(Almost) Instant Hard Case for iPod Nano (from the Apple box!)

Step 2 Assembling the case

  1)  Temporarily wedge the two bamboo sticks along the two sides of the box top, flush with the bottom.  Assemble the top to the bottom mounting plate, and mark where the ends of the bamboo pieces will go, with a black marker.  Note they will be inset from the sides a bit, to allow for the thickness of the top.

2)  Now take off the top, remove the bamboo sticks, and hot-glue them one at a time to the bottom plate, making sure the ends line up with the marks you made in the above step.  I did them one at a time, tacking them in place first, to make sure they were in the right location.  When you get them right, run a bead of glue the length of each stick to bond them permanently to the bottom plate.

3)  Clean the top of the mounting "ears" with alcohol and a rag, and let dry.

3)  Peel off the backing of the hook halves of the velcro pieces you cut, and stick them onto the top of the Nano mounting "ears", centered on the ears.  After the adhesive sets a bit, add the loop pieces on top, remove the backing, and press the top into place.  Put a pad over the new case you just made and weight it down for a while to give the velcro adhesive a chance to set up well.