Comments on: Compact Keychain

By: Anon

Anon — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 03:06:42 +0000

@Anonymous You assume that someone can copy precision keys from a picture on the internet? Keys rely on thousandths of an inch precision, without a reference point or at least one known cut on the key, he is completely safe.

By: Hazlo Tu Mismo [Facil y Rapido] | TuLocura! :: Descargas directas

Hazlo Tu Mismo [Facil y Rapido] | TuLocura! :: Descargas directas — Sat, 20 Aug 2011 14:44:50 +0000

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By: Donald Duck

Donald Duck — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 15:52:23 +0000

Compact solution. Perfect!

By: JB

JB — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 23:49:58 +0000

Hey kid, stick to a job for a while. If you keep bouncing around like that you will never be taken seriously. Rule of thumb, less than 6 months never goes on a resume. Under a year is questionable too.

By: Carlitos

Carlitos — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 23:49:39 +0000

@joey Excellent, help yourself!

By: joey

joey — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 17:23:15 +0000

I’m in your house typing this comment.

By: Carlitos

Carlitos — Sun, 09 May 2010 20:21:28 +0000

@Tony Thanks for the kind words

By: Tony

Tony — Fri, 07 May 2010 21:36:33 +0000

This is a cool idea. it’s not going to work for everyone obviously, but it is what it is. haters = wasters.

By: Seven Ways To Slim Down Your Bulging Keychain | Lifehacker Australia

Seven Ways To Slim Down Your Bulging Keychain | Lifehacker Australia — Fri, 07 May 2010 18:37:19 +0000

[...] Compact keychain: Using just washers, a rivet and your keys taken off their chain. (Original post) [...]

By: amishjim

amishjim — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 16:08:36 +0000

Great, simple solution. One of many solutions for this problem. I like it and may even use it if the right situation warrants it.
But, for all you people to criticize and tear apart such a simple idea is maddening. Accept the solution for what it is and move on.

By: Csaba

Csaba — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:44:00 +0000

thanks a lot

By: Carlitos

Carlitos — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 17:38:13 +0000

@Csaba The rivets I used did not leave a very big ball on one end so I simply flattened it on a vise grip (and a hammer if I recall well).

By: Csaba

Csaba — Sun, 27 Dec 2009 22:33:32 +0000

Your idea is brilliant, but I have a question:
-as far as I know pop rivets, after you clamped it, it ha a little ball on the other side what we can see on the picture. I’m just curious, what did you do on the other side of the keys.

- because we can see, the keys are laying on the table, and we see the rivet’s holed side, and nowhere the ball between your keys and the table. Thank You:)

By: Carlitos

Carlitos — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 03:23:16 +0000

Thank you all for your kind comments. The readers’ response on this little hack is overwhelming. I am very happy you like it so much.

Cheers and thank you for your visit.

By: Carlitos

Carlitos — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:37:21 +0000

@Lou Fancy Thank you.

By: Lou Fancy

Lou Fancy — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:34:19 +0000

Great Idea!

By: tarythiel

tarythiel — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 16:10:13 +0000

Umm just remember that putting your thumb drives on your keys is a stupid idea. it destroys the lifespan of them.

By: Hand Poured Candles

Hand Poured Candles — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 06:43:10 +0000

This is a great idea but I could see myself losing something small like that very easily. I’m a person who has a lot of stuff on my keychain.(currently 3 16GB thumb drives
I would use something like this for a hide a key for the front and back doors of my house. Maybe stick it under a rock or something.
Creative idea, I stumbled this.

By: Crimz

Crimz — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:36:19 +0000

disregard, string maybe but no way a ball chain would fit now that i take a second look.

By: Crimz

Crimz — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:29:56 +0000

as for having too many keys, use a string or wire, maybe even a small ball chain to loop through one or two keys at the end of one rivet set and through the ends of a different set. this provides a categorizing mechanism based on the number of rivet keychains you use as well as expands the capacity.

By: Fred R. Wahler

Fred R. Wahler — Fri, 09 Oct 2009 21:48:12 +0000

Riveting! Outstanding!

By: Amin Ramjee

Amin Ramjee — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:53:35 +0000

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By: I’m Popular (Science) | Carlitos' Contraptions

I’m Popular (Science) | Carlitos' Contraptions — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:55:05 +0000

[...] My compact keychain is featured in the August edition of the Popular Science magazine. Needless to say, I’m very happy about this. [...]

By: Compact Keychain 2.0 | Carlitos' Contraptions

Compact Keychain 2.0 | Carlitos' Contraptions — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 00:49:06 +0000

[...] first compact keychain was a great success among my readers and became very popular very [...]

By: Diesel Mitchell

Diesel Mitchell — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 19:49:00 +0000

Great idea, but not really suitable for me as I have far too many keys to rivet!
Thanks for publishing this though, it’s something I may do for my wife.