/diy/ - Do It Yourself

Securing objects to other objects. (or itself to itself)

I'm sorry, OP. But the possibilities are only limited by the laws of physics.

>>36580

sweet wallets. 100% duct tape. I'd post pics of mine, but its a bit old and worn... red and black 1cm square checkerboard weave on back, looks sweet and adds support, bi-fold, license slot in the middle, card slots on the sides with each slot alternating between red and black.

I was a huge ducttapefag in highschool. Wallets, belts, bracelets, shoes, bags, purses, corsages and more corsages, man.

Was only after highschool that they came out with all the crazy prints and the large sheets.

>>36570
best protection against terrorists

I once made someone a full duct tape suit. Shit was cool.

guy from >>36591 here

>>36598
tips on a fairly rugged belt? I literally own 1 belt that is plain black leather, but I've been wanting something more interesting.

I made a care 100% out of duct tape. Took it out on the highway for a test drive and a semi truck passed me and it was so lightweight the wind from the truck blew my car off the road. Needless to say this is very dangerous. DON'T DO IT AT HOME

>>36591
post pics and instructions to make please?

Ducttape is all about layering, the more layers you have, as well as where you put the seams is the key to their strength. Also, the BRAND you use matters. I've found the Henkel/Duck has the best colors, but the 3M tape is the thickest/strongest.

I find it works best as a D ring style belt.

So yeah, you can't just use one piece, you have to build it up.

>>36627
>a care
>once i made a fuck in duck tape but still hasn't give it

I made an onahole out of duct tape. Pretty bad. I also made a jacket of out duct tape

>>36641
don't have any pics in-progress, ill take some pictures in a bit (dinner)

>>36656
yes, I'm aware. Roughly how many total layers of duct tape (duct tape sheet being 2, normal being 1) does it take to make it sturdy enough?

>>36694
I can't remember, maybe 8? Compare it to a real belt, then you'll be right.

Haven't done much DT in a while since I'm not a nerdy highschooler emo kid anymore.

>>36702
i take offense at that. I'm not emo, and just barely a highschooler (senior). Nerdy, yes.
I just like being able to pick my own colors and patterns, and be able to make things cheaply that would otherwise cost $20+ since I'm a poorfag student.

And about the pictures of the wallet, it appears my computer decided to delete photo booth (macfag) so i'll see what i can do.

Clip binder clips to the back end of your desk and thread USB and other cables through them so they stop falling behind your desk.

>>36770
scratch that, it was just hiding in some random folder instead of the applications folder. Will put pics up in a few minutes.

I have pics, anyone still want them?

>>36837
Sure

>>36641

>>36865
i made my own design, i think it's much more efficient and nice looking.
will commence dump.
I promise the color that isn't black is plain red, the lighting in my room makes it look a nasty orange color.
1/6

>>36885
I made a tri-fold just like that, with lime/black checkers, and silver outline.

2/6

>>36888
great minds think alike?

3/6

4/6

5/6

>>36898
Ah, my ID slot is made out of clear duct tape.

6/6

final result has 8 different card slots and the license slot. Any questions?

>>36905
kept meaning to do either that or take the clear plastic thats on business envelopes and stick it in there, but I never got around to it, I'm about due for a new one so I figure it's not worth it now.

>>36907
Can you tell us your design ?

>>36927
how i made it?
I guess i could try with just text, probably will be difficult to understand though.

Items i used:
-a nice flat dollar bill (for measurement purposes)
-credit/gift card(s) (also for measurement)
-rolls of duct tape (obviously)
-Xacto knife
-HARD CLEAR plastic ruler. This is important, you want to be able to run the xacto along it like a pencil without it cutting in. Clear helps line everything up, and making sure cuts are fairly perpendicular/parallel.
-plastic cutting board. Was nice because it didn't leave anything on the duct tape or remove much stickiness.

For all the assembly and cutting, stick it onto the cutting board without any bubbles to ensure accurate cuts. Do this by putting the end of the tape down flat, and smoothing it down with the ruler from that end until at least .5" longer than you will need, then cut from the roll with the knife or scissors. Then cut, peel up and use. Make sure not to fold corners under when peeling it up.

First, figure out the total dimensions you will need. You want the bills and all the cards you want to fit. I made a trifold, so I had to make it long and tall enough for 3 cards plus space around them for folds/edges/attachment space for the pockets.
Mine ended up being roughly 9"x4.5".

