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Step 3I would like the number 7, please. Yes, the hard drive platter with extra ketchup.
WARNING: In doing this step you risk killing your mp3 player, so before you continue you have to ask yourself one question. Do you feel lucky... well do ya, punk?
In this mod you will pry off the hard drive's solid exoskeloten, exposing the raw pink flesh inside (im making myself hungry). The photos for this kind of suck due to the reflection comming off the platter, oh well.
Before you start have a sealable plastic freezer bag near by to shove it in once you remove the cover. If one single piece of dust gets on the platter it could kill your drive, at least thats what I read, although once I finished this I saw some particles had gotten in, but it still worked fine. To make the window you will need a plastic cd case, I decided to go with clear because it would give me the best visibility, but you can use one of the colored jewel cases too. Oh and make sure the plastic does not have scratches on it, thats something I overlooked and now regret.
Measure out the size of the hard drive onto the plastic case. To cut it I used a razor and scratched each line deep into the plastic, and when I felt it was deep enough I snapped the piece out (the first one I tried cracked from this method, so make sure that you cut really deep with the razor). Once you have the window you are ready to unscrew the hard drive cover.
Unscrew the screws from the hard drive cover, put the entire hard drive in the freezer bag, and remove the cover. You can attatch the window in a number of different ways. The first thing I tried, and failed, was drilling the screw holes through the plastic and trying to screw it on. The reason this didnt work was because the metal cover I removed wasnt flush with where it was screwed on, it actually had an raised surface where the spindle was (like most hard drives do). So to fix this problem I put the screws into the hard drive, but did not screw them in all the way, this way they acted as risers, and lifted the plastic far enough off so that it wasnt touching anything inside. However, this didnt hold the plastic on, and there was a big gap between the plastic and the hard drive case. To solve that problem I filled the gap with Devcon multi purpose glue.
When putting the glue on, you have to be absolutely certain that none drips down inside of the hard drive, to do this I suggest you use only a small amount at first, and after you apply it flip the case over so it is resting on the plastic, this will prevent the glue from dripping towards the inner workings. Once the first amount dries, you can apply more glue to make it air tight, also let this glue dry when the harddrive is resting on the plastic side.
When it dries go show it off to your friends, they will be able to see the platter spinning and the arm moving back an fourth picking up your 0's and 1's and turning them into music.
In this mod you will pry off the hard drive's solid exoskeloten, exposing the raw pink flesh inside (im making myself hungry). The photos for this kind of suck due to the reflection comming off the platter, oh well.
Before you start have a sealable plastic freezer bag near by to shove it in once you remove the cover. If one single piece of dust gets on the platter it could kill your drive, at least thats what I read, although once I finished this I saw some particles had gotten in, but it still worked fine. To make the window you will need a plastic cd case, I decided to go with clear because it would give me the best visibility, but you can use one of the colored jewel cases too. Oh and make sure the plastic does not have scratches on it, thats something I overlooked and now regret.
Measure out the size of the hard drive onto the plastic case. To cut it I used a razor and scratched each line deep into the plastic, and when I felt it was deep enough I snapped the piece out (the first one I tried cracked from this method, so make sure that you cut really deep with the razor). Once you have the window you are ready to unscrew the hard drive cover.
Unscrew the screws from the hard drive cover, put the entire hard drive in the freezer bag, and remove the cover. You can attatch the window in a number of different ways. The first thing I tried, and failed, was drilling the screw holes through the plastic and trying to screw it on. The reason this didnt work was because the metal cover I removed wasnt flush with where it was screwed on, it actually had an raised surface where the spindle was (like most hard drives do). So to fix this problem I put the screws into the hard drive, but did not screw them in all the way, this way they acted as risers, and lifted the plastic far enough off so that it wasnt touching anything inside. However, this didnt hold the plastic on, and there was a big gap between the plastic and the hard drive case. To solve that problem I filled the gap with Devcon multi purpose glue.
When putting the glue on, you have to be absolutely certain that none drips down inside of the hard drive, to do this I suggest you use only a small amount at first, and after you apply it flip the case over so it is resting on the plastic, this will prevent the glue from dripping towards the inner workings. Once the first amount dries, you can apply more glue to make it air tight, also let this glue dry when the harddrive is resting on the plastic side.
When it dries go show it off to your friends, they will be able to see the platter spinning and the arm moving back an fourth picking up your 0's and 1's and turning them into music.
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Apr 23, 2009. 3:38 PMkallisti5
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A cheap sheet of acrylic from the hardware store is 100x's better. cd case plastic cracks easily. also using a can of duster air is a good idea before you seal it up.
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Sep 22, 2007. 1:31 AMmimesis7803
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you do realize on your notebook you have someone's phone # wrote down don't you?
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Oct 16, 2008. 9:16 AMshikaku
says:
it almost seems too convenient tho, like he wants us to call it
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Aug 6, 2008. 3:48 PMjimmydean
says:
And who is Joanne?
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Sep 22, 2007. 1:32 AMmimesis7803
says:
just figured i'd tell you, it might make someone upset if they started getting prank callers. XD
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Sep 28, 2007. 4:36 PMNeodudeman
says:
I dare you to call it.
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Oct 30, 2007. 6:12 PM!Andrew_Modder!
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if you give me a dollar =D
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Nov 26, 2008. 11:33 PMwolf555hound
says:
hmmm call it, or dont call it......
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Apr 24, 2009. 12:40 AMDerin
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*dial* beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeep
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Jul 24, 2006. 6:59 PMmikesty
says:
I like the hard drive one the best. That's pretty weird. Must be kinda heavy.
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Jul 19, 2007. 1:00 AMMadMechanicMike
says:
why would it be heavy? all he does is remove the back of the mp3 player and put a clear cover on it.
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Jul 25, 2006. 6:37 AMTetranitrate (author)
says:
Actually that was one of the reasons I decided to skin it, because it was somewhat heavy. So I took off the case and it slimmed down somewhat.
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Dec 10, 2008. 6:39 PMmazeka.14
says:
who's # on the note pad??
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Aug 6, 2008. 3:47 PMjimmydean
says:
Put it on Jenny Craig!
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Mar 3, 2007. 9:41 AMbenhudson
says:
Haha, I love it :) I'll try it in a few years when all my stuff is obsolete. Well written instructable by the way.
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Aug 11, 2006. 12:00 PM
hivoltage
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hivoltage
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thats pretty cool. i've been wondering what to do with my old zen jukebox NX. those old players actually used a laptop sized HD
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Jul 25, 2006. 12:16 PMScurl!
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Scurl! says: it's always Scurl! says: make sure when cutting the plastic to scribe it about a MILLION times rather then go for one or two hard cuts. MUCH less likely to crack that way, and also less likely to slip and cut your finger/arm/lover off.
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