Usb Memory Stick Recoil Keyring II and III

I got sick of getting home or to work finding I'd left my memory stick in the computer back at the other end of the journey. So I put it on my keyring. Then I got bothered by the weight of all my keys hanging on the USB port. So I made USB memory Stick Recoil Keyring.

But that design used a keyring recoil, which was quite strongly sprung. I wanted one that latched... like one of those USB cables for laptops... so I picked up a couple for cheap and started experimenting.

Step 1: Gather your materials and tools

Materials

1) two retractable USB cables. Can be USB extension or power or anything. No electrical signals are transmitted. I got a set of 3 for �1 each in Pound Land.

2) a photo-frame style micro memory stick

3) A spare keyring

4) superglue

5) epoxy resin

6) stiff wire for twisting

7) electrical tape

Tools

1) couple pairs of pliers

2) wire cutter

3) measuring calipers

4) Sharp craft knife or set of knives

Comments

[fedecale]

Naughty background.

[sweavo]

oh dear. well you ARE at that age, I suppose :-)

[fedecale]

In deed i am XD

[chaosvoider]

That is WAY cool!! I have GOT to try this... I have a couple of those recoil thingies from when we had to wear IDs at school (they have a clip instead of a keyring, but it could probably be modified) and I'll have to go get some from my brothers so I can make an attempt at this! :D

[SpiroExDeus]

Brilliant! Will have to start work on one of these soon.

[countable]

I tried something like this but instead of recycling the male usb end, i crimped it off. When i opened my usb stick i saw there was a part of the innards a could loop the crimped cable around so i did that then taped my memory stick back together and keyring-ed it. It works fine but i find sometimes, because i didnt pull the knotted end all the way into the drum, it occasionally gets caught on the keyring. Apart form that its cool, thanks for the idea!

[sweavo]

cool! do you have a picture? would be interested to see how it turned out.

[countable]

My cameras on the blink atm, but imagine exactly like your design above, but instead of the male usb plug on the end is a small memory stick (the one that has a metal cover you twist to expose the socket), just took the metal bit off and looped the cable in. Simples.

[sweavo]

cool thanks for the explanation.

[countable]

Although im pretty annoyed now because my usb sticks stopped working (probably because i was running an OS off it for lengths of time but meh)

[joejoerowley]

Very Cool!