> hook then like the matrix in the keypad, but I was wondering if you
> guys had some ideas on how to make it look good ?
>
> If you already made one, please tell me what you did and what it
> looked like (if you have some pictures...)

Can't do you a photo right now but I have a diagram of how I use
pushbuttons under wood panels

http://home.clear.net.nz/pages/joecolquitt/temp.html

More often than not I make my own keyboards from either new (10c)
or scavenged parts, as you say VCRs etc are good sources. Polished
plain wood panels with little black perspex dot buttons looks classy, and
there's no limit to the depth behind the fascia that the switches can be.
If you have a router you can make fancy countersunk holes, or otherwise
an ordinary (sharp) drill is just dandy. You need a 1mm drill for a hole in
the perspex rods to thread them together with wire (to stop them falling
out). The plastic sheet keeps dust out. I use laminate, which is a type of
polyethylene I think, tough but flexible. I prefer black 6mm perspex rod,
but pot shaft cut-offs, aluminium or black plastic, look OK too

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