Keep your most treasured files safe and locked away on this steam-punk style key! “But Joe!… My life sucks, I’m really ugly and I’m really poor… I don’t have the kind of fortune needed to buy one of those…” That’s the best part! You can make it YOURSELF!* “-Huff-… But I’m dumb and depressed… I don’t have the kinda knowledge to work out how t-“ I will show you how RIGHT HERE! FOR FREE! “But I could never build-“ Shutup.
First you will need a pendrive/flashdrive/memorystick/flashdisk/dongle or whatevertheheck you wanna call it. Open it up and de-solder the 4 or in some cases 8 connections (there are 4 main connections, but you will have to also un-solder up to 4 other connections of the metal casing). Then get five other wires (or a piece of cable that already encases the 5 so it’s neater or tidyier) and solder them onto where the connectors went. Basically you’re extending the connections via 4 wires (and 1 earth) to the usb head connector.
Do the same at the other end.
It should then look something like…
This!
Now, none of my inventions would have worked without a ‘key’ ingredient… It’s Cellotape time!
(to protect the bare metal components from the epoxy resin stuff – not sure if it’s conductive) — see below…
Here I also wrapped some pieces of thin wire in a circlet around the drive part (I twisted various wires to give the epoxy something to stick to like in modelling, but it might have been better to use very thick stuff, and just leave it bare – not cover it with epoxy…)
Now cover the thing in a 2 part epoxy resin, like “Chemical Metal” or something and wait for it to harden. Then sand, sand and sand it. Paint (first black) and then a highlight of your choice!
Et Voila! Le Chan! Torre Eifel!
A SteamPunk key / flashdrive!
Make sure you study your computer’s usb connections before-hand to make sure it’ll fit…
Have fun destroying your device, and please don’t come crying to me… Unless it worked! Let me know if anyone out there in the CyberNet has dared risking kooking up their memorystick from this tutorial!
Let me know!
Joe!
*Joe!™ will not be held responsible for you or anyone else frying, snapping or otherwise ballsing up their own or anyone else’s pen/hard/flash/floppy/memory stick/drive/drove/driven of any kind.
Haced lo mismo en el otro extremo.
DeberĂa parecer algo como…
¡Esto!
Ahora, ninguno de mis inventos habrĂa funcionado sin un ingrediente “clave”… ¡Es hora de coger el “Celo”!
(para proteger los bordes de los componentes metálicos de las cosas de resina epoxi – no estoy seguro de si es conductiva)…
Ahora cubrid la cosa en dos partes de una resina epoxi, como “Metal QuĂmico” o algo y esperad a que se endurezca. Entonces lija, lija y lĂjalo. Pintadlo (primero negro) y ¡luego resaltadlo a vuestra elecciĂłn!
*Joe!™ no se hará responsable de que tĂş o cualquiera frĂa, rompe, o destroce de cualquier otro modo su propio pen/hard/flash/floppy/memory stick/drive/drove/driven de cualquier tipo o el de otra persona.
Keep your most treasured files safe and locked away on this steam-punk style key! “But Joe!… My life sucks, I’m really ugly and I’m really poor… I don’t have the kind of fortune needed to buy one of those…” That’s the best part! You can make it YOURSELF!* “-Huff-… But I’m dumb and depressed… I don’t have the kinda knowledge to work out how t-“ I will show you how RIGHT HERE! FOR FREE! “But I could never build-“ Shutup.
Basically you’re extending the connections via 4 wires (and 1 earth) to the usb head connector.
