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Step 3Make the Wooden Cradle
Final Step here!
You need:
Pliers
Lolly sticks
Superglue
(Patience!)
This stage can be modified to fit your own mp3 player. Use the mp3 player as a guide as to how long and wide your wooden cradle should be.
1) Lay the lolly sticks alongside the mp3 player and make a notch in the wood at each end of the mp3 player. I would advise leaving extra length here to make sure the player fits.
2) Using the pliers, grasp the lolly stick and bend it so it is at a right angle. Half of the stick should remain intact. If you find they just snap in half, try a different brand if stick of just soak them in water for a little while to make them more pliable.
3) Cut two endpieces out of the lolly sticks to form the end parts of the cradle, as seen below.
4) Glue the parts together.
5) My mp3 player required me to cut a notch out of the wooden cradle to allow the mp3 player to sit flat in the case. This can be seen in the photo below as well as other photos in this instructable. THIS IS TRICKY. To avoid breaking the stick, I soaked the wood a little bit and then carefully whittled it down using a knife.
5) Allow time to dry, and then glue the contruction into the fabric bed in the bottom of the tin.
6) Leave it to dry before putting an mp3 player in it, as the glue can cause damage to certain plastics.
Hope you enjoy making this, I did!
You need:
Pliers
Lolly sticks
Superglue
(Patience!)
This stage can be modified to fit your own mp3 player. Use the mp3 player as a guide as to how long and wide your wooden cradle should be.
1) Lay the lolly sticks alongside the mp3 player and make a notch in the wood at each end of the mp3 player. I would advise leaving extra length here to make sure the player fits.
2) Using the pliers, grasp the lolly stick and bend it so it is at a right angle. Half of the stick should remain intact. If you find they just snap in half, try a different brand if stick of just soak them in water for a little while to make them more pliable.
3) Cut two endpieces out of the lolly sticks to form the end parts of the cradle, as seen below.
4) Glue the parts together.
5) My mp3 player required me to cut a notch out of the wooden cradle to allow the mp3 player to sit flat in the case. This can be seen in the photo below as well as other photos in this instructable. THIS IS TRICKY. To avoid breaking the stick, I soaked the wood a little bit and then carefully whittled it down using a knife.
5) Allow time to dry, and then glue the contruction into the fabric bed in the bottom of the tin.
6) Leave it to dry before putting an mp3 player in it, as the glue can cause damage to certain plastics.
Hope you enjoy making this, I did!
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Aug 7, 2009. 11:12 PMpancho del rancho
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i didn't have sticks so i stuffed it with soccer socks i cut them out and im to poor to afford super glue so i used double sided tape and yay i finished but always make sure the lid is closed cause if u put the hole to high it wont close YAY I FINISH WOA
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