Wallet made from a computer keyboard

In all likelihood there is a keyboard within a few feet of you. Inside that keyboard there probably is a circuit sheet that makes for a surprisingly durable and thin material for making a wallet. Any mention of this project must provide a link to www.zieak.com with credit to Ryan McFarland. Why? In taking apart electronics i find uses for most of the parts. You'll need:A desktop computer keyboard (for the circuit sheet and a metal piece as a straight edge)A screwdriver to open the keyboardA ruler or tape measureA cutting board or cutting matA razor knifeSharp scissorsA roll of clear packing tape The fine folks at HowCast have made a video from my Instructable...

Circuit Bending Synth DIY David M. just sent us useful information on how to add internal pitch controls for both Kaossilator and the Kaoss Pad, below are his words of wisdom… After reading about the GetLoFi Tutorial for 1799 oscillator circuit mod on the KORG Mini KP/KO and with a few of the LTC Modules on hand I decided to give it a go on a brand new Kaossilator. The conversion took about 45 minutes to do, but the results just blew me away. Looking over the comments at the GETLOFI site, it seems that nobody found a good place for potentiometer placement, all being too big. Mouser ended up with the goods (digikey has a 16mm Panasonic pot in their latest catalog, but it is not available.) You will need to fab a piece of thin metal, then bend and solder it to the pot in-order to mount it securely. The piece of metal I used was from shielding of an old stereo, cut into an 8×45 mm strip. The hole for the roller is 1.5×13mm and the top of the hole is flush with the inner front-side of the case. by David M.