Altoids tin ipod case

in this instructable you will learn how to make an altoids tin in to a ipod case. this is my first one so please leve feedback on how to make better.

Step 1 What you need

yoy will need

1. an ipod nano or anything else you can get to fit (ipod mini is to big) The 3rd gen ipod (short and fat) will fit in too, but you will have to change the way you cut the foam. the newest ipod may fit, but i haven't tried it.

2. A drill bit as big as the end of a pair of headphones and a drill.

3. Styrofoam(to pad the ipod nano)

4. duct tape

Comments

[rushandroulette]

great! but now i cant get my my ipod out o.o''

[Macaylastutorials]

this is a really good idea, but the duct tape, thats the problem, duct tape doesnt look that great in it,and it can also damage your ipod, so I came up with a solution: buy thin memory foam, heat up a hot glue gun until its just hot enough to squirt the glue out, and put a layer of the foam on the top and bottom of your tin, this forms the shape of the ipod nicely too!

[bassclarinet23]

I made my own, which is slightly different. Mine has a clip, as well/

[hackysacker]

you should make another one with speakers coming out the back. That would be pretty sweet

[Red Monkey]

Expanding foam might make good padding. Just squeeze it in the tin, sit the ipod in it and trim when dry. You'd probably have to coat the ipod in something so it didn't stick to the foam though.

[rerat]

Nice, it's a little sloppy though. A little more effort and you could have something much nicer looking. Here's one I made for my Z:M, before I discovered Instructables.

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[Solderguy]

My first mp3 player was a 256 MB creative player. Ah, memories.

[Dirt Rider]

thats really nice

[PSPerson]

that fabric is pretty creative (pun intended)

[banknut]

prety nice, but i made this in about 10- 15 minutes and it serves the serves the same purpice and looks the same on the outside.

[mikaylad12344]

this is soo cool i think ill make one :)

[Dirt Rider]

i made somthing like this once but i lost my ipod so i cant use it lol

[ItsTheHobbs]

The new new one fits even better.

[Rye2121]

i made mine with fabric instead of duct tape because it looks nicer. i also wrote the names of great bands on the top lid with all different colors of sharpie. it looks great!

[the Mrs.]

pretty good! next time check the spelling and stuff, because it can take away from the instructable, but otherwise it was fantastic...

[mason0190]

WOW i cant wait until they get one for the ipod classic >:(

[FireFairy-Jessica]

Nice! I'll decorate mines with fabric.

[drummonkey92]

its extremely hard to find altoids in the uk, but we have a time share in florida so wenever i go out on holiday, i buy masses of altoids in different size cases lol

[theatre_tech_guru]

there is a tape called gaffers tape that wont melt or leave residue on your ipod. i would use that

[cry_wolf]

That is a very expensive tape, i used it a lot for audio and visual things at my school.

[Constructo Man]

I fixed it. It looks awesome, and it was only a hack job loosely following ur instructions. GREAT INSTRUCTABLE! Anyway, here are some pics. They're backwards because I used a webcam to take them. BEHOLD, THE ITOIDS!

[Constructo Man]

Mine came out terribly. I used a reamer to make the hole and the top and bottom of my ipod have the crap scratched out of them, even though I padded it with tape.

[threecheersfornick]

Just a thought... wouldn't the metal cut into the insulation on the headphone wire? You might want to pad that.

[joebloggs27]

If you have a soldering iron you could use that to melt some rubber around the hole, I've tried it and it works really well

[threecheersfornick]

Hm, sounds good. Except my mp3 player just died. D':

[buterSBob29]

I'm getting one of the new ipod nanos with video this Christmas

[Yerboogieman]

i'd just get an mp4 player from frys

[!Andrew_Modder!]

Altoids tin ipod NANO case

[chatterbox14730]

Its a great idea, and i will use it, but not if my ipod gets gooey, that would be a downer.

[GreenDay]

Errr... I did this with my creative and was meaning to get around to making an instructable out of it. Oh well... One of my suggestions would be to make the headphone jack hole slightly larger, and put a thin layer of styrofoam between it and the altoids tin. This insulates it from drops. You could also use expanding foam and just carve it out (or even have the i-pod in there with something like waxed paper on its back). I wouldn't use duct tape, because as thecheese says it 'll leave it gooey and nasty.

[banknut]

i used to have a creative zen, how well does it fit?

[GreenDay]

I've got the zen micro. There's a enough room to fit it with a bit of styrofoam.

[jackfr0st]

hmmm, i made one of these along time ago...maybe you saw it in my instructable!

[TheCheese9921]

duct tape will most likely make it gooey and nasty, I would use just use foam pretty nice

[banknut]

i have to admit, there is some goo, but not enough to be a problem

[admanrocks]

well original instructables are better