Make: Seagate 4TB Portable Harddrive Case

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I picked up two drives last week to re-backup all my photos. Since I am in the double digits of Terabytes, most clouds are just not for me. I wanted the slim drives specifically, and Seagate was the only one offering this size of drive in 4TB models right now… These are going in the safety deposit box I got at my bank.

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I found a great deal on these little guys at Bestbuy (They’re also on AMAZON – Seagate Backup Plus 4TB External Drive USB 3.0 – Black – Well under $200 CDN.

The only thing is, they don’t make any soft case for these, and anything with a bit of heft to it was going to make the drive too big for the bank-box.

This is where the 2mm craft foam comes in (Dollar store) and some faux-leather I have been holding on to for a while (for another upcoming project)

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I actually drew the pattern directly onto the foam, but when I realized I needed to do another one, I traced it onto paper.

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It’s not pretty, and it wasn’t exactly perfect, but it was mostly just a proof of concept or prototype at this point.

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I picked up this faux-leather a while back and have other plans for it.  I have a fair sized roll of it for about $8

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Super 77 is amazing.  I am really glad it didn’t melt the foam.  Cured almost instantly after spraying and leaving it to dry a few moments before sticking it together.

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Truing up the edges.  I originally gave the foam design a little extra leway when drawing it for this reason.

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Again with the glue.  This time around we go with the Gorilla.

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Scoring the foam to help it bend.

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Coconut buttons, embellishment.  Silly. $1.25 for a bag of them.

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More dollar store, two long rolls of velcro. I pulled them off and straightened them eventually

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Moment of Truth..

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Super snug.  I folded the flaps in to help mold their shape

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If you do something i’s worth doing right.  I peeled these off and re-set them. Properly.

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Button for good measure.

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