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Step 4 Cut it up, put it together

Once I had the ear defenders in bits, I contemplated the best design. The earphones were conveniently the right size to fit in the defenders with minimal modification, so the simplest method was to remove the padded ring, slot the earphone into the defender so it was in about the right position, cut a slit in the bottom of the padded ring sleeve to allow the wire through and reassemble.

The rubbery thing holding the cup onto the headband protruded into the inside of the ear cup slightly, reducing space for the headphone speaker, so I took the foam out to cut the rubbery thing down to size before inserting the earphone, but I suspect this is dependent on your particular defenders. If everything doesn't fit together right, take it apart and see what you can alter to make it fit. If you are just using the speaker part out of your headphones, you may want to find some way to anchor them to the body of the defenders so they aren't rattling around inside.