Easy paracord USB flash drive case

Step 5: ...Then start (and keep) braiding !

 The knot we're going to use is the easy, famous snake knot you can see in Stormdrane's paracord bracelet Instructable and in so many others.

- Take the flash drive on top of the folded paracord, and make a loop to the left with the right-side half of paracord. It should then come under the flash drive and to its right (see picture 1) ;
- Take the left-side thread of paracord, make it go in a loop to the right, under the thread that went out to the right, and then over the drive into the loop (see picture 2) ;
- Tighten it all up together (picture 3), then repeat the steps from picture 1 and 2 on the other side of the flash drive (picture 4) ;
- Keep going alternating left and right and left and right, until you reach the end of the flash drive (see picture 5) !

It might be difficult at first, and the first knots will look ugly - but don't worry, it'll look better as you train and as you keep braiding ! Once you're done, time to cut, trim and seal the cord - in the next step !

Comments

[brutalboy909]

Well I tore apart my USB and now I cant figure out how to do the knot lol. Any more instruction, videos or photos on this USB wrap would be greatly appreciated..

[Deslivres]

Sorry it took so long to get back to you ! Taking a look at other Instructables specifically about this type of knot could help : this woven paracord bracelet by Stormdrane might be a lot of help and got me started with paracord braiding in the first place.

Keep us updated !

[emerett]

This guide should really be removed, seems easy, people tear apart their usb sticks, and then the pictures are directions are awful.

[Deslivres]

Hey Emerett,

Thanks for the reminder - I haven't had the time to sit down and take new pictures or revamp this Instructable as I thought I could. I'll try to take care of that over the course of the next few weeks, as the paracord USB flash drives is one of the projects my middle-school students are interested in :)

Cheers !

[DrCarterM]

I had trouble at first and I found two things that help... 1- Tape your cord to the back of your USB then start the braiding 2- braid it TIGHT. I tried it with a regular size usb, that was rather thick, and it didn't work at all. So I switched to a stream line one and it worked great. I left the case on because I was worried about the drive over heating and melting the cord. Anyone else not do this and have good experiences?

[Deslivres]

My drives have never had a case on (the reason I came up with this Instructable being that some of them were actually broken) and I never had any issues with the cord melting or the board overheating. I've been doing this for about 2 years now without problems :)

[DrCarterM]

Nice! i'll give that a shot! BTW, I was looking at the drive you made with the cammo cord. The loop and weave looks pretty flat, did you take the inner cord out before you wove it?

[Deslivres]

I tried both empty and full cord, and full cord gave a better esthetic result in the end. On the pictures though, the cord is full. Maybe it's something about the cord I use !

[Oxyjin]

I'm having trouble with the initial 2 steps of the braiding =\

[d3monhax0r]

can't do this =(

[Deslivres]

I'm sure you can do it :) Keep training ! I'll make sure to uploads better pictures soon for reference, that might help.