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HOWTO: Make a roll-up keyboard

Making a flexible, "roll-up" keyboard from a standard USB keyboard is a lot easier than I would have expected. Rolling your own is about as simple as removing the membrane from inside an existing keyboard and gluing key labels in the appropriate places.

Aside from having a portable full-size keyboard, and the additional geek-cred that your workspace will attain, it also seems like this is much easier to clean. Considering what a biological cesspit of a petri-dish most keyboards are, this may have a beneficial health impact for you too.

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Posted by Jason Striegel | Jan 27, 2008 08:04 PM
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Posted by: David Moisan on January 28, 2008 at 11:38 AM

Two thoughts came to me: First is the tactile qualities of the KB. Many KB's have flexible rubber domes that contact the substrate and give the KB its feel. These domes are usually loose and the first things that get lost when you dismantle a KB for cleaning or repair.

An optimal KB for mods would be one where the domes are on a single sheet.

Second, as someone on Instructables pointed out, you'll want to cover or coat the labels. I, and many others, have skin oils that eat paint, ink and laser toner alive!