OT: Anyone Have Links On Where To Make Your Dead CPU to A KeyChain?

[SiLEighTy]

I currently have a Dead 700Mhz duron that i wanted to make into a keychain.

I think it would look really nice.

I already have taken ALL the pins off behind the cpu, now just need a guide on how to make a loop so i can attach it to a keyring.

Links are greatly appriciated..

TIA!

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

you're supposed to take the pins off? 🙂
id just take a tiny drill bit, go through the edge, and slide a keyring thing around it. didnt know there was more to it than that.

 

[BrunoPuntzJones]

found this
http://www.triptonics.com/keychain/keyring.htm

 

[Mookow]

If you do try to drill through the packaging, good luck with regular tools. Its supposedly 2.5x harder than tool steel.

 

[SiLEighTy]

<< found this
http://www.triptonics.com/keychain/keyring.htm >>



thanks for the link, but i was hoping NOT drilling into the chip itself. I herd you need a diamond tip cutter to cut into the processor.

I was looking for the one where you can soder a hook or something.

Anyone else know?

 

[WebDude]

I'm sure a carbide, center cutting, end mill, in a drill press or a milling machine, will do a real nice job of putting a clean hole in the substrate. Otherwise you could maybe encase the unit in lucite, and then drill though the lucite. Don't think you'll have any luck soldering to the chip. A good epoxy would work to attach a loop or something. But it might look a bit sloppy, depending on how the epoxy spreads out, etc.

WebDude😎