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[ilikewood]

This pen was given to me by an Israeli company visiting this week. It is aluminum and is super smooth. One end has a USB memory stick in it. I think this would be very fun to make in wood with a Gents size top for the USB end. I am going to try and figure a way to do this myself.

 

[JimGo]

Bill,
Any idea where they got the USB parts?

 

[DCBluesman]

That's cool. I bet they'd sell like hotcackes in nice wood.

 

[ilikewood]

It looks like a standard USB mem stick removed out of its case. It is just epoxied on the plug end and just sits in the tube. The tube is smaller than a gents, so I bet it would work.

 

[JimGo]

From what I understand, there are actually only a handful of memory manufacturers, at least those that make these types of devices. I wonder if we could get enough interest to do a bulk buy on these (most suppliers have minimum orders).

 

[ilikewood]

Gotta figure how to make the pen first[]

 

[JimGo]

Bill, that's secondary! I mean, once you have the supplies, the rest is easy, right? []

 

[swm6500]

Someone else was talking about making one of these, but I cnnot recall who.

 

[ryannmphs]

WOW, cool. That is one neat pen!

Ryan

 

[alamocdc]

You know they'd sell! I'm dreamin' up ideas already.[8D]

 

[Rifleman1776]

Originally posted by swm6500
<br />Someone else was talking about making one of these, but I cnnot recall who.

Me. []

 

[jdavis]

Neat pen.

 

[Bev Polmanteer]

I must be really dense! What good is the USB stick? Please explain![:I][:I]

 

[btboone]

Bev, it's like a USA stick, but more advanced. []J/K It's a solid state memory, so works like a hard drive, but just plugs into a special slot (a USB port) on a computer. You can use it to move files between computers, and it holds a lot more memory than a floppy disc has.

 

[Bev Polmanteer]

Thanks Bruce, Now I understand![]

 

[MDWine]

geez... you can imagine how well that would do...

 

[rtjw]

cool pen. neat idea.

 

[rtgleck]

Yea, with USB technology getting cheaper all the time, (and With Ebay) you should be able to incoporate this into a kit fairly easily. And with the premium people are paying for this... Next thing you gotta figure out is how to get and IPOD in a Wood Pen.. Now there you have an idea for Millions.