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DIY USB Switchblade

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MAKE Flickr photo pool member Andrew made an awesome USB switchblade, he writes -

I bought this knife kit from bladeplay.com, it's called the NATO Tomb Raider (they don't carry it anymore) I think it cost like $5 or something. I wanted to understand how my $300 Microtech Ultratech worked, but I didn't want to take that one apart.

I figured out how it worked, so after serving that purpose I reworked the innards, machined a new sliding mechanism and attached a 2gb USB drive to it. James Bond still carries a regular flash drive around, like a loser.

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Posted by: Myndale on January 17, 2008 at 6:21 AM

Pure, unadulterated awesomeness :)

Posted by: TD on January 17, 2008 at 3:49 PM

$300 for that knife? You were robbed. I used to buy those in Tijuana for about $5 each.

Posted by: MR on January 17, 2008 at 4:09 PM

Are you going to show us how the mechanism works? That is what this site is all about.

Posted by: 0troy on January 17, 2008 at 5:06 PM

I had a hell of a time searching for pictures of internals of that knife, and came up with nothing! All I know is it has spings and slides.

Gotta post the internals!

Posted by: SK on January 19, 2008 at 11:57 AM

It's NOT a switch blade, it IS a Stilleto

Posted by: JJ on January 19, 2008 at 1:52 PM

How is that different than the Sandisk Cruzers... aside from being a whole lot bigger?

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