How to actually do this project should be pretty obvious just from looking at it, as it’s Instructables user harari‘s idea that’s particularly clever and not the assembly. Basically, you just cut off an RJ-45 cable and attach it to your key ring, then mount a few ports to your wall. Plug the severed cable into the port and your keys will hang from it securely. Very cool.
RJ-45 Key Chain and Rack [Instructables]
askvictor
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 7:54 AMEven better: if you already keep a USB stick on your keychain, just mount a USB hub on the wall
Stephen
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 8:34 AMeven better have it as a functional USB port so it syncs the data on the stick … although that requires a little more planning
Tim
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 12:07 PMI’d be concerned with heavy keys placing strain on the internal connections of the USB stick.
As for RJ45, just make sure you get the good kind of connectors that have the coating of the tab, I’ve broken dozens of the tabs off of RJ11 and RJ45 cables in my time.
Mike Brown
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 10:46 AMUSB doesn’t have the advantage of having a clip on the connector which is where RJ45 wins out. If you don’t want to go to the expense of buying wall mounted sockets you could probably find an old 10mbit switch on eBay for next to nothing.
mango
Thursday, August 25, 2011 at 2:33 AMwhat happens when the clip breaks? there’s a 99.9999% chance of that happening and the rj45 cable connector will be useless :P
SCOTT
Wednesday, August 24, 2011 at 3:32 PMImagine the person who then buys your house. “What the hell is this hooked up to??”
It would be worse than a blank light switch that you cant work out what it turns on
PointZeroOne
Monday, August 29, 2011 at 10:38 PMarg I’ve got a light switch in the house that doesn’t appear to turn anything on, it drives me nuts when I press it instead of the one next to it!!