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Pringles Can Acoustic Amplifier

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Step 1: From Pringles box to Acoustic Amplifier

What do you do when you have to many empty Pringles boxes....

Well you can use tham as a acoustic Ampfilier.....


Step 2: What do you need.....

1. A Pringles box

2. Popsicle sticks

3. Wood glue

4. Tin snips

5. Saw

6. Scrollsaw

7. Plywood

8. Paint

9. Rubberbands

Take the Pringles box and cut it in half with a saw.




Step 3: Measure the popsicle sticks

And cut them in lenght ... about 10 cm or 4 inches.




Step 4: Gluing and clamping.... sawing and sanding

Use wood glue to glue the popsicle sticks on the box.

The best wat to clamp it to use rubber bands.

Drill 2 holes where the slot will be for your phone

Sand the sticks smooth.





Step 5: Cutting the foot, paint and essembling the box

I made a templet for the foot and cut it out with the scrollsaw.

Painted the back and the inside black.

Then I glued the foot to the box...

And injoy the music !

For full instructions watch the video.






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Project Group Ready
Dirty Tool Ready
Age Level
11-18
Adults
Category
Workshop
Living
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Technology
Time Per Project
1-2 Hours
2-3 sessions
Cost
$5-$10 per person
Tags
Music
amplifier
speakers
iPod
reