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VitaminH · 04-03-2004, 07:44 PM

Ok. well I'm an idiot. I bought a nice USB flash drive for my computer, the picture on the website had a key sort of coming out from behined the drive, so I'd assumed it had a keychain on it. It didn't. It did come with a sort of necklace type strap that one could hang it around their neck with. I didnt want that, I wanted a keychain. So the necklace portion was on it via a...how do I explain it, a indent in the plastic case shaped like a "0" with a small plastic piece cutting horozontally across the middle of the 0. lets se if I can draw it....

_____
|......|
|......|
||||||
|......|
|____|

You get the idea (I hope). So I as I said I wanted a keychain, I was trying to run small piece of wire through the little groove under the 'crossbar' and back up to form a small ring so I could attach it to a keyring I had laying around. Well I slipped with the pliers and broke the cross bar on one side. I thought about trying to return it and just claiming it broke when I had it hanging around my neck, but I dont like to be dishonest, so I don't see that as much of an option. So I'm looking for either the best way to glue that little bridge/crossbar back down (only one end broke, the other appears to have just bent), or if anyone has any other suggestions of putting it on a keychain. I'll be needed it a lot and the keychain is really the best option for me because I never go anywhere without my keys and I'm prone to forgetfullness, but I'm open to other carrying suggestions. My only idea was fasioning some sort of pouch, but I'd really like it attached to the keychian so I don't leave it in some computer somewhere either...

Thanks.

Here's a pic of the flash drive also:

MSD · 04-03-2004, 08:28 PM

Tweezers and a very small amount of superglue

VitaminH · 04-03-2004, 09:06 PM

Well perhaps I will be returning it. I initally tested it before I began attempting to convert it to a keyring and it worked fine, I stored some data on it. Now I've found that anywhere from 30 secs to about 5 min after I plug it into a USB port on my hub it decides to disappear and fuck up all my other USB devices on its way out. Mouse, printer ZIP drive all kaput until rebooting. Grrrr. I've just stuck it into the port on the back of my machine as a final test to be sure, but either way if it won't work in the hub there's not a lot of point because I dont want to pull my damn computer out and climb back there everytime I want to put a document on here when my hub is sitting right here.

Edit: I initially only had it in the port for <1 min so I'm assuming this would have happened eventually, and it wasn't as a result of the tampering.

Kllr Wolf · 04-03-2004, 10:49 PM

That looks like the USB drive I have. Mine works fine. As for the plastic bar that broke, mine did the same when i was wearing it around my neck and it got tugged on. It wasnt hard but one side did break. I put a little bit of super glue and it is stronger than ever. I think as a keychain unglued it wouldnt hold up.

VitaminH · 04-04-2004, 12:52 PM

Well I think i 'may' have figured out what was making it unmount, so maybe it's a keeper. I cant find any other 256's for this price and I'd hate to exchange it for 1/2 the filespace. Yeah I did think to myself that the plastic was a tad cheap as I was putting the wiring in the loop, maybe I'll just put a dab of superglue on there and live with it. Ugh.

Edit: Nope not 1-2 min after I finished typing this message the computer barfed again and the flash drive committed suicide taking my USB periphs with it. ARGH. I was using a free mouse someone gave me, I didn't like it anyway and I think they might be connected since they are both in the hub. I'm switching back to my old one to see how that fares me...

John Henry · 04-06-2004, 09:58 AM

Try some polycem. It's the stuff they use in plane kits.

Jim Kata · 04-08-2004, 05:11 AM

Back in my bong building days I went to the local plastic shop. They had this glue that was a bottle with a syringe on top. The glue was in a liquid form but would basically melt the two plastic pieces together. It worked wonders!! I can't remember what it was called, but look up PLASTICS in you local phone book and look for something close by and ask them about it. Im telling you....this stuff was the best to bond two plastic pieces together and it was like $2 a bottle.

Redlemon · 04-08-2004, 06:16 AM

A great website: This to That (Glue Advice). The result on "plastic to plastic" gives:

Quote:

Plastic to Plastic
If you are gluing PVC plumbing pipes, we recommend:

PVC Adhesive

If you are gluing something else and your joint needs to be flexible use:

Household Goop

Otherwise, use:

LePage's 5 Minute Epoxy
LePage's Regular Minute Epoxy
Most other epoxies will work for this application also.

There are so many kinds of plastic its hard to give advice here that applies to them all. If possible try a small test in an area that doesn't show.

Some plastics have a smooth surface finish that can be sanded off with a 120 grit sand paper, for better adhering properties.

james t kirk · 04-09-2004, 07:03 PM

This is going to sound funny, but my latest GF and I went to a sex shop a couple weeks ago and I bought this crazy vibrator.

