Create a Starship Enterprise NCC-1701 Out of a Floppy Disk

There is no use for the ancient floppy disk anymore. But instead of throwing those little guys away, put them to some creative use, and build a mini NCC-1701 out of them.

Step One Find one of your old, junk drawer floppy disks. Make sure it has a metal shutter, not plastic.
Step Two Get your floppy disk, and take it, or break it apart. Make sure you leave the metal shutter unbent. Throw all the junk away, and keep the metal shutter and the magnetic data disk.
Step Three Peel away the magnetic disk from the metal hub in the center. Cut the tab above the opening on the metal shutter, on the wider side, and angle them outwards, as shown in the photo.
Step Four Make little snips halfway through the narrow sides of the shutter to facilitate placement of the disk hub (the saucer section).
Step Five Place the hub on, putting the neck up through the hole closest to the edge of the hub, and inserting the edge of the hole in the hub through the slits you made.
Step Six Fold the portions of the neck protruding through the hole in the hub down and around the hub to secure.
Step Seven Use a various color sharpies to add markings to the nacelles and the saucer such as "NCC-1701", lights, etc.

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August 21st, 2007, 3:46 pm

elf on March 1st, 2008, 12:53 am

That is pretty awesome. It's not very accurate, but of course it's made from a floppy disk. Kudos to whoever thought this one up.

Create a Starship Enterprise NCC-1701 Out of a Floppy Disk

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