More Aesthetic Hard Drive Speaker

 by leevonk
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Step 2: Solder on wires

When you've cut the arms away from the platters, solder wires to the voice coil tips (where they were soldered to the cable which you just cut).

You might have to remove the top magnet to have easier access for soldering. To do this, drill out the screw heads keeping the magnet on from the other side of the case. Even then, the top magnet is pretty damn hard to get off, you'll have to pry it off with a screwdriver.

Then you might find it easier to solder to the coil ends if you pull the ends off of wherever they were soldered, this way the ends are free and not so close together.
 
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didgitalpunk says: Jan 30, 2012. 8:47 AM
Why on earth would you EVER drill screws? just grab a star head screw driver (or whatever they're called) and unscrew those screws!
leevonk (author) in reply to didgitalpunkJan 30, 2012. 9:46 AM
the answer to that question is actually right there in your comment if you think hard enough,.....
didgitalpunk in reply to leevonkJan 31, 2012. 1:56 PM
?
i don't see it -_- .
leevonk (author) in reply to didgitalpunkJan 31, 2012. 2:53 PM
I did not have a 'star head screw driver'
mpep in reply to leevonkAug 15, 2012. 3:46 AM
Also called "Torx"
didgitalpunk in reply to mpepAug 15, 2012. 6:35 AM
Thank you for the name of That screw type :)
epalacios claussell says: Mar 14, 2011. 1:41 PM
THIS is awsome im doing this thing for a project you did good i just finished in your last step its true that you should use a song with a lot of treble because if you had a song with a lot of bass you wouldn't be able to hear the song and couldn't really test it .......well good jb on this this is cool
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