How to make a unique case for a flash drive with your own hands?

In the modern world, flash drives are universal media on which you can download various files (music, movies, games) and transfer them to other devices. Due to the fact that flash drives are very small and light, you can always carry them with you and, if necessary, open the files that are on them. To make your storage medium different from others, you can make a case for a flash drive with your own hands. Reasons for replacing the external part may be as follows:

• Damage to the outer shell of the flash drive.
• Scuff marks written on the case.
• Bored design.
• The desire to make the case unique and beautiful.

A flash drive with an original and well-made case can be a great gift that will be remembered for a long time.

The necessary materials

There are many ideas from which you can make the shell of a flash drive. In this article, we will consider a wooden case for a flash drive with your own hands.

To do this, you will need:

1. A flash drive to be modified.
2. A hunting knife or an ordinary sharp knife.
3. Glue (preferably a gun with rods).
4. Pliers.
5. A block of the right wood, from which the body will be made.
6. Sandpaper.

Manufacturing process

1. First of all, you need to get the inside of the old flash drive, that is, remove the shell. To do this, you need a sharp knife so that you can pick up the edge and remove part of the body. If the shell consists of filler material, then with a knife you need to pry off the locking element, which is located near the front base of the flash drive. This must be done carefully so as not to touch the motherboard and not damage it.
   
2. To make a case for a flash drive with your own hands, you need to prepare a new shell made of wood. To do this, attach the extracted part of the flash drive to the bar and draw lines with a pencil in order to cut the desired size.
3. After trimming the excess part of the tree, you need to cut the bar lengthwise into equal parts, and then cut out parts similar to the old case. The inside of the tree also needs to be removed to fit the motherboard.
   
4. So that the cut-out recesses do not damage the mechanisms, you can process them with sandpaper.
5. You also need to make the surface of the body made of wood with the same paper smooth.

Build a flash drive

Now it remains to fix the flash drive in its wooden frame. To do this, the device must first be embedded in one part of the case, and then pour glue over the entire surface. Cover the top with a second wooden part and squeeze the structure for a while with pliers so that the glue dries and keeps the shell intact.

This completes the assembly. All protruding elements of glue or wood can be cut with a knife, and the sharp edges are smoothed with sandpaper. At this stage, the manufacturing process of the do-it-yourself case for the flash drive is completed.

Device check

After all the actions with the shell, of course, you need to check the operability of the flash drive. If all the actions are done correctly and the contacts are not damaged, then the device will work perfectly.

There are also many other ideas on how to make a case for a flash drive with your own hands. For example, this can be done from:

• small toys;
• designer details;
• cartridge, etc.

Here you just need to apply imagination and do a unique thing.