Start out by making a duct tape sheet of the color you want the inside to be. It should be the size you decided your wallet needs to be to fit everything, so in my case 9"x4.5" (from now on I'll assume you're making mine).

To make the checkerboard weave on the back, you need 17 or 18 vertical strips (.5"x4.5") and 7 or 8 horizontal strips (9.25"x.5"). To make these, cut strips of duct tape the longer dimension long, and 1" wide. Then, very carefully, fold it in half on itself. Precision is very important because any tape exposed will collect grime and be very noticeable. If you want, you can make the strips slightly wider than necessary so you have a little wiggle room, and trim after folding.

more?

>>36995
yess please

to weave the strips, take a 1"x9.5" strip (unfolded) and a 1"x4.5" strip (unfolded) and fold them backwards in the middle (.5" on either side") and press them like that for a minute or so between the ruler and the cutting board. You want them to stand up at a right angle or less when one side is stuck to the cutting board. Place them like this, with half sticking in the air, in an "L" shape, with the inside edge corner touching. This is what will end up being half of your border, as well as hold the strips in place.

Take 7 long strips and attach them to the short leg of the L. LEAVE AS LITTLE SPACE BETWEEN THEM AS POSSIBLE AND MAKE THEM ABSOLUTELY PARALLEL TO EACHOTHER AND THE TOP (LONG) 1" STRIP ATTACHED TO THE CUTTING BOARD. I can't stress this enough. If they aren't perfectly perpendicular, your wallet back will end up crooked and have funky bulges. After they are all attached to the short edge piece, stick the ends down on the cutting board. You should have 8-9 strips of duct tape that look just like your sheet you already made, with cuts in it.

Take the 17 short strips, and start weaving them in, attaching them to the top edge and weaving/sliding it in through the black strips. After every new strip, push the short strips as far to the short edge as possible without folding. This keeps the lines all straight, again preventing funky bulges later.

Once you have them all woven, lift up the holding edges and fold the long edge (ONLY) over (this will be the top edge), making sure you have a nice straight line and fold parallel to the long strips in the weave. Take another 1"x4.5" piece and attach it to the other short end. Take a 1"x9.5" and fold it over the long edge, just like on the top.
This completes your back.

Take your front (earlier sheet) and back, line up the ends, and fold over the 1"x4.5" pieces, this attaches the sides of the bill pocket. The woven sheet will be slightly longer than the plain one, this is INTENDED. It allows it to fold naturally later.


Now, cut a 1"x2.5" strip, marking the middle of the 2.5" edge in some way. Find the middle of the woven sheet and the middle of the plain sheet (long side). Now, duct tape the woven to the plain sheet. ALL THESE CENTER LINES *MUST* LINE UP. Fold over. This is the first section of the bottom of the bill pocket.

Take 2 more 2.5"x1" pieces and line up one end with each end of the wallet. Attach and fold over. You should be left with 2 bumps in the woven section between the sections of tape connecting the bottom that should look familiar if you've ever had a trifold wallet before.

>>36591
I just made a duct tape wallet with a 4 gig retractable flash drive. will post if anyone wants to see. Otherwise, I'm to lazy

>>36770
>poorfag
>macfag
xD 99pursent

The bill pocket section of your wallet is complete. Congrats. You are now going to want to fold it into 3rds (CAREFULLY) and stick your ruler inside and push on the inside edges a bit to ensure they are bent the correct way. Stick this under a large stack of heavy, flat (DRY!) items and leave it there at least over night.

Open it up and add your pockets. These are made by taking a 1-sided sheet of duct tape (that is still sticky on one side, so not really a sheet) cut to the outside size of the pocket (4.5" tall and progressively less wide each pocket) and attaching another sheet facing the opposite direction just larger than a card, that sticks out .25" to .5" past the edge of the first sheet. Attach them and fold the exposed bit from the second smaller sheet over. Then attach it to the outside edge of the side flaps with the 3 remaining sticky sides down, widest first and stack them.

Essentially what you just did was make a sheet, except with 3 edges remaining sticky for attachment purposes and the last edge folded over to keep it from sticking to the pocket beneath and preventing access later.

>>37129
yes, my 2007 macbook that i got as a handmedown from my mom for college with 1GB RAM and a 175GB harddrive.

You guys want the last bit of instructions on the pockets?

Attach as many of these as desired to either side, i alternated colors to make the red and black stripes.

To make the ID slot, you do essentially the same thing except wider and then cut a hole out of the middle. It's important to leave some of the double-layer around the edge when you cut to hold your card in without it getting sticky.

