Geek Bling

by The Ideanator

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Intro: Geek Bling

I already made this a while ago, so no disassembly pictures.
I had a 4gb "flash" drive a while back and like most small things, I lost it. It was several months before it was found under some couch cushions, needless to say it wouldn't work. I pondered what to do with it for a while, and then an idea struck me, be gangster.

STEP 1: Cracking

Needed: pliars, a thin and stiff blade of some sort, small scissors, a drill, a small drill bit, and small phillips/torx bits

First, take the ill-fated drive apart as gently as you can, easing the plastic open slowly untill the case starts to really pop off. Now take the drive out gently (you dont want a dented drive) cut all data and power attachments on the drive as close to the drive as you can. Now you take the screwdriver of choice and remove all visible and hidden screws.

STEP 2: Blingification

Once you have the drives guts exposed, the fun can begin. look for the best place to drill a small hole to stick a jumper ring in or a necklace chain through. Drill the hole and test fit your chain.

If all went well, you now have some extrodinarily geeky bling you can show off to your nerd buddies or give as a geeky gift. Have fun!

40 Comments

mayan guitarist 14 years ago

What exactly did you salvage that from. Im looking to make one and i dont know what i should break.

The Ideanator 14 years ago

I got it from an older "flash" drive, it wasn't actually flash based obviously. You might try some larger and/or older Ipods, they have the potential for drives due to the sheer size.

zack247 13 years ago

what? that was a "flash" drive? i thought maybe it was from an ipod, almost all of the ipods have "microdrives" even the new ipod touches, i thought that is what that was from...

The Ideanator 13 years ago

Nope. I have never opened one up or actually owned an one. and I have very little contact with em anyway.

The Ideanator 14 years ago

No, its difficult doing much of anything at that size, and they would be too small to do much with anyway.

[Insert my name here] 14 years ago

Awesome, thanks. I just bought 12 ipod hard drives on ebay :) Those will work, right?

The Ideanator 14 years ago

Theoretically they should, they are tiny. Are you going to sell them?

pmn9393 14 years ago

I really would like to know what kind of "flash" drive that was, because i have some ideas like this that would be awesome.

The Ideanator 14 years ago

Midgetable knows where to get some, I however, haven't found any but that one.

ndinitz 14 years ago

 This is really cool!

you should take a look at my RAM module Key Fob Here.

The Ideanator 14 years ago

A shameless ploy on your part to get a view, I like it. I saw your ible a while back and have been wanting to do it(Ive got bags of ram laying around just begging for recycling)

Midgetable 14 years ago

OMG ive been looking for days ive finnaly found them, theres a 1.8 inch version in every ipod! saw 1 at the hock shop today im gonna buy it tomorrow and smash it to bits....i mean carfully disassemble it. keep an eye out for the instructable! thanks for the inspiration Ideanator ill be sure to give you a mention as the forefather of geek bling. ohh a steampunk version would be sooo cool! cheers midget-able

XOIIO 14 years ago

Not bad, but why did you say "do not dissasembly pictures"?

Midgetable 14 years ago

i pretty sure "I already made this a while ago, do no disassembly pictures" is supposed to say.... I already made this a while ago, SO no disassembly pictures!

The Ideanator 14 years ago

I said that because this was made a long time before the contest and i didn't take pictures while making it.

Midgetable 14 years ago

can you make it spin? if you could make it spin, cover the disk in diamontes, i think youd be onto a winner  "fo' shizzle ma' nizzle"

The Ideanator 14 years ago

It wouldn't be too difficult to do that, but for that I'd use a laptop hard drive because its slightly bigger and could hold batteries pretty easily and hold more diamonds/cut glass.

dudejetfighter 14 years ago

 you couldn't find a spot to hot glue a coin cell battery or something! cuz damn that would be epic if it spun.
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