How to Disguise an External Cd Drive As a Pile of Cans

Poke two holes in 8 of the cans, the farthest down possible., Measure how tall your drive is., Make the same cut, but with the second hole., Make another cut at the bottom of the semi-rectangle you created to get rid of that whole rectangle of...

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Step 1: Poke two holes in 8 of the cans

(You can't really do it all the way at the bottom, because the can gets too thick.)

Step 2: the farthest down possible.

(Ex. 2 inches.) Cut from the hole you just poked that high. (Ex. 2 in.) , Connect them by creating a cut to the tops of both. ,, If it doesn't, trim as needed to make it fit snugly. , Set the drive by itself, and put one of the remaining, whole, cans next to it.

Use a marker and make a dot where the top of the CD drive touches the can. , (Ex. 2 cm.) ,, You should be left with just top half (Maybe less than half) of the can.

Discard the bottom half. ,, (When gluing to the edges next to the front, be sure not to cover or block the opening and closing mechanism of the drive.) ,,, (Ex.

A balled of piece of notebook paper and a candy bar wrapper, being sure the drive can still open and close properly.

Step 3: Measure how tall your drive is.

Step 4: Make the same cut

Step 5: but with the second hole.

Step 6: Make another cut at the bottom of the semi-rectangle you created to get rid of that whole rectangle of metal.

Step 7: Try turning your drive on its side

Step 8: and seeing if the can will fit over it.

Step 9: The next few steps might be a little tricky for you

Step 10: but maybe not.

Step 11: Take one of the cans that you have cut a rectangle in

Step 12: and measure how high up from the bottom the original hole was.

Step 13: Take that height

Step 14: and add it to the dot you made on the other can

Step 15: and make a dot there.

Step 16: Take that dot

Step 17: make a hole with your Xacto knife

Step 18: and cut all the way around the can.

Step 19: Repeat steps 7-10 to 6 of the cans.

Step 20: At this point

Step 21: you can glue the cans that have rectangles missing to the edges of the CD drive

Step 22: but not the front.

Step 23: Take the half-cans and glue the

Step 24: to the top of the CD drive

Step 25: so from the top-view it sort of looks like a bunch of cans set next to each other.

Step 26: Glue a can to the front of the opening part of the drive

Step 27: so when you push the button to open it

Step 28: the can moves with it.

Step 29: If after you glued the can to the front

Step 30: you can still see two parts of the drive on either side of the can

Step 31: glue some other junk there.

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