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Broken USB cable flash drive

I saw a broken USB cable that was really a flash drive for sale on Thinkgeek.com, and I thought, hay, I can make that! So I did, and here's how you do it.

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Step 1Things you will need.

Well, its little obvious, you need a crappy flash drive that you don't care about, and a broken USB cable. You also need a dremel or cutter thingy of some kind, and some hot glue. Here is a list if you didn't catch that.
1 crappy flash drive
1 USB cable
1 Dremel or cutter thingy
1 Hot glue gun
Hot glue

Ok! Lets get started!

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14 comments

May 25, 2009. 9:34 PMgirrrrrrr2 says:

ok i did the same basic thing but i used a 4 gig corsair mini... and now it wont work.... i did teh same basic stuff... but any thing i can do to fix it?

Jun 15, 2009. 7:26 PMflaresam (author) says:

How did you open the flash drive?

Jul 5, 2009. 9:24 PMgirrrrrrr2 says:

well i took it apart very carefully piece by piece until i was left with a piece that looks like yours... and epoxied it in to the end and then it said sky midi...

Dec 12, 2010. 5:28 PMkool1zero says:

sky midi?

how soon after you epoxied it did you try it? the epoxy might've been conductive and fried ur flash drive if you did it while it was wet

Dec 1, 2009. 10:28 AMtweetspie says:

Maybe you were looking for the work "difficulty" instead of "hardness"?

Apr 24, 2009. 4:57 PMtubbychick3n says:

My god! I honestly was thinking about posting an instructable for this as soon as i saw that on thinkgeek. Every idea i have for an 'ible is always taken by someone a week or so before i actually do it. Great job though. +5.

Nov 29, 2009. 2:49 PMGamer917 says:

i have that problem too

Nov 29, 2009. 8:20 PMflaresam (author) says:

It's ok, i'm thinking of making an 'ible on how to make a mind shank shield so people can't steal your ideas.

Apr 25, 2009. 6:47 PMflaresam (author) says:

Thanks! I did this the day I saw it because I knew that someone else would do it soon.

Apr 23, 2009. 8:51 PML33ter says:

sweet. I was gonna buy the one on thinkgeek, but i guess i can just do this.

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Apr 23, 2009. 10:32 AM

Kiteman says:

Nice work (I believe the original idea was first shown on Evil Mad Scientist.

Apr 23, 2009. 12:01 PMflaresam (author) says:

Thanks! Yes, but it was not only on EMS, it has been around on the Internet for so long and no one has made a how to, so I decided to! I'm using it right now at school!

Apr 22, 2009. 8:48 PMdarater says:

nice job bro.

Apr 22, 2009. 8:49 PMflaresam (author) says:

thanks!