The best way I can describe it is that it's shaped like a dick but the shaft of the dick rotates in a circular motion sort of by this sort of rotating steel ball bearing assembly inside it.

Then there is this sort of panda bear looking attachment on the base of the thing with the bear's tongue sticking out and that thing vibrates to stimulate her clit (7 different settings from vibrate to pulsate)

Anyway, it's quite a piece of engineering and she LOVES it. We were using it last weekend and afterwards I was washing it and some water got into the control switch assembly.

I took the batteries out.

They sort of fit in this plastic cartridge and then you clip them into the base of the dick.

Anyway, I was all spazzed out and dropped the damn cartridge and it fucking broke.

We used the thing twice and it cost just over a hundred bucks.

So I am thinking, "hmm, do I take it back???"

What do I tell them??

Will they even take it back?? (I wouldn't if I was them)

So I tried epoxying the plastic pieces together with lepages 5 minute epoxy.

I let it sit overnight and when i went to clip in the battaries, it just came apart in about 5 seconds.

So now i have this vibrating / rotating panda bear cock thing that doesn't work anymore.

I was wondering if i could order a new tray.

Maybe I will have to try and source some of that super glue.

Strange but true story.

WarWagon · 04-09-2004, 08:24 PM

Epoxy, hands down. Not the quickset kind.

flyboy · 04-10-2004, 12:49 PM

I've got that exact same drive. I would have suggested you put the necklace on, but unclip the part you put your neck in, and attach your keys to what's left. But rereading your post, it looks like you broke the part it connects to. Glue is probably the only way to go.

Tirian · 04-10-2004, 05:58 PM

What WarWagon said. Regular 2 part epoxy is my fav glue for most repairs. Things I have used it on lately....

Handle back onto microwave...(plastic to metal)
Round site protector back onto pellet gun (metal to metal)
Prototype lego peices (plastic to plastic)

Now that I think about it, my pager broke the same way as your stick, so I'll use epoxy to glue a metal ring in there.

04-03-2004, 07:44 PM	#1 (permalink)
VitaminH An embarrassment to myself and those around me... Location: Pants	Best adhesive for plastic? Ok. well I'm an idiot. I bought a nice USB flash drive for my computer, the picture on the website had a key sort of coming out from behined the drive, so I'd assumed it had a keychain on it. It didn't. It did come with a sort of necklace type strap that one could hang it around their neck with. I didnt want that, I wanted a keychain. So the necklace portion was on it via a...how do I explain it, a indent in the plastic case shaped like a "0" with a small plastic piece cutting horozontally across the middle of the 0. lets se if I can draw it.... _____ \|......\| \|......\| \|\|\|\|\|\| \|......\| \|____\| You get the idea (I hope). So I as I said I wanted a keychain, I was trying to run small piece of wire through the little groove under the 'crossbar' and back up to form a small ring so I could attach it to a keyring I had laying around. Well I slipped with the pliers and broke the cross bar on one side. I thought about trying to return it and just claiming it broke when I had it hanging around my neck, but I dont like to be dishonest, so I don't see that as much of an option. So I'm looking for either the best way to glue that little bridge/crossbar back down (only one end broke, the other appears to have just bent), or if anyone has any other suggestions of putting it on a keychain. I'll be needed it a lot and the keychain is really the best option for me because I never go anywhere without my keys and I'm prone to forgetfullness, but I'm open to other carrying suggestions. My only idea was fasioning some sort of pouch, but I'd really like it attached to the keychian so I don't leave it in some computer somewhere either... Thanks. Here's a pic of the flash drive also: __________________ "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." - Napoleon Bonaparte Last edited by VitaminH; 04-03-2004 at 07:47 PM..

04-03-2004, 09:06 PM	#3 (permalink)
VitaminH An embarrassment to myself and those around me... Location: Pants	Well perhaps I will be returning it. I initally tested it before I began attempting to convert it to a keyring and it worked fine, I stored some data on it. Now I've found that anywhere from 30 secs to about 5 min after I plug it into a USB port on my hub it decides to disappear and fuck up all my other USB devices on its way out. Mouse, printer ZIP drive all kaput until rebooting. Grrrr. I've just stuck it into the port on the back of my machine as a final test to be sure, but either way if it won't work in the hub there's not a lot of point because I dont want to pull my damn computer out and climb back there everytime I want to put a document on here when my hub is sitting right here. Edit: I initially only had it in the port for <1 min so I'm assuming this would have happened eventually, and it wasn't as a result of the tampering. __________________ "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." - Napoleon Bonaparte

04-03-2004, 10:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
Kllr Wolf Psycho Location: Lubbock, TX	That looks like the USB drive I have. Mine works fine. As for the plastic bar that broke, mine did the same when i was wearing it around my neck and it got tugged on. It wasnt hard but one side did break. I put a little bit of super glue and it is stronger than ever. I think as a keychain unglued it wouldnt hold up. __________________ Caffeine - the molecule of life.

