Cheap and Easy to Make Steampunk Keyboard 7 Steps with PicturesThis is by far the longest and most tedious part of this, and any Keyboard mod. The Cutting of the keysAfter looking at some of the fancy retro keyboards at Datamancers Site and the nice tutorial over at the Steampunk Workshop, I really wanted to make one myself. You got the job Oh, but you dont want or need it anymore. What do you do What should you sayHere we will need to modify the existing keys to look more like the keys on an old typewriter. Before we start this step, if you dont have a photographic memory, I might suggest that you take a picture or make a diagram of the keyborard before you start popping off keys. This way you can reference it later when you need to put the keys back on. Taking the keys off is very easy to do with a flat head screw driver. See Pic 1 Simply push the flat head screw driver all the way down between a key. Then gently move the handle away from the key and it should pop right off. My Bluetooth Places Packard Bell' title='My Bluetooth Places Packard Bell' />Now find the key that you just popped off as it probably went flying Once you have the key off, we need to mark the area that we are cutting. Since I am using stickers I traced the size of the sticker onto the key and then cut off everything else. See pic 2To cut the keys I used a Dremel tool. While cutting, take care not to cut off the center shaft on the underside See pic 3 this is the peice we still need to put the key back on the board. Now heres the fun part You need to do the above for ALL the keys on your keyboard. This will probably take you quite awhile. But dont fear, because as you keep it up, you should gradually get faster as you learn how to cut the keys right the first pass. My first key took about 2 minutes, the last key took less than 3. Mystery Case Files Ravenhearst Serial'>Mystery Case Files Ravenhearst Serial. PLEASE NOTE When cutting plastic, it will melt and harden into weird chunks on the plastic and or go flying as well. The pieces of melted plastic on your key can easily be broken off, so dont worry about cutting them off. However, flying plastic that is melted is HOT and could burn you if it makes skin contact. It also smells. So be sure to wear proper eye and skin protection, as well as do this in a well ventilated area. Techmeme. Top News. More The Verge, One Degree, Curbed, Tech. Crunch, Fast Company, Search Engine Roundtable, CNET, Ubergizmo, i. Sala Terminal Server Patch Windows Xp. Phone Hacks, Softpedia News, BGR, Digital Trends, Insanely Great Mac, i. Phone in Canada Blog, Beta. News, Search Engine Journal, Engadget, Android Authority, Android Police, Ars Technica, Slash. Gear, Mac. Rumors, Fone Arena, App. Advice. com, and Talk. Android. com. More The Memo, Tech. Spot, tnooz, CNET, Digital Trends, Venture. Beat, Tech. Crunch, Seeking Alpha, Engadget, and The Verge. More Facebook, International Business Times, The Verge, Silicon. ANGLE, The Next Web, Digital Trends, Social Media Today, Refinery. Marketing Land, Venture. Beat, Fortune, Pocket lint, ZDNet, Axios, Mac. Rumors, Engadget, CNBC, Mashable, Tubefilter, Forbes, Deadline, and Adweek. More Brian Armstrong, Virtual Mining Bitcoin News, Silicon. ANGLE, Tech. Spot, Crypto. Coins. News, Tech. Crunch, Cointelegraph. News, Bloomberg, Fortune, and Business Insider. More Wall Street Journal, Recode, Axios, Bloomberg, Forbes, Tubefilter, Business Insider, Tech. Crunch, San Francisco Chronicle, Seeking Alpha, Adweek, and socal. TECH. com. More Business Insider, The Verge, Cult of Mac, The Mac Observer, i. Download. Blog. com, Silicon. Beat, CNET, Fortune, Mac. Rumors, Apple. Insider, i. Phone in Canada Blog, Axios, 9to. Mac, Mac. Daily. News, and Seeking Alpha. Sponsor Posts. Newest. More News. More The Ringer, Mashable, Digital Trends, Neowin, Value. Walk, Tech Times, The A. V. Club, NBC Bay Area, The Verge, and Inquirer. Earlier Picks. More Inquirer, PYMNTS. Silicon. ANGLE, Ubergizmo, Slate, Mashable, Digital Trends, The Verge, Geek. Wire, San Francisco Chronicle, Phandroid, Tech. Spot, Toms Guide, BGR, Extreme. Tech, Ars Technica, CNBC, Neowin, Business Insider, CNET, and Slash. Gear. More Android Authority, The Verge, PCWorld, Forbes, Digital Trends, Android Police, Engadget, The Next Web, Mashable, Ars Technica, Beta. News, Gotta Be Mobile, 9to. Google, Technology Personalized, Business Insider, 9to. Google, Gizmodo, Wired, Mashable, 9to. Google, The Guardian, The Verge, Android Central, and Tech. Crunch. More The Register, Security Affairs, Softpedia News, Motherboard, Securelist, Toms Guide, Associated Press, Security. Week, Business Insider, Inquirer, and BBC.