Hyperx
03-15-07, 02:19 AM
Steampunk Keyboard Mod (http://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml)
My goal with this project was to build a retro keyboard that was fully functional and of a sufficient quality that it could be used everyday by a touch typist. In order to achieve this I chose a high quality (though widely available) keyboard as my starting point. This is an IBM Model M "Clicky" keyboard. They were made starting in the mid 1980's and a version is still manufactured today. This particular keyboard was made in 1989 and shipped with and IBM PowerStation 530, a UNIX box the size of a kegerator.
Besides its overall quality and heft, one of the things that makes this keyboard particularly good for such a mod is the fact that it has removable key caps and the under-cap has a flat surface ideal for affixing a new key top.
link has more pictures and videos.
http://steampunkworkshop.com/images/Kb41.jpg
http://steampunkworkshop.com/images/Kb44.jpg
Larboard
http://steampunkworkshop.com/images/Kb45.jpg
source (http://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml)
My goal with this project was to build a retro keyboard that was fully functional and of a sufficient quality that it could be used everyday by a touch typist. In order to achieve this I chose a high quality (though widely available) keyboard as my starting point. This is an IBM Model M "Clicky" keyboard. They were made starting in the mid 1980's and a version is still manufactured today. This particular keyboard was made in 1989 and shipped with and IBM PowerStation 530, a UNIX box the size of a kegerator.
Besides its overall quality and heft, one of the things that makes this keyboard particularly good for such a mod is the fact that it has removable key caps and the under-cap has a flat surface ideal for affixing a new key top.
link has more pictures and videos.
http://steampunkworkshop.com/images/Kb41.jpg
http://steampunkworkshop.com/images/Kb44.jpg
Larboard
http://steampunkworkshop.com/images/Kb45.jpg
source (http://steampunkworkshop.com/keyboard.shtml)