USB Thumb drive flash drive holder-MAKE A BELTCLIP HOLDER

 by M F
Tired of having a Usb thumb drive around your neck all the time?
Be Fashionable by making a BELTCLIP HOLDER from a sport cigarette lighter.
 
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Step 1: A better way

I got tired of having my thumb drive around my neck, I keep at least one in my pocket but I also keep a lot of keys and metal stuff that can possibly damage a plastic thumb drive.
I started thinking about modifying one of my pocket knives to hold a flash drive but quickly realized that doing so would take a lot of work. I eventually found something even better.
I remembered that I had a sport lighter that clips onto a belt loop. It also had a protective fliptop.
All I had to do was take the guts out, plus a little sanding and glueing.

PARTS NEEDED

COLIBRI CX GEAR SMITTY LIGHTER

mini Screwdriver- straight edge

knife

drill

sandpaper/ or Dremmil tool grinder

super glue

epoxy glue

The COLIBRI CX SPORT LIGHTER can be bought at Fry's Electronics store. And also Ebay.
There are many websites that sell these lighters.
Prices vary from $17.99 to $29.99.

http://www.wannalight.com/colibri-lighters---cx-gear.html
http://www.ryocigarette.com/lig-col-cxs-rls.html

cornflaker says: Apr 30, 2009. 4:43 AM
Who actually puts a USB around their neck? seriously lol (Apart from older teachers)
xana in reply to cornflakerMay 17, 2010. 12:04 PM
people that work in finance's among other things.
jaxxster1 says: Jan 2, 2009. 3:37 PM
i am in awe
Obcheese in reply to jaxxster1May 7, 2009. 10:45 PM
yay portal
qwertymnb says: Oct 1, 2008. 3:52 PM
i have the same knife but in silver
lupinesoul says: Jul 19, 2008. 8:09 AM
For that certain model of lighter, the top doesn't open at least 180 degrees. Wouldn't that make it a bit troublesome to fit it in the usb drive alongside your computer?~
M F (author) in reply to lupinesoulJul 21, 2008. 10:33 AM
It's just a holder, pull the thumbdrive out to use.
lupinesoul in reply to M FAug 4, 2008. 8:39 AM
I see!
inertia18 says: Jul 16, 2008. 12:16 PM
oh im sorry, didn't see the link my fault. I see it now. very cooooooooool instructable.
inertia18 says: Jul 16, 2008. 12:14 PM
This awesome dude!,...but where can we buy this lighter holder can you give us a link . thanks full rating plus 100
M F (author) says: Jul 9, 2008. 9:00 AM
This instructable has been up for a while. Has anyone else made one, or something similar?
xACIDITYx says: May 27, 2008. 7:02 AM
This is cool!
The only problem I saw in it was...
how does the flash drive plug into the computer if the cap is jutting out so far?
M F (author) in reply to xACIDITYxMay 27, 2008. 7:06 PM
it's just a holder, pull the drive out to use
xACIDITYx in reply to M FMay 28, 2008. 5:51 AM
Okay. Then... full rating!
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