Cannot share a volume from a USB flash memory stick

Hi,
I had a small USB disk drive hanging off my iMac for years. At one point I shared it and was able to access it from other Macs at my house.
Recently the drive began to fail, and since it was a small disk, I decided to replace it with a 128GB flash memory stick instead of a mechanical hard drive. I formatted the memory stick as Mac OS Extended (Journaled), which is the same way the hard drive is formatted, and I copied all my files onto it.
The new volume works fine on my iMac, but I can't share it. In the Settings, if I try to add the drive as a share, nothing shows up. I can share individual folders on the drive, and they appear to be shared, but they are never visible on any of the remote computers. (Everything is running Mountain Lion).
I can't figure out what could be causing this. I checked and repaired the volume several times, it seems fine, it just won't share.
Thanks,
Frank

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