Beer Can Usb hub hack

can really be done to any object but this is the item I had the most of lying around so it was a natural choice for me really its a break through and it allows a huge number of usb hubs to be added say 4X 1to4 hubs in a can makes a 16 port hub in a tiny space

Step 1 Materials and tools needed

Ok the materials for the project are as follows:

-A beer can (or whatever you want really
-a little plastic box about the siz of the hub including circuit board(if its a hub with lights)
-A simple USB hub I used one from a mousepad and it has UV leds so I made a solution for lighting

Tools:

-a craft/stanley kinfe (either will do but make sure it's sharp, very sharp
-a sheet of paper ( for lighting again ignore for hubs with no lighting
-a ruler or straight edge (no real measuring but this is needed for clean cutting)
-glue (I used superglue but a hot glue gun is a far better option)

Comments

[octavian234]

No offense but all you did was add a case i mean anyone with common sense can do that.

[killerjackalope]

Well that was the point... This was one of my first projects aswell, having done a couple of other things with empty cans I'd probably have done this far better knowing what I know now.

[littlegandhi1199]

What would be crazy and very unethical was if you took a can and made rows and rows of usb hubs all over the can because there would be tons of space that would be crazy Here's what it would look like!

[AnarchistAsian]

when i looked at this i didn't know it was yours. i had a creeping feeling that it was yours and... YEP, IT'S YOURS cheers.

[killerjackalope]

Haha, just great...

[AnarchistAsian]

if it's about beer, i'll bet it's yours.

[casper.707]

As Homer would say, "mmm...beer.";)

[killerjackalope]

Yarp, I'll have to re-visit this...

[HamO]

Another one for the Top 10 list!!

[killerjackalope]

I wish I'm working on a better way to put the cuts in so the can is left in better condition because it can get dmaged easily from the circuitry being put in then a top ten is in sight

[w00ty32]

you coud coat the inside in some sort of rubber... or one of those plastics that are on this site... eh just some midnight brainstormin.

[HamO]

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[ewilhelm]

If you don't have anything constructive to say, don't say anything at all. Use the rating buttons and move on. You're treading a thin line here.

[AnarchistAsian]

huh, weird, i didn't know you actually just browsed through instructables, what sort of stuff exactly do you do on a usual day on the job?

[HamO]

Thank you for the warning. In the future I will post neither comments nor ratings as they seem to do no good one way or another.

[Ds HaKa]

srre

[ewilhelm]

Constructive comments comments do a lot of good.

[killerjackalope]

yeah right now it's not a finished product then you can really decide how bad it is but listen use a bit of constructive criticism please because i failed english four years in a row then scratched a C grade and on top of that it's my first instructable that I learnt anything from as i documented this as i figured it out

[HamO]

I so glad you shared that bit of information with us!

[killerjackalope]

you're kinda pathetic here I mean if mine are so bad why don't you make something to show me how it's done?

[HamO]

Not my job, man.

[killerjackalope]

so you can call an instructable bad but not make one kinda sad

[craig3]

This is pretty cool, id happily have it sit on my desk even if i didnt use it its just cool

[killerjackalope]

Cheers, one of my first instructables, really needs revising tbh.

[Robot Boy]

If you cut the top off and drop in a wood cylinder to cut against you would get a cleaner cut out.

[uber tom]

tenents is a drink for real men. good choice.

[killerjackalope]

my most common drinks are tennents and guiness as I'm half irish half scottish lol

[Punkguyta]

Pretty sweet, I take it the plastic is to prevent shorts? -Punk

[killerjackalope]

nope it's for refracting and diffusion of the lights on my hub because I took mine out of a uv lit mousepad If you put the board in right theres nothing touching to short out but if you're worried then use the plastic I did both for testing and the hub worked on all ports without problems

[!Andrew_Modder!]

eh, i dont know what to say. useful but doesnt it wobble around.?

[killerjackalope]

not really but just put a rock or something in it if it does really it's so easy and simple