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Id like to "zip" both sides of a portable external hard drive case with a drive inside and its connector cord (external drive port to USB-C) protruding out.
Its to keep the drive safer or cushion the fall if it falls accidentally.
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This is how many backpacks work.
Theres not a second zipper on the other side to seal it tho
I see, Iโm not sure I understand your post then.
Imagine a small camera case that has one zipper that starts and ends on the same side but it has to go all the way around. The case is like a clamshell with only one zipper
Get a longer USB cable, run it out the base of wherever the zipper is, and up the outside of the case?
Negative, needs to work with a short cable (the length actually doesnt really matter here ) the point is getting the other side sealed so theres only the small gap required by the cord to go out from the middle to connect to pc
Any way to tie it with a pipe cleaner?
See update at top for pic
The drives ports are at the top and the cord goes out the middle top but the zipper cant get around/past it as a consequence