Hefty ipod amp.

Yes its that time of year again, its really cold outside and im bored. what to do....make another instructable?...lets do it. Today we are going to make an ipod amp and speaker system. plus as an added bonus ill throw in an i pod dock..FREE.

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step 1Parts.

items needed 1 amplifier (home-made or salvaged, ill tell you how to do both)2 speakers of your choiceipod or mp3some lego (see below)electrical tapea plastic binderhot glu…

step 2startin off easy with the dock :D

the pics are fairly self explanatory i think

step 3how to get a amp.

i built my own amp, i lost the schematic (it was hand drawn) so i found a **smiler** one.  or you can steal one out of those little wimpy speakers you get for your ipod/com…

step 4making a case for your amp

I measured my amp and it came to 2 1/4" square so i gave it a bit of room for wires and batteries. after that it came out to 2 1/2 X 4 1/2 X1 1/2.  i took my binder cover a…

step 5attaching speakers to amp

first, plug in your power and your ipod, put the volume on the amp and the ipod to medium.  after that try the wires on the speakers to see what is what (you dont want to s…

step 6making the box

now we take those little plastic pieces from before and make them into our box, making sure to include the battery BEFORE gluing it (talking from personal experience here) …

step 7final touches

after gluing together the box with the connected amp inside it test it out, set it up and have fun :D  paint it if you want do whatever just dont eat it

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