04-04-2004, 12:52 PM	#5 (permalink)
VitaminH An embarrassment to myself and those around me... Location: Pants	Well I think i 'may' have figured out what was making it unmount, so maybe it's a keeper. I cant find any other 256's for this price and I'd hate to exchange it for 1/2 the filespace. Yeah I did think to myself that the plastic was a tad cheap as I was putting the wiring in the loop, maybe I'll just put a dab of superglue on there and live with it. Ugh. Edit: Nope not 1-2 min after I finished typing this message the computer barfed again and the flash drive committed suicide taking my USB periphs with it. ARGH. I was using a free mouse someone gave me, I didn't like it anyway and I think they might be connected since they are both in the hub. I'm switching back to my old one to see how that fares me... __________________ "Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever." - Napoleon Bonaparte Last edited by VitaminH; 04-04-2004 at 03:34 PM..

04-06-2004, 09:58 AM	#6 (permalink)
John Henry Addict Location: Grey Britain	Try some polycem. It's the stuff they use in plane kits. __________________ "No one was behaving from very Buddhist motives. Then, thought Pigsy, he was hardly a Buddha, nor was he a monkey. Presently, he was a pig spirit changed into a little girl pretending to be a little boy to be offered to a water monster. It was all very simple to a pig spirit."

04-03-2004, 08:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
MSD The sky calls to us ... Super Moderator Location: CT	Tweezers and a very small amount of superglue

04-08-2004, 05:11 AM	#7 (permalink)
Jim Kata Swollen Member Location: Northern VA	Back in my bong building days I went to the local plastic shop. They had this glue that was a bottle with a syringe on top. The glue was in a liquid form but would basically melt the two plastic pieces together. It worked wonders!! I can't remember what it was called, but look up PLASTICS in you local phone book and look for something close by and ask them about it. Im telling you....this stuff was the best to bond two plastic pieces together and it was like $2 a bottle.

04-09-2004, 07:03 PM	#9 (permalink)
james t kirk Junkie Location: Toronto	This is going to sound funny, but my latest GF and I went to a sex shop a couple weeks ago and I bought this crazy vibrator. The best way I can describe it is that it's shaped like a dick but the shaft of the dick rotates in a circular motion sort of by this sort of rotating steel ball bearing assembly inside it. Then there is this sort of panda bear looking attachment on the base of the thing with the bear's tongue sticking out and that thing vibrates to stimulate her clit (7 different settings from vibrate to pulsate) Anyway, it's quite a piece of engineering and she LOVES it. We were using it last weekend and afterwards I was washing it and some water got into the control switch assembly. I took the batteries out. They sort of fit in this plastic cartridge and then you clip them into the base of the dick. Anyway, I was all spazzed out and dropped the damn cartridge and it fucking broke. We used the thing twice and it cost just over a hundred bucks. So I am thinking, "hmm, do I take it back???" What do I tell them?? Will they even take it back?? (I wouldn't if I was them) So I tried epoxying the plastic pieces together with lepages 5 minute epoxy. I let it sit overnight and when i went to clip in the battaries, it just came apart in about 5 seconds. So now i have this vibrating / rotating panda bear cock thing that doesn't work anymore. I was wondering if i could order a new tray. Maybe I will have to try and source some of that super glue. Strange but true story.

04-09-2004, 08:24 PM	#10 (permalink)
WarWagon Loser	Epoxy, hands down. Not the quickset kind.

04-10-2004, 12:49 PM	#11 (permalink)
flyboy Upright Location: Australia	I've got that exact same drive. I would have suggested you put the necklace on, but unclip the part you put your neck in, and attach your keys to what's left. But rereading your post, it looks like you broke the part it connects to. Glue is probably the only way to go.

04-10-2004, 05:58 PM	#12 (permalink)
Tirian Addict Location: Canada	What WarWagon said. Regular 2 part epoxy is my fav glue for most repairs. Things I have used it on lately.... Handle back onto microwave...(plastic to metal) Round site protector back onto pellet gun (metal to metal) Prototype lego peices (plastic to plastic) Now that I think about it, my pager broke the same way as your stick, so I'll use epoxy to glue a metal ring in there.