Pocket Speakers

Step 2 Remove Mints and Plastic and Drill a bunch of holes

For my design I wanted the speakers to face out, the other option was to face in but I found that the speakers themselves had strong enough magnets on the front that they could stick to the metal tin without any sort of adhesive. With that in mind I drilled 16 holes per speaker, 32 total.

First trace the speaker on the front of the tin to get the general area you want the holes. I drilled stepwise, so top bottom left and right, then in between each one then in between each one of those again except this time a little inwards to create two circles of holes. Observe pictures, they will help.

Sorry for lacking photos of this process though, but in the one below you can faintly see the trace still on there.

Again, only if you are following my design, you will need to sand down the metal shards sticking out from drilling. These little bits get in the way of the speakers and might damage it. Just FYI dremels are dangerously fast machines, safety is a first. To be honest it totally freaked me out first time I turned it on, earplugs may be recommended too since I was partially deaf after using it.

You will also need to cut two holes in the corner of the plastic for the speaker wires. An Exacto knife works fine, but for some reason this brand made the plastic cover abnormally thick, so be careful not to cut yourself.