Altoids Tin Earbud Case!

Step 3 Gluing the Parts Together

Before you glue the brackets into place in the Altoids tin, mark the center line of the tin with a Sharpie and ruler. Now you can put the brackets into place. Get your hot glue gun actually hot so the glue takes a while to cool down. Then put some glue in then tin. Too much will add to the height of the "L" brackets and cause them to hit the lid. Too little will make them break off. Do one bracket at a time and position them so they point outwards. After both are glued in, wait a while, then try it out. Start with the plug on the side where the lid is attached and begin wrapping. Because of the angle of the brackets, the cord actually slides down and positions itself perfectly in line with the other wraps. At the end of the process, put the actual earbuds themselves in the center of the wrappings and close the lid. Horray! You've succeeded at winning the mission! Also, just a little pointer to those of you who like soldering and music. Soldering irons do not like earbud cords.

Comments

[monkeyman123]

that is so cool

[humptidumpti]

This is something I might try. I'm tired of air buds getting destroyed by being stepped on or whatever. A good Christmas break project for my kids.