How the keyboard looked when I first got it.
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Starting to remove the keycaps and key stems.
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Starting to clean the outer case.
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Removed the Lotus 123 keyboard shortcuts label.
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Top case nice and clean and all sticker adhesive gone.
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Soaking all the keycaps and key stems in dish soap ready to be scrubbed clean.
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Keycaps and key stems all nice and clean drying.
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When I first opened up the keyboard I was unfortunately greeted with 22 broken plastic rivets at that point I knew a screw mod was the best thing for the keyboard.
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Removing the remaining plastic rivets ready for the screws.
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After removing all the rivets I washed the barrel frame here is it completely clean.
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Starting to drill holes through the barrel frame but first I used a soldering iron to make little dips to guide the drill bit.
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Close up of some of the holes drilled in the barrel frame.
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Close up of some of the screws now installed.
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Top down view of all the screws installed.
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The fully restored keyboard I had to add some replacement keycaps as the original ones were missing. Overall I think it turned out great please let me know what you think and any other questions you might have I'm happy to answer Thanks.
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