Laptop Bags are expensive. the cheap ones are total crap. The barely decent ones start at like $69.99 and I have a hard time spending that kinda money when it isn't exactly what I want in the first place, so I decided to do it myself and see what I could come up with. This is what happened.
This is part one of 2. I took a bunch of pics and I will for part 2 as well but this is only a half done project. I hope to be able to finish it and post the 2nd part by thursday Oct. 25th 2007. This is also my first instructable so I'll do the best I can.
enjoy!.... ( or at least don't laugh to hard)
Cost: if you have the junk around then it's free, if you have to buy stuff maybe $20 at most
Difficulty: its pretty easy, but to make the final product look pro it can get a little frustrating
This Project is approx. %90 recycled materials
This is part one of 2. I took a bunch of pics and I will for part 2 as well but this is only a half done project. I hope to be able to finish it and post the 2nd part by thursday Oct. 25th 2007. This is also my first instructable so I'll do the best I can.
enjoy!.... ( or at least don't laugh to hard)
Cost: if you have the junk around then it's free, if you have to buy stuff maybe $20 at most
Difficulty: its pretty easy, but to make the final product look pro it can get a little frustrating
This Project is approx. %90 recycled materials
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your going to need a few tools to do this...... probably some I might not mention but work better for you but heres my list
TOOLS:
- Utility Knife
- Glue gun
- Phillips Screw driver (maybe others)
- Wire cutters/strippers
- I used a cordless drill a few times as well but they probably could have been done with other tools and I soldered my connections together but you could use crimp connectors or if you really wanted electrical tape
SUPPLIES:
- The box your laptop came in or similar style box ...... better if its bigger then your laptop...... the hinged top style box with close flaps
- A full roll of Duct tape
- glue sticks for your glue gun
- a USB cable (if you don't have one to cut go to the dollar store and buy one for a buck)
- reusable grocery bags (They sell them for a buck each at the Zehers - in Canada I'm sure other places have em too..... there made of a recycled cloth)
- 2 CPU fans from an old computer (I had a couple lying around.... make sure there the old ones with just the black and red wires - ask around for them I'm sure sombody that has intrest in computers probably has a couple useless old ones lying around)
- A generic USB hub fairly small is best
- some type of foam padding (I used both bed lining pad the you can get cheap..... I stole a chunk from my bad lol....... and I used a small piece of under carpet pading I had in the shed)
- a switch ON/OFF style of any kind
TOOLS:
- Utility Knife
- Glue gun
- Phillips Screw driver (maybe others)
- Wire cutters/strippers
- I used a cordless drill a few times as well but they probably could have been done with other tools and I soldered my connections together but you could use crimp connectors or if you really wanted electrical tape
SUPPLIES:
- The box your laptop came in or similar style box ...... better if its bigger then your laptop...... the hinged top style box with close flaps
- A full roll of Duct tape
- glue sticks for your glue gun
- a USB cable (if you don't have one to cut go to the dollar store and buy one for a buck)
- reusable grocery bags (They sell them for a buck each at the Zehers - in Canada I'm sure other places have em too..... there made of a recycled cloth)
- 2 CPU fans from an old computer (I had a couple lying around.... make sure there the old ones with just the black and red wires - ask around for them I'm sure sombody that has intrest in computers probably has a couple useless old ones lying around)
- A generic USB hub fairly small is best
- some type of foam padding (I used both bed lining pad the you can get cheap..... I stole a chunk from my bad lol....... and I used a small piece of under carpet pading I had in the shed)
- a switch ON/OFF style of any kind
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Note: On the D-link I can plug it into a pc, then the 4 ports green up, then i can un-plug it and they stay green. I however need this to be done without a PC. I tried looping the data back on itself on the PC in side of the hub. No dice.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
battery power would be easy.
The power has to come from somewhere.
Basically again, the hub that I have requires that I connect it to a PC to power the 4 ports on it. If i do not have a PC it does not power those 4 ports... I want something that doesn't care if I walked through a fire, it just powers 4 USB ports through "wall" power.