USB Flash Drive Clip

I keep losing my USB flash drives, so I had the idea, to clip them to the documents they belong to. After a bit of research I found out, that the idea is not new and Emamidesign has won a 2010 Red Dot product design award and became a Best of Best winner with their concept.
After ordering the flash drive (Verbatim Store ´n´ Go Clip-it) I was pretty disappointed, because it was extremely slow and can only be used for very few pages.
So I decided to make my own, while I was playing around with sugru and wire for another project. If you don't know what sugru is, please click here.

Step 1 What you need

material

• Verbatim TUFF 'N' TINY flash drive (e.g. amazon) or Kingmax Super Stick (Mini) (e.g. ebay)
• sugru (order here)
• wire
• superglue
• optional: small magnet, tape

tools

• pliers

You can of course use your normal sized USB flash drive, if you don't mind it being a bit bigger.

Comments

[lrdforster]

i notice that you coloured black with white pigments and we see the results. Did you try white sugru with black pigments

[BrittLiv]

Hi, at that time white sugru didn't exist. Why would you like to make black sugru even though it exists? To answer you question, it works pretty well.

[lrdforster]

I see your point but it depends on the shade of grey white with a little black pigment creating a light grey the other creates darker greys, I assume colourant changes the properies slightly more colourent may make it weeker to ans may affect the drying time.

[BrittLiv]

You could simply mix black and white sugru, if you are interested in shades of grey. Doing that you wont have to worry about changing the properties.

[lrdforster]

Thats another valid point.

Have you tried making Oogoo from this site? It is a cheap DIY Sugru if you use plaster of paris instead of corn starch it shouldnt be prone to bacteria issues.

[BrittLiv]

Yes, I have. Take a look at this ible: http://www.instructables.com/id/Bouncy-Rubiks-Cube/

In my experience it is extremely sticky and harder to work with than sugru, but I guess it is a good alternative for bigger projects to safe some money.

[lrdforster]

I agree it is sticky however I found that using the paster or cornflour to cover the hands or finger tips prevents it sticking to the skin but doesnt leave a powder effect on the finished article.

I am sure washing up liquid or petrolium jelly also acts as a non stick barrier to the skin

[sanyo8088]

nice thumb drive

[stevenets]

Why bother - there are some great versions of these that you can buy that look fab:

http://www.usb2u.co.uk/articles/2011/07/clip-on-usb-flash-drives-that-are-hard-to-shake-off/

[BrittLiv]

Do you know how fast they are? In my experience they are very slow; I think it is kind of weird, that the speed isn’t given anywhere and the minimum amount you will have to order are 25pcs (I can’t find the price anywhere).

[Ganoderma]

is it just me, or does the finished product look nothing like the first pictures?

[BrittLiv]

You are right the one in the title picture (black) is the first one I made, but I didn't take any pictures of the process. That’s why I made a second one (blue), to show how they are made.
The only difference is the colour, though. The result is the same.

[amorarun]

Nice finish and neat ible. I'd try sometime if I had the materials

[projectsugru]

this is such a wonderful clever idea, well done :)

[BrittLiv]

Thank you! I finally finished writing it.

[scistone]

Cool Idea. Your instructables are awesome, If I only had the materials