step1 Materials liberated keyboard keys, map style push pins
Dremel tool, or a pair of pliers, or small hand saw, or an exacto knife hot glue gun

step 2 Choose some good keys
Not all good keyboard keys make good keyboard key thumbtacks. Choose ones that have a large enough hole, or “well” on the back of the key to easily accept the head of the push pin.

step 3 Cut off excess plastic on key
The keyboard key has too much plastic on it to make a good thumbtack. Using the cutoff wheel on a Dremel tool, or a small hobby saw, or even a good exacto knife, carefully cut off the excess plastic so that whatever was there to mount the key to the keyboard is now flush with the key itself.

step 4 Drill out a hole for the push pin
Next, drill out a hole to clean up the cut you just made with the Dremel and clear out a place where you can glue in the head of the push pin. The push pins I got required a 3/16″ drill bit.
Be careful not to go all the way through and ruin the key, or drill into your finger.

step 5 Put hot glue in the hole
Shoot some hot glue into the hole.

step 6 Insert the head of the push pin
Carefully push the head of the push pin into the little pool of hot glue making sure to submerge it far enough so that it’s good and stuck, but not too far so that an insufficient amount of the pin is left sticking out.
Use your pointer finger to hold the tack in place (vertically) as the glue sets.

step 7 Repeat to make more
Make as many as you like and then use them on your cork boards instead of regular thumbtacks or push pins. They work they same way, but look cooler!

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