Just be careful. I know a woman who got a 3rd degree burn on her arm because a blob of molten plastic escaped from a faulty machine at work. Also the heat required to get the plastic off would destroy the electronics inside. This isn't so much of a problem in this case. As John Cleese might say - It has ceased to be. It has gone to meet it's maker. This is an ex drive. Turns out He's not the only one who can tell a story about a dead parrot. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQ6TgaPJcR0 On 08/27/2013 12:40 PM, skreimey@gmail.com wrote: > Assuming the metal is copper, the melting point is just over 1900F. > Plastics tend to five off harmful fumes, and it would be difficult to > cleanly remove it from the metal leads, too. Do you just want to see > how the internals of the flash drive are wired? > > Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE Smartphone > > > ----- Reply message ----- > From: "Michael Havens" > To: "PLUG" > Subject: usb drive > Date: Tue, Aug 27, 2013 3:10 PM > > > coooool. you know I was crying about my USB drive this weekend? Well, > I thought to myself that today would be a good day to throw it away. > Well thank goodness curiosity got my attention; I grabbed a pair of > pliers and broke the plastic housing. That left me with the metal > housing. I was looking at it wondering if I could take it apart > further when I stood it up and the plastic inside just slid out. I > look at it (I have magnifyin vision)and it looks as if what they do is > mold plastic around the circuitry because all the plastic is, is a > slab wich is 1/16" thick by 1" long with no metal showing except 4 > contacts one one end and 2 tiny contacts on the other end (same side). > Anyone know how I can take it apart further. I'm thinking I coucd melt > the plastic but am unsure. How hot should I turn the oven up too? > :-)~MIKE~(-: > > > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.phxlinux.org > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: > http://lists.phxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss -- "I get my copy of the daily paper, look at the obituaries page, and if I’m not there, I carry on as usual." Patrick Moore