Altoids USB Thumb Drive

I was thinking of stuff to make and I noticed my thumbdrive sitting on my desk. I was thinking.. "I should make something to make that cooler!" I was looking for something to put it in when i noticed an altoids sour tin that I had sitting in my drawer that used to be an Altoids Clock.(Note the hole in the middle of the tin)
You can use any altoids tin, I just had this one laying around. When I get one, I think I am going to put it into an Altoids Gum tin, which is smaller. Anyways.. I was thinking "wait why would i put my thumbdrive into an altoids tin?" Then I said... "wait, why WOULDNT I put my thumbdrive into an altoids tin? So here it is. Please let me know if you like the instructable! :D Its my second one. Btw, Have fun with your pimped thumbdrive! IF YOU LIKE THIS INSTRUCTABLE PLEASE DIG IT!

FYI It might be cooler if you have an altoids gum tin instead of sours...

This quick project needs little materials and tools.

Altoids Tin of your choice x1
Thumbdrive x1
Duck Tape x1
Pen/Sharpie x1
Lanyard (optional) x1
Awl (or something to cut the hole with)

Time: 15 mins or so.

Put the USB part up to the altoids tin and trace the general shape of it with your sharpie/pen. Look at the pic.

*note* The flash from my camera made the tracing kinda hard to see....

Use your awl or other cutting utensil to remove the area in the line you traced. Basically your making the hole that the USB part is gunna stick out and plug into the USB port. I used an awl for mine.. Look at pic to see what I mean. If the USB part doesnt fit, just kinda try and make it a lil bigger and then put it in.. Its just trial and error. Second Pic shows the drive in place.

Once the USB part is sticking through the hole, postion it so that the drive itself is flat, and that most of the USB part is sticking through the hole. Get to strips of duck tape a lil longer than the altoids tin, but make each strip skinny. look at pic for refrence. Basically you dont want the drive to move once its secured. Put the lid on and your done!

Pat yourself on the back, you did it! Now you have one sweet thumbrive! (no pun intendid)

I poked one hole on the bottom of the altoids tin at the very back, and another hole rite above it on the side of tin.. Hard to explain. Just look at pic.. Sorry its so fuzzy... Once you get holes just well... you know what to do. Thread the lanyard in etc..


When your done it should look like the second pic.

YAY! Your done!