Build a keyboard from an old typewriter

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Build a keyboard from an old typewriter
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This vintage typewriter to keyboard conversion was built as a way of relieving RSI injury of this maker’s wife’s fingers and wrists since old typewriters offer “gradual resistance” when pressing keys rather than the light touch of today’s keyboards. Check out the link below for details on how this project was built.

the typewriter-keyboard conversion

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