My finished wood ipod mini. This has been such a fun project for me. It's handmade (with special thanks to my 8yr old dremel) from Australian red cedar, Camphor Laurel for the clickwheel, brass plates, brass screws and the guts from the first ipod i ever had.
I was given a new ipod mini for christmas and I just couldn't leave my trusty old mini to sit unused somewhere. So I decided to finally try a wooden shell mod on him that I had wanted to do for a long time.
If you're interested, feel free to check out my set of photos of the making process.
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Japester68 49 months ago | reply
Really beautiful!
jozaeh 48 months ago | reply
I'm glad you liked it Japester!
josh
ksspyder 48 months ago | reply
I plan on doing something similar with a mini color tv. You have executed this beautifully.
jozaeh 48 months ago | reply
thanks heaps ksspyder, and wow, well if you do convert your tv, i can't wait to see the photos.
Operating System 47 months ago | reply
Awesome!
I don't know if anyone has asked, but how did you get the touch-sensitive circle to work...? Is that a faux-wood cover on it or..?
jozaeh 47 months ago | reply
hey OlenaBird,
ahh yes, the intrigue of the click wheel and how it works seems to be the main question with my wood ipod. Here's an explanation that I posted on another blog:
For the click wheel, the original plastic wheel cover is around 1mm thick, so i knew i had to make my wooden wheel close to that size. I actually didn't use a wood veneer because I thought that would have been cheating a little, so i shaved down a piece of the camphor laurel to around 2mm thick. I didn't think the click wheel's sensor would sense a finger through the 2mm wood but to my happy surprise, it did. It works the same was as how you can sometimes control your click wheel through your jeans material when the ipod is in your pocket. the click wheel's sensor is surprisingly good at picking up the finger. it works really, really well now. Pretty much as sensative as the original click wheel was.
thanks!
j
Operating System 47 months ago | reply
Oh wow!
Sorry you've had to repeat that so many times, but thank you for the insight into those inner workings :D
jozaeh 47 months ago | reply
Hey Olena,
oh no don't worry about it! A simple copy paste was all it took, and I'm more than happy to answer any questions of the wood mod. so it was my pleasure!
j
charlieflickr1 [deleted] 47 months ago | reply
lovely job man
jozaeh 46 months ago | reply
thanks heaps Charlieflickr1, i really had such a fun time making it hey.
See ya,
J
ipod guy 45 months ago | reply
could you email me plans for my ipod mini at jenglepilot@yahoo.com?
jozaeh 45 months ago | reply
Hi Ipod Guy,
What do you mean plans for your ipod mini? I'm sorry, I don't understand. Do you mean plans to make your own wooden ipod mini?
j
ipod guy 44 months ago | reply
Do u have any measurements u could send me
jozaeh 44 months ago | reply
Hey Ipod Guy,
hmmm, I don't have any measurements written down, but i'll see if I can measure up some points on the ipod's shell for you. that hopefully might be able to get you started. Give me a little bit of time and i'll get back to you.
thanks!
Josh