USB Thumb Drive Zippo Lighter Case Mod (Pocket-Sized Contest! VOTE FOR ME!)

Tired of that boring looking USB thumb drive?
Spice it up with this Zippo Lighter Mod!

Step 1 Supplies!

You'll need a few things to make this instructable happen.

Here's the list:
Hot Glue Gun + Glue
Pliers/Snips
USB Thumb Drive
Old Zippo
Two strong magnets

Comments

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[mrjubjub]

Walgreens

[The Expert Noob]

huh?

[shadow wave rider]

get expandiple foam. put the flashdrive into the zippo and glue it only at the bottom. them put in some expandble fom. let it expand and cover the magnet in some. it will look a who lot neater. then you can squeeze a little super glue or epoxy into it to help it stay in.

[struckbyanarrow]

where do i get a zippo as a kid? 12 to be exact

[HardCoreHacker]

you can get the zippo at any age. You have to be 18 to get the lighter fluid

[struckbyanarrow]

i finally got myself a zippo at the local knife shop i get zippo fuel from some 10 year old in my town...

[cdousley]

Why not just get your parents to buy it.......

[sharlston]

i went to my local poundshop or dollar store and got one they arent illegal to buy aslong as there empty

[anarchybs]

you cant its illegal but you can steal one but that all depends on where you live the min. age is 15 in fl.

[backerkurt]

I'm 13 and I've got 11 Zippo Lighters. Most stores will sell you some. Usually some skate stores. Good luck

[struckbyanarrow]

wow lucky you?

[hellstudios]

DEALEXTREME.COM Bought 2 from there. they rock. and are under $5!

[HardCoreHacker]

mine was 16 at walgreens

[bowmaster]

Is there the zippo logo on the bottom? If not they are fake.

[hellstudios]

of coarse there fake, but thats beside the point, they're cheap, they have really vgood build quality and in most cases the flint they come with produce more spark than my real zippo. check my zippo ible, it has one I got from deal extreme. By the way, no matter what company makes them, that style of lighter is always been called a zippo, just like the bic lighters are always called bics, even if they're not bics.

[struckbyanarrow]

on the outside of the box that came in the mail does it say Zippo or dealextreme or anything about the companies?

[hellstudios]

it says deal extreme but you can make it so they don't.

[colethegreat]

Hey I'm in the same boat as you, I'm 14 and I'm looking for one as well. but the zippos are like 10, 20 sometimes 30 bucks. So get a zippo-esk lighter their like 5-7 bucks you can get them at almost any coninvience store. And by the way just give your parents the money to buy the thing.

[hellstudios]

dealextreme.com has some for under $5.

[struckbyanarrow]

my parents said no...

[colethegreat]

did you tell them what it's for? I'm sure that if you tell them that there is not even a remote chance of making a flame. they'll say yes

[cowscankill]

No, not with my mom lol.

[hellstudios]

dealextreme.com

[cornflaker]

You will need to have a paypal account though (or know someone else) but the site even has free postage.

[hellstudios]

DEALEXTREME.COM

[cornflaker]

Yeah we get the point lol
And I have know about DX for AGES :P

[The Expert Noob]

thrift stores, flee markets, garage sales, 5 finger discounts

[struckbyanarrow]

ok thanks

[mrjubjub]

Walgreens

[struckbyanarrow]

i dont have a walgreens in town

[KevinSaw]

I'm sure street vendors and mall vendors will sell it to you if you ask to not have fluid in it and that you need it for a project. just dont be sketchy.

[dmnhunt3r]

wouldnt the magnet just wipe out the data? or is that something else

[Grey_Wolfe]

Magnets have no effect on flash memory. This is why solid state is so great. :)

[KevinSaw]

i think that's just hard drives. I haven't had a problem yet.

[IncrediblyCondensedBlackMatter]

flash memory doesnt wrie magnetically. thats disk drives. i made something similar to this at one point. 2 microSD cards rigged to a custom twin USB hub. i kept the flint and everything, and the wheel made the plug extend and retract. also downloaded portableapps and had a zippo skin applied to the startup menu.

[sweeet_2012]

won't the hot glue damage the thumb drive?

[techdude54]

depending on the size of the flash drive you could put a couple of them in (4 fits in mine nicely and its equals about 38 GB) and nice ible

[Khaos11]

how old do you have to be to buy a zippo and where can i get one cheers, Khaos11

[anarchybs]

you have to be 15 to get it at spencers but they don't come w/ fluid