Good quality iPod/iPhone speaker

Step 10 The guts (and yet more beer)

Obviously I was getting pretty drunk by now, but I soldiered on none the less as the end was in sight.

I screwed the 13cm speaker into the box with some black drywall screws and the glued the tweeters in with epoxy resin (Araldite)

I the screwed the little pioneer amp and the crossover networks in.

I should really of taken more photos of this bit but to be honest, I was pretty mashed by now(Stella Artois).

I then soldered all the connections up. If you are wondering, I used the stereo output of the amp into the stereo input of the 2 crossovers and then used the high frequency outputs to drive the tweeters and used the positive of one x-over and the negative of the other x-over to drive the woofer (a sort of tri-mode).

The lead acid battery was then glued inside with No-More-Nails and all the relevant connections made.

On the top of the box I epoxyed my iPod universal dock and ran the wires for USB and audio through the 12mm hole.I then filled the hole with white bathroom sealant.

On the back of the box I glued the 12v power supply and ran the wire in through the 3mm hole.

I wired the 12v to the battery and powered the amp of the battery. Car hifi amps have a 12v remote trigger wire to turn them on so I fitted a small flick switch on the back of the box to turn the amp on/off.

I will add a 12v to USB charger inside when the budget allows (they sell these in Maplin for a few quid)

I used some self adhesive velcro fastening to attach the grill, but will make a better job of that later.