How to Build a Mini-Speaker
Instead of spending money to buy mini-speakers, you can build your own at little or no cost with just a few simple steps. Mini-speakers give you the ability to enjoy your music while on the go. They allow you to listen to your audio device while not being confined to your home. If you can afford a pack of altoids, a pair of headphones and a deck of playing cards, you can make your own mini-speaker.
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Things You'll Need
- Heaphones
- Altoid can
- Needle nose pliers
- Playing card
- Safety pin
- Duct tape
- Awl
- Scissors
Instructions
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Standard headphones can be easily taken apart. Use needle nose pliers to detach the speakers from the headband. Only use the standard size headphones that fit over your ears, not the ones that fit into them.
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Check to make sure that both speakers will fit into the altoid can. Position the speakers side by side in the can. After checking the fit, remove the speakers from the altoid can.
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Make an outline of your speakers on the back of a playing card. Lay your playing card face down. Lay the speakers face down on top of the card. Use a pen to trace the outline of the speakers.
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Poke holes through the playing card. Use a safety pin to poke several holes through the speaker outline on your playing card. This will make it easier for sound to travel through. The more holes you make, the better the sound.
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Tape the speakers to the playing card. Lay the card face down. Place the speakers face down on top of the card. The speakers should line up with the outline on the playing card. Use duct tape to secure the speakers to the playing card.
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Use an awl to make a hole in the back of the altoid can that is big enough for a wire to fit through. The hole should be positioned toward the lower part of the can. Get rid of any debris that may have fallen into the can while making the hole. Make sure that there are no jagged pieces of tin sticking out of or into the altoid can.
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Trim the playing card to fit the tin and thread the wire through the hole in the altoid can. Use scissors to trim the sides of the card so it fits in the can snugly. Thread the speaker wire through the hole in the can. As you pull the wire through, push the card and speakers into the can. Plug the headphones in your audio device.
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References
- Photo Credit Speaker mounted on wooden box image by Sudheer Sakthan from Fotolia.com headphones image by Darko Draskovic from Fotolia.com
