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Summary:
I wanted to create an innovative way to reuse a water bottle and I needed a set of portable speakers for my ipod so it seemed like a marriage made in heaven. In this instructable I will walk you through how to build a set of Water Bottle Mobile Speakers that easily fit into any cup holder, backpack, or bottle holder on your bike to help take your tunes on the go. It is my first instructable so any commentary and or suggestions are welcome.
Parts List:
-one water bottle (arrowhead brand in this case)
-portable speakers purchased from CVS for $14.95 (had a set from before but these fell out of my backpack when i was riding my bike breaking the plastic, so I needed a new case anyways)
-8 x 1 inches of Velcro
-8 x 1 inches of Aluminum sheet metal
-2 regular playdough container tops (PLAY-DOH brand in this case)
-cord from cheap earphones (one that contains 4 strands of enamel wire)
-4 AAA batteries
-paint (optional)
Tools:
-soldering iron
-modeling knife
-scissors
-hot glue gun
-paint bush (optional)
-dremel tool
Summary:
I wanted to create an innovative way to reuse a water bottle and I needed a set of portable speakers for my ipod so it seemed like a marriage made in heaven. In this instructable I will walk you through how to build a set of Water Bottle Mobile Speakers that easily fit into any cup holder, backpack, or bottle holder on your bike to help take your tunes on the go. It is my first instructable so any commentary and or suggestions are welcome.
Parts List:
-one water bottle (arrowhead brand in this case)
-portable speakers purchased from CVS for $14.95 (had a set from before but these fell out of my backpack when i was riding my bike breaking the plastic, so I needed a new case anyways)
-8 x 1 inches of Velcro
-8 x 1 inches of Aluminum sheet metal
-2 regular playdough container tops (PLAY-DOH brand in this case)
-cord from cheap earphones (one that contains 4 strands of enamel wire)
-4 AAA batteries
-paint (optional)
Tools:
-soldering iron
-modeling knife
-scissors
-hot glue gun
-paint bush (optional)
-dremel tool
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Signing UpStep 1Disassembly
-cut your waterbottle in half with the modeling knife
-take apart your portable speakers without damaging any of the electronics inside. If you have to cut a please make you sure label it to recall where it was connected.
-pull the tops off of two playdough containers
-take apart your portable speakers without damaging any of the electronics inside. If you have to cut a please make you sure label it to recall where it was connected.
-pull the tops off of two playdough containers
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but you have a chipset connected with speaker
and i have only speakers
how to give external power to them
it means i want to built a external speaker with its ow n power
Also love that you used Start Wearing Purple for the example!
Is it okay to make a pair of speakers w.o the control board?
I have a couple of speakers picked out from an old cassette player and its board is too complicated for me to understand. Moreover, i had to cut the wire from the speaker to the board in order to take them out.
After taking the whole board out, i've figured out the volume control, power button, and a female 3.5.
What should i do to w. these two speakers?
Here is a cheap set:
http://www.allelectronics.com/make-a-store/item/NGA-7/MINI-STEREO-AMPLIFIER/-/1.html