How to Make a Table Fan

You don't have to throw out or give away your outdated PC (Personal Computer). You can recycle some of the parts of the PC by building your own table or desktop fan. You only need the fan case, a USB cable and a few household tools to get started. Making a fan takes only a few steps and could save you time and money from shopping for a new one.

Instructions

Instructions

1

Take out the fan case and fan electrical wires from an old personal computer (PC) using a Philips screw driver and wire cutters. The PC should not be plugged in when you perform this step. Move the fan case aside.

2

Remove about 2 to 3 inches of the black coating from your USB cable using your box cutter. Cut all cables except the red and black ones.

3

Strip about an inch of plastic coating from the red and black wires of the USB cable. The raw silver metal wire should be exposed.

4

Strip the coating from the red and black wires that are connected to the computer case fan (the fan unit that keeps the computer cool). The raw silver metal wire should be exposed.

5

Twist the red exposed wire of the fan with the red wire of the USB cable and secure them safely with black electrical tape until no more metal is exposed. Repeat the steps for the black wires. Make sure that the red and black wire do not touch and are wrapped individually with black tape.

6

Wrap the two wires together, forming one cable, with black electrical tape.

7

Make a fan stand by taking a piece of strong electrical cable cut from another USB cable or other cord. Bend the cable to make a "U" shape the same width as the fan case.

8

Insert the two ends of the "U" into the small holes on the bottom of the fan. Push the ends to the other side of the fan leaving a few inches of cord as a stand. Bend the remaining two ends up and insert them through the holes on the opposite side of the stand or base of the fan. Bend the ends with pliers to secure the stand to the fan.

9

Sit the fan on its base and plug the USB cable into the USB port of your laptop on a table or PC desktop. Turn the PC on. The fan should automatically start.