Jan 19 2009Wood Is Good: A Scrabble Keyboard
Ever wondered what a keyboard would look like if it had Scrabble tiles for keys? This. Finally, you can sleep at night.
This keyboard was commissioned by a couple of friends of mine from back east (NJ) who are avid Scrabble players. Most of the keys are made from real Scrabble tiles that were all hand-beveled (truly an exercise in patience/masochism!) and built onto a USB, clicky, mechanical-switch keyboard. This keyboard was going into a Mac environment so I decided to use brushed aluminum for the casing and round all of the corners to keep with the sleek, simple Macintosh styling. Near the end of the build, I decided that the keyboard looked a little too minimalist so I added some silver hardware and a seam to put a slightly industrialized twist on the design.
Alternatively, glue Scrabble tiles to your current keyboard. Just make sure you put the correct letters on. O YJOML O YXDEW IT IO! That's a bingo, count it.
Hit the jump for a bunch of closeups.
The Scrabble Keyboard [datamancer]
Thanks to Michael, who prefers Boggle.
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Reader Comments
1. anita - January 19, 2009 11:06 PM
Frist!
2. RandomNigel - January 19, 2009 11:15 PM
...Is there any reason for most of the text on the GW website now being...striked-through?
3. Bigguy707 - January 19, 2009 11:19 PM
WHAT I HAVE TO SAY SEEMS SO MUCH LESS IMPORTANT NOW.
4. Mr.Anderson - January 19, 2009 11:21 PM
I eat wood for breakfast. I also have some in the morning too.
5. known - January 19, 2009 11:32 PM
eh I'm still pullin for the steampunk-laser neon bacon cheeseroll keyboard autographed by our beloved Daisy, but thanks for the four-one GW - I didn't think they'd pull the scrabble keyboard off afterall either
6. Amy Dangerous - January 19, 2009 11:33 PM
Am I the only one who sees lines through everything?
7. laser pussie? - January 19, 2009 11:35 PM
I love scrabble.
EYE
WANT
TO
BANG
DA
HOE
8. known - January 19, 2009 11:35 PM
No Amy, there's a few of you that see the lines yes.
It's a test we're running here to see whose IP addresses we can collect for comment policy abuse, only people who've done something terribly wrong here will see strikeout text just FYI
9. known - January 19, 2009 11:38 PM
Fixed now, you're ok to come back and type type type awaaaaay
10. laser pussie? - January 19, 2009 11:39 PM
LET
MEE
SEE
THE
TIT
Oh shit! Did you say scrabble?
I thought you said Boggle.
My bad
11. Spam Artist - January 20, 2009 12:26 AM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshop job. You can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This was swiped from a scene in the movie Tender Dracula where Josh and Brett are talking about taking Mandy and Katelin to the dance on friday. Katelin decides she doesn't want to go but Mandy still wants to, so Mandy asks Tess to stand in for Katelin so that Josh and Brett will still take her.
12. mickey - January 20, 2009 1:09 AM
@Spam Artist
You are a Reeree
13. formerly SPELLINGNAZI© - January 20, 2009 1:48 AM
Those of you with lines through your text and are using an Apple, go ahead and throw it against the wall repeatedly, you will get much more use out of it...and go buy a real computer.
14. ~Sequin - January 20, 2009 3:18 AM
@ 12...Reeree sounds even more retarded than a retard. But yeah. I do agree.
:D
15. Daisy - January 20, 2009 6:14 AM
FAKE!!!!
This is a complete photoshp job. YOu can tell its a fake because the shadow's are all wrong.
This is exactly like that scene in the movie Never BAck Down were MAx and Baja were playing scrabble, and had an argument about the word "whelps". Max didn't believe that Baja knew what it meant and thought she made it up and got lucky that it actually is a word.
16. desiree - January 20, 2009 8:09 AM
i adore it. want want want!
17. Douche McAllister - January 20, 2009 8:10 AM
Pretty slick looking. I'll take two please!
18. Thumperchica - January 20, 2009 8:59 AM
I like this one! I wouldn't use it, but I like it!
19. Timbo - January 20, 2009 9:06 AM
Very woody.... I'll take the kilingon keyboard instead
20. Ed aka the-iguana - January 20, 2009 9:33 AM
damn. that made me horny...
oh wait. no... it was the girl next door changing clothes...
but seriously now, looks nice but looks big... is that retroillumination? cool
21. Timbo - January 20, 2009 9:55 AM
It's gonna be a slow post day... I can feel it...
22. john - January 20, 2009 10:18 AM
omg that's cool I hope they make an uno keyboard next
23. Michael Writhe - January 20, 2009 10:22 AM
lmao... an uno keyboard? and would all the letters be numbers? *chuckle*
24. Ollie Williams - January 20, 2009 10:29 AM
@23
That's so crazy it just might work.
25. jeremy - January 20, 2009 10:37 AM
Ok a Mac environment, so why did he waste time on Function keys?
26. Douche McAllister - January 20, 2009 11:45 AM
@25 Either you're an idiot or you're a f***ing idiot. Macs use function keys too dipshit.
27. DJ Tyrannosaur - January 20, 2009 1:45 PM
Finally, I can sleep at night.
28. bust it - January 20, 2009 9:33 PM
oh i'm sure my cheating skank of a great aunt would just love this...
being senile is not an excuse to cheat in Scrabble, bitch!
29. emo 1999 - June 9, 2009 12:32 AM
imagine a chocolate keyboard!! yummy
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