Very impressive steampunk keyboard  After spending more than 250
hours on his project, [Admiral Aaron Ravensdale]‘s steampunk
keyboard is finally done.  The keyboard mod was designed around
a Model M. After removing the keycaps, [The Admrial] upcycled
the keys from old Continental typewriters. Because his
typewriters only had 47 keys and the Model M needs 104, three
typewriters needed to be sourced off of eBay. Polishing the
metal rings of the typewriter keys ate up more than 100 hours.
After building a brass frame from 8mm tubing and candle holders,
the stained wood inlay was drilled for the keys. Status lights
were installed and the PCB was connected. A pair of ‘gaslight’
keyboard lights were fabricated using 3mm tubing and very
fitting “Golden White” LEDs.  [Admrial Ravensdale] put up an
Instructable walking through the build process of his keyboard.
There’s also a German-language PDF build log that shows every
picture of every step.  This isn’t [Admrial Ravensdale]‘s first
Hack A Day feature, but with a