improvised clamps, anyway it works in the end! ^.^
• oh and I built the frame out of Fischertechnik blocks. Some are custom 3d printed.

How much it cost:

• 20€ for the 2 original keyboards
• Fischertechnik blocks probably worth around 10€. They are reusable though!
• 0.2€ for the USB connectors
• about 0.2€ of 3d filament
• almost a month of work

The problem I have with this keyboard is that by putting two different, custom, keyboard layouts on them, I broke some programs. Some programs don't like multiple keyboard layouts. That's why I'm making a new keyboard now, it'll have its layout in custom firmware, so it won't interfere with the programs on my computer!

• check it out!