DIY: Recycled CD iPhone Dock
Some of our readers will have seen the fun homemade iPhone accessories that we have made before, like the Pencil iPhone Stand and the Cardboard iPhone Dock, the latest one is a Dock for your iPhone or iPod made from some recycled CDs, the Recycled CD iPhone Dock.
I wanted to make a dock for the iPhone from stuff I had lying around the house, but I also wanted to make sure that it would look cool sat on my desk whilst my iPhone was charging ans syncing, so I came up with the idea of using old CDs, you could also use DVDs as well.
I think it looks pretty good from the photos, and it is very easy to make, you can also use it for virtually any iPod and both the 2G and 3G iPhones, plus it will also work for the new iPhone 3GS.
To make your own you will need a Dremel, 11 to 12 CDs or DVDs, you will need 4/5 more disks than the height of your iPhone charging connector on the USB cable.
Mark out the width of the silver connector that goes into your iPhone on the center of one of the CDs.
Cut this out using a Dremel or similar so you can poke the silver connector through but not the whole connector end. Also make sure you can attach your iPhone and it starts charging.
The thickness of the disk should be OK but you may need to take off a little from disk to make a perfect fit depending on your charging connector cable.
Once you have done this mark the full width of the charging connector in the center of the next disk. Cut this out making sure the charging end will pass right thorough this disk but as a tight fit.
Repeat this process until you have enough disks stacked together so the bottom of the charging connector is flush with the last disk and the cable can lay flat across the disk.
Using another three or four disks depending on the thickness of your charging cable cut a channel going from the edge of the disk to the center a few millimeters wider than your cable.
Glue these together aligning the cut outs for the cable, then assemble the top part by gluing each disk and clamping firmly together to make them as tight as possible to the next.
Align all the cuts out and insert the charging connector into the stack of disks. Glue the cable channel disks to the bottom and the final untouched base disk or disks and clamp making sure there is no movement on the charging connector from the top or the iPhone will not start charging once you dock.
If there is movement remove one of the disks from the top stack and adjust accordingly.
The Recycled CD iPhone Dock is very easy to make, and I think it will look great on your desk
It is very cheap compared to the standard iPhone dock, which you now have to buy for $30, so you can save a few dollars with this DIY iPhone dock, plus you can also use it to charge and sync your iPod.
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June 15th, 2009 at 3:49 pm
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June 15th, 2009 at 6:20 pm
This is OK, but it doesn’t offer any support for the actual iPhone. One good smack might produce enough leverage to break the case or pop it open. I’d feel better if they added another 5 cds and routed out a hole for the bottom of the phone to fit into.
June 15th, 2009 at 6:25 pm
Cool idea.
June 15th, 2009 at 7:50 pm
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June 15th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Cool idea.
Let me take it a step further…. You know that little white base your iPod came with (and you probably threw away immediately)? Well, dig out a well for it; glue it in, and presto! You’ve got a nice well for your iPod/iPhone to sit in.
You’re welcome.
(lol)
June 15th, 2009 at 9:16 pm
Hi Josh
Thats a good idea, I hadn’t thought of that
June 15th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
what if you want to use the usb, like when you travel,
now you have to take this piece of junk dock with you (no offense)
June 16th, 2009 at 6:39 am
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June 16th, 2009 at 12:43 pm
i hope everyone does this.
and everyone will break their emo iphones.
June 16th, 2009 at 1:15 pm
Very cool, I’ll be trying this tonight for sure!
June 16th, 2009 at 2:05 pm
I found that a Fiji water bottle also works well as an IPhone dock.
June 16th, 2009 at 2:57 pm
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June 16th, 2009 at 9:14 pm
Support the back in custom fashion, man.
1. Have the cord come out the side instead of the back of the unit.
2. Don’t glue any of your discs together, but stack them on the desk and position another, cooler disc behind it, standing on it’s edge – a production CD of say, SoundGarden’s SuperUnknown album (because it’s printed to look like a vinyl record – which instantly raises you to SuperGeek status).
should look (something) like this head on:
( _ ) – soundgarden cd
== – stacked discs
3. Mark (lightly) the top of the stacked discs along the face of the soundgarden cd.
4. Measure the length of that line. Ask me why, go ahead.
5. Wait for it…
6. On the stacked discs, mark that same line length along the center, just behind your connector.
7. You see where I’m going, don’t you?
8. Dremel that line down (which gets shorter each time) through the stacked discs, and then do all of your gluing – of course adding the last step of gluing your SoundGarden cd vertical into that slot.
9. I did tell you to rip that disc first, didn’t I?
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September 21st, 2009 at 12:16 pm
can we use Blu-Ray CD’s?