Way back when I was teaching Technology classes at Ozarks Technical Community College, I regularly searched out fun things for my students. In April 2005 I came across this “how to” for turning old 3.5″ floppy disks into USS Enterprises.
http://www.chaz6.com/enterprise/
Here it is ripped and unedited with all credit to the above site and “bonnie”. The pictures are mine.
how to make a starship enterprise out of an old floppy disk
by bonnie
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take an old 3 1/2″ floppy disk and break it apart. it has to be the kind with the gate made of metal not plastic. |
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you will need this part |
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and this part |
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remove the media |
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snip |
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fold like so |
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and so |
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make little snips halfway through the metal to make it easier to get the saucer section on |
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put the saucer on, by putting the neck up through the hole and putting the metal of the saucer through the slits you made, and fold down to secure |
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