DIY Keyboard Using $5 Worth of Concrete (and 100 hrs)

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Published 2024-05-24
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0:00 Intro and test explanation
1:01 Basic concrete mix
3:35 Concrete + glue test
4:10 Concrete + fiberglass test
4:58 Concrete + sand test
5:38 Demolding tests
6:21 Evan prank (RIP ears)
7:28 Demolding tests (cont)
9:42 Strength test
10:58 Concrete keyboard case
12:10 Demolding keyboard case
13:15 Making custom keycap molds
17:34 Demolding custom molds
18:47 Our huge mistake…
19:25 Making concrete keycaps
20:14 Demolding concrete keycaps
21:50 Concrete keycap montage
22:42 Concrete wrist rest
23:06 Keyboard electronics
24:28 Evan’s admission…
25:02 Final assembly
25:26 We break something…
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All Comments (21)
  • After the wood and the cobblestone keyboard I'm waiting for the copper and iron and gold and diamond keyboard 😂
  • @krumpits
    The comedic timing of “it reduces the noise a lot” followed by the most ear piercing scream was just absolutely perfect lol
  • @rholou
    In the most benevolent way possible, Evan has the most muppet-like energy I've seen in a human person
  • @katiecoppes1298
    Evan and katelyn put more effort into their sponsers than many creators put into their whole videos, and it makes the adds genuinely fun to watch.
  • @alexever17
    "I am being vibrated against my will" is a crazy sentence without context
  • @ArimarJ
    now you're just missing a concrete mouse, pc case, cathodic monitor, and a cave to have a historically accurate caveman pc xD
  • @SAIGamma
    I paused the video on the product page and there was: "For the love of god, do not use in concrete". Well... now there is soda all over my keyboard.
  • @FeelinBoggy
    19:31 "Mine died." "Can't have your vibrator die in the middle of it" "We're in the middle of it" "We haven't even finished"
  • @TimothyRobert93
    "We got nervous about the vibrators dying so we bought more" "we are going to finish this time"
  • @lester44444
    your pressure pot has IMPECCABLE comedic timing
  • @simmerelise
    6:50-7:20 😂😂😂😂😂😂. Pure gold comedic timing. I am in bed, and my husband is asleep. I had to stop myself from laughing so much that I thought my head and lungs were going to explode. I was physically shaking so hard with suppressed silent laugher that the bed began to shake, and I worried even more that I was going to wake my hu
  • @Titian083
    So for the fiberglass one, it worked how it’s supposed to. Typically fiberglass strands are added to concrete that is being poured on a slope, but they don’t want the concrete to run. Like a boat ramp. It also adds insane strength to a compression strength test. While I doubt this will be an issue for you guys, concrete can take 30 days or more to cure, sometimes leaking out moisture. If the keyboard stops working, that’d most likely be why. If you have to redo this, instead of using the table, you can still use the vibrators and plunge them into the concrete straight in and out, moving positions each time. This will help prevent over vibrations and separating the mixture. There is a surprising amount of complexity to getting a good concrete mix depending on your intended use. Every pour has a different ratio of cement, gravel, sand, water, and other additives. Never thought my job of testing concrete would lend a useful comment like this 😂
  • @luciemunne6322
    When they asked what looks wrong with this picture, I honestly thought they forgot the mold release 😂
  • @IsraelSolano1
    "That does reduce the volume a lot-" The cries and shrieks of the damned rise immediately
  • @l.1020
    Also respect to Katelyn and Evan for always using the necessary safety measures when working with all the different materials and tools!
  • @Le_Pete
    I laughed so hard at the sudden squeak I actually lost oxygen and felt like I was about to pass out. Evan and Katelyn killed me (almost) dying laughing 😅
  • @perigrin6
    Concrete tips: Once a piece of concrete is solid, you can wet it again with more water to ensure all the cement powder inside is fully hydrated for extra strength. Concrete takes a long time to cure so you could actually just stick the tray of keys into a pot of water for up to a week to ensure it is as strong as possible. There are some gorgeous concrete dyes that could work really well for projects like this. I don't think you can go as well as you do with the resin, but it can give some fun character to these projects. Also, instead of sand, you can try fly ash or other additives in the mix for added strength. There are lots of sources online for which additives give what characteristics that I am sure Evan would love to research.
  • @ferret2054
    15:46 "Oh to be buried in goop" Resin time song at a funeral goes hard
  • @alipenn5302
    "It does reduce the volume a lot" followed by ear peircing shrieks is the new "Wouldn't it be ironic of I dropped through the ceiling" followed by immediately dropping through the ceiling