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Modding Cool Flashdrive Updated (12:03 June 8th)

Discussion in 'Modding' started by Ultimate Gamer, 4 Jun 2008.

  1. wolfticket

    wolfticket Downwind from the bloodhounds

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    I'm bored. I'm the chairman of the bored :blah: ...er, this is what I came up with:

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    Too much time on my hands? Moi? :rolleyes:
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  2. Ultimate Gamer

    Ultimate Gamer What's a Dremel?

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    Wow great job! that exactly what i am looking for thanks for fixing my supper sucky skills at cad lol thats what it will look like :) need to find the alu. dad moved it somewhere :wallbash:
     
  3. cyberspyder

    cyberspyder Canuck

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    Your idea has forced me to disassemble my fat cruzer and just wrap heatshrink around the PCB. The result? Takes up half the room now.

    BRendan
     
  4. Ultimate Gamer

    Ultimate Gamer What's a Dremel?

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    ok i started brushing the alu. no time to post pics now i have to go take a shower and go to a party i will take pics later of how i did it im not 100% complete brushing but about 60% complete ill try to update again tomorrow bye. :D

    also instead of all alu.

    im going to do

    Alu.
    Acrylic
    Alu.

    So you can see threw it :D
     
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  5. Ultimate Gamer

    Ultimate Gamer What's a Dremel?

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    Got home from the partay and was in the mood to work so i was outside using my hacksaw on alu. its very loud lol it was 11 oclock lol hope my neighbors dont get mad but then i turned on the bench grinder that was not loud at all :)

    Heres some pics

    Thanks for the images wolf ticket the really come in handy :) taped them to the workbench
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    Aluminum is ready its 2mm but thats all i had so i have to deal with it :(
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    Cutting started masked everything else off
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    Makeshift pan and water thing to keep the aluminum cool it was burning :eeek:
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    Cutting Finished on one side
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    Cutting finished time for some filing
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    All done except the corners
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    Corners were done on the bench grinder sorry no pics of that dident want to blow up my cam lol i just put it inside
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    Todays work with the flashdrive :)
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    Sorry for the bad pics the only camera i can transfer to my computer is my iphone :( so coming out kinda crappy i will try to finish this up tommorow i have a huge sheet of acrylic so i have more aluminum as well :D its looking good eh?

    Only things missing
    m4 nuts need to get some! :lol:
    Well happy modding :dremel:

    Im out for the night
     
  6. capnPedro

    capnPedro Hacker. Maker. Engineer.

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    M4 seems awfully big. ALso, you'd get a better look with a tapped hole rather than nuts.

    Just my €0.02
     
  7. Ultimate Gamer

    Ultimate Gamer What's a Dremel?

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    as i think of it m4 nuts are quite big for this mod hmm ill see what to use later :)
     
  8. The_Beast

    The_Beast I like wood ಠ_ಠ

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    Is it bigger than the old case it was in, it looks like it
     
  9. Ultimate Gamer

    Ultimate Gamer What's a Dremel?

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    yea its a bit wider but it will be thinner i may try to cut some more off make it not as wide but i just want to see some action :D

    no update until Saturday school sucks
     
  10. The_Beast

    The_Beast I like wood ಠ_ಠ

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    I have an old POS 256mb that still works

    I might just have to try moding it :hehe:
     

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