Adorned with sapphires

Latest memory stick. I put two real sapphires gems into this one and decided to keep a silver and blue tint.

 

The stick is also a bit smaller (7 cm long) 

The Key

For my fifth USB stick, I decided to try a different shape.
I finally went for a key and, that settled, I began the sculpture work.

For the bow, I found a bigger gear to protect the inside. But I'm starting to think about resin even if it might imply some bubbles.

Getting bored again.

Last week I started a new steampunk USB key. This is the fourth so far and I think I'm just starting to become handy enough.
I now know the different tools I have to use and the result of each one.


The different steps of construction are still the same:
 - First I cut the shape of the key and the cap in a piece of wood
 - Then the hole for the usb stick
 - After those two "risky" steps, I start to hew the key in order to put the mechanical parts
 - Fourth step is arranging gears and watch parts, and take a photo of the final version
 - Just before gluing the parts, I put varnish on the wood to avoid grime
 - Then I glue everything.

I didn't take pictures of these steps but I'll try for next time.
Here is the result:

Mechanical USB stick (watch inside) II

And here is the final version with the glass on it :)

Mechanical USB stick (watch inside)

This weekend I started an all new USB key with some clock parts inside. The new thing this time is that I wanted to put a real functional clock inside.
So I found a mechanical watch movement on the Internet that was actually working, and I drilled a hole for the watch through a wood stick of predetermined section. The hardest part here was to respect the shape of the movement.

Then I cut the piece and sculpted it in order to insert the dials, gears and other parts. I also put some tint and varnish to give a good shiny aspect to the wood.

 One or two hours later, here is the result I got.

Last part I made was the cap, with two big gears on it.

Still one thing to do: find a way to stick the glass on the watch.

Mechanical USB stick

After my first attempts, I really wanted to get a professional result for my next key and I think I reached that goal.
This time, I studied a lot the shape of the sitck and the arrangement of clockworks and gears (two watch movements were used in this one). When I got a good idea of what I wanted to make, I started to sculpt the wood shell and paste the gears on it. I also made a cap this time and I used two metal locks to hold it in place.
After I finished my work I put a coat of varnish but this one was really too glossy and I had to remove it.
Here is the final result: A 4GB mechanical USB Key.

Beginnings

Two months ago, I discovered a very nice keyword to waste my time on the Internet: Steampunk.
I first saw it in the tittle of a video of Household Hacker on Youtube, but didn't notice it at first. Then, during the same week, I saw it again in the description of a very nice work of Artype (on Etsy), presenting a great USB stick made of wood and clockworks and I thought : That's the kind of USB stick I want to have. So I dug a bit and I actually like the all Steampunk style.

The only real problem was the price of such a piece of art: about 200$
So I finally decided to make it by myself, and here is the result i got after hours of work: