After discovering Steampunk some days ago, I decided to make something by myself.
I steampunk’d my old 2GB USB-Stick:

But how?


Well… behold the adventures of Steampunk…

Frist, gathering some old clock pieces.
(bought various clocks for 25SFr/16€/25$ and disassembled them)

The case for the Stick came from an old wooden pendulum clock.
I don’t have much experience in building things with wood and metal,
also i don’t have a garage filled with big tools, so this looks a bit messed up.

Next, the stick has to fit into part 1&2, took some drilling and rasping.

By using glue, adding multiple gears and other pieces from the clocks onto part 1&2.
Nearly all pieces could be used in their original form, but some of them had to be
downsized to fit the imagination.

After some painting and gluing, finally combining the two parts and the stick.

Again, drilling and rasping the holes into part 3&4.
This step has to be very exact, else the head won’t hold onto the usb-connector.

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Adding some more gears, creating a little chimney and
connecting body & head with a miniature chain.
Finally, more painting and some varnish over the wood.

The whole took about 20-30h.
But could easily be done in less time with some experience and the right tools.