The geek's guide to impressing girls

[KingNothing]

What you need:

Old hard drives
Pliars
Tin snips
Screwdriver kit
Dremel (or something to smooth the rough edges with)

1. Take off every screw you can find in the hard drive. You'll probably need to remove some stickers to get at all of the screws in the outer casing.

2. Remove the platters, taking care not to scratch or bend them.

3. With the tin snips, cut three triangular wedges into one platter equal distances apart from each other. Don't cut all the way to the hole in the middle, leave a little bit so you can bend the wedges in.

4. Bend the wedges in, then bend the outer wedges around the inner wedges.

5. Take another platter and, starting at the outside, cut it in a spiral all the way into the center.

6. Mess with the end of the spiral with the pliars. until you have it kind of bunched up.

7. Thread the spiral into the rose you made with the first platter.

8. Bend the spiral around the bottom of the rose to make a base for it to rest on.

9. Mess with the rest of the spiral to tighten the curve and give it a base to stand on.

10. PROFIT

Inner/outer wedge diagram

Another pic

 

[mobobuff]

That's so beautiful

Any cuts on your hands?

 

[oogabooga]

haha wow, that's kinda neat, i may consider doing that.

*grabs dremel, scre drivers, and tin snips*
now.. to find some old hard drives.

 

[KingNothing]

No, the edges aren't as sharp as they look. I'm still going to sand them down with a dremel, but they won't cut your fingers accidentally.

 

[tynopik]

just make sure the platters are actually metal and not glass or ceramic

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: tynopik
just make sure the platters are actually metal and not glass or ceramic

I've never seen any hard drive platters made out of glass or ceramic...

 

[J0hnny]

Or you could melt some solder with a torch and then dip a real rose in it.

 

[VictorLazlo]

Originally posted by: tynopik
just make sure the platters are actually metal and not glass or ceramic

Exactly. Don't even bother opening your old deathstar.

 

[KingNothing]

Another pic

It's hard to take good pictures of this thing because it's so shiny and my camera is kind of crappy.

 

[ElFenix]

i need more pics for demonstration inner wedges and outer wedges?

 

[wuggle]

wow... well done :thumbsup:

i'm considering making one

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i need more pics for demonstration inner wedges and outer wedges?

 

That's really cool.

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: VictorLazlo

Originally posted by: tynopik
just make sure the platters are actually metal and not glass or ceramic

Exactly. Don't even bother opening your old deathstar.

I'm not sure this is metal, actually. It's shiny like metal, but it doesn't feel like metal. Tearing it sounds like you're cutting into really stiff styrofoam.

 

[mobobuff]

Originally posted by: KingNothing

Originally posted by: VictorLazlo

Originally posted by: tynopik
just make sure the platters are actually metal and not glass or ceramic

Exactly. Don't even bother opening your old deathstar.

I'm not sure this is metal, actually. It's shiny like metal, but it doesn't feel like metal. Tearing it sounds like you're cutting into really stiff styrofoam.

Aluminum... or so I thought.

 

[Lola]

if that doesnt show a girl love, nothing will 😉!!!

 

[KingNothing]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i need more pics for demonstration inner wedges and outer wedges?

When I make another one I'll take intermediate pics. In the meantime...

diagram

You bend the inner wedges in to form the inner petals, and the outer wedges around them to form the outer petals. I messed around with a piece of paper cut like a platter to figure out how I wanted to do it.

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: KingNothing

Originally posted by: ElFenix
i need more pics for demonstration inner wedges and outer wedges?

When I make another one I'll take intermediate pics. In the meantime...

diagram

You bend the inner wedges in to form the inner petals, and the outer wedges around them to form the outer pedals. I messed around with a piece of paper cut like a platter to figure out how I wanted to do it.

ah ok.

 

[KingNothing]

bump

 

[spidey07]

Not bad at all. Pretty nice.
:thumbsup:

 

[cmdrmoocow]

Wow. That is totally and completely awesome.

I'll try it myself...

Bump for coolness.

 

[Syrch]

but what happens if she then fings the p0rn you left on the drive? HAAH sorry i needed a laugh

 

[Balt]

Very impressive.

 

[spidey07]

Originally posted by: Syrch
but what happens if she then fings the p0rn you left on the drive? HAAH sorry i needed a laugh

well if she fings anything, that's a plus in my book.

 

[LtPage1]

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