Flashdrive: Cool Sawed-off USB Wire (actually a Hidden Flash Drive)

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Flashdrive: Cool Sawed-off USB Wire (actually a Hidden Flash Drive)

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its a cool flash drive hidden as a broken USB wire : )

please vote for me and like so i may have a shot in the contest thank you leave comments and i'll help all the time 

Materials

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Materials (all house hold items )
less then $15 in total  for a cool  4 GB

- sharp box cutter

-set of handy tools (small screw drivers ) (optional but makes life easier)

-small flash drive (i used pny 4 gig cause its light weight and easy to take apart not even a single tool needed other than fingers )
http://www.google.com/products/catalog?hl=en&q=pny+4gb&sqi=2&cid=17908996546780696352#p 
the one i used 

-glue 

-heavy books 

and obviosly a used usb cable (its ok and even better if it doesn't work) 

every thing is pretty cheap 



Flash Drives (the One That Is Highlighted Is the Best to Use and I Used That One )

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the one that is highlighted is the best to use and i used that one 


Cutting

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cut the sides of the usb cable 


Removing

Remove the guts of usb everything must go except  for the casing (obvious)

Sorry no picture :(


Insertion and Completion

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Put your own flash drive in and then use Elmer's glue to seal everything up and press and hold tightly.
*********************please read the next step right after putting the glue***********************




Finishing Up

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Put the USB on on book or flat floor then pile heavy books on it so it will be pressed. then take it out 2 secs later and wipe excess glue and then put it back , leave it for 30 minutes.




Finished at Last!

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Now enjoy please vote for me and like so i may have a shot in the contest thank you leave comments and i'll help all the time