Laptop Keyboard Buttons - Reuse

An old useless laptop keyboard found its new purpose, specifically its buttons.

To cover holes in project boxes, or other casings.

I used an old modem as a project box (or project enclosure) and covered some of its holes with the buttons.

1. A useless laptop keyboard
2. sandpaper fine (500 is enough)
3. flat scredriver
4. pliers
5. drill
6. nuts and bolts and washers (small)
7. needle pliers (for the nuts and bolts)
8. screwdriver (for the nuts and bolts)
9. maybe CA glue

1. Using a flat screwdriver as a lever, remove the laptop keyboard buttons one by one.
2. Remove the marked letters on the button with sandpaper.
3. Think how big is the area you want to cover, select appropriate button (maybe the spacebar?).
4. Plan where you will place the screws or bolts.
5. Drill the button and the project box with appropriate diameter (maybe 2mm or 2.5mm).
6. Use nuts and bolts and washers to secure the button to the project box. Screwdriver and needle pliers help with this. Or maybe use CA glue.

I saved all the remaining buttons for similar or other use in the future.