That's about it. Any questions?

>>37106
I wanna see it.

>>37154
here you go sir.

a few things to keep in mind:
this is a prototype, built solely to see if the flash drive thing was possible.
It's just a slidey flash drive embedded in the wallet (though I dremeled it a bit).
I spend time on /b/, so I'm not taking risks with my info (hence the random squares).

>>37106
My friend removes the covering on all his flashdrives and puts them in hollowed-out erasers with the end cut off a bit, seals it in with superglue, makes a cap out of the cut off bit which is significantly less hollowed out so it stays on the USB.

>>37169
that is fucking masterful.
I'm getting a flashdrive and an eraser right the fuck now.

btw, by "removes the covering" do you mean he just sticks bear circuitry in the eraser?

>>37175
in all honesty i don't know. That sounds REALLY dumb, but all I've seen is the finished product. All i know is that normal usbs in their casings would never fit in your average pink eraser.

And USB wallet guy, its sweet. But i feel like it would make it really hard to keep in a computer if the wallet isnt resting on something.

>>37184
I thought that too while I was making it.
Turns out the weight of the wallet keeps it in nicely.
In all honesty, it turned out perfectly as far as mechanics go. aesthetically, it's not great, but when I make a non-prototype, it'll actually look good. I'm thinking of combining it with >>36885

>>37197
please do. That's mine.
One thing I love about it though is how thin it is, which could be a problem with fitting a USB inside it. Honestly, the whole wallet is thinner than a normal USB drive.

>>37210
yeah, it's hard to make a wallet that thick really. If you look at my picture from earlier, you can see a rather large bulge where the drive is.

>>37210
just realized, I should probably save your pics and instructions. hmmmmm...

Archive this shit

>>37266
cant arcive on chanarcive.org for some reason.
someone who actually knows what they're doing want to try archiving?

Duct tape is cool, but I don't see the point of making a wallet out of it. Just buy a 10 dollar leather wallet and you're good for a few years.

>>37290
Leather is cool, but I don't see the point in buying a wallet made of it. Just make a 30 cent duct tape wallet and you're good for a few years.

I'm back! (checkerboard wallet)
>>37309
Duct tape:
-personalized design
-personalized colors
-if it costs >a few $ urdoingitwrong
-only takes a few hours to make, less if you know what you're doing
-every time you pull it out everyones like "HOLY SHIT thats awesome where'd you get it?" "I made it" "That's fucking awesome". This includes cool cashiers who give people they think are cool small discounts.
Leather:
-generic
-expensive
-no assembly required
-solid color designs, colors restricted to somewhere between tan and black
-no designs

If you want to pay more for a boring leather wallet, feel free. Or you can make a sweet duct tape one in less time that it would take working minimum wage to earn enough for the leather wallet in the first place.

As far as a tut goes, I'm planning on making a new one sometime soon and mess around with making it RFID blocking. When I do, ill take step by step pics and put up much better instructions. It'll be at least a few weeks, school is ridiculous, just keep an eye out.

>>37309
>>37290
He's got you there. If you're going for price, Duct tape's disposable and much, much cheaper.

Contribootin with pics of my own

With center divider in the bill pocket

random, reasonless bump

>>36607
Is your name Zack?

>>36607
I want to do this now

Ass hair removal.
No, I don't want to post a pic.

Just made this because of this thread.
Mostly duct tape, also cardboard, CDs and spray-paint. I didn't want it to be florescent orange so I spray-painted it black, bottoms are still orange because I ran out but overall a success.

>>36607
Wore mine to prom.
Did 80% of the work on my date's dress too.

>>39525
is your name Valerie?

>>41974
that's some serious craftsmanship, imagine what it could have been if the person who made it wasn't a tremendous fag

Oh look, this thread again....
I'm the guy who made the checkerboard wallet
I'm also the genius who left it in his pants pocket yesterday when he did his laundry
So, that tut for the RFID-blocking wallet should be coming much sooner than expected.
>mfw

>>41974
yeah that chick must have serious self esteem issues to go out with someone who would make such a faggoty piece of clothing. props on the craftsmanship though

I made a pocket holster for mini locking pliers to protect pocket from tears by sharp parts.
I must say that as a construction material duct tape sucks noodles. It keeps stink for years, it delaminates, and it is not that strong.

>>42331
>>42307
There's a contest called Stuck at Prom run my Henkel and a prize of several thousand $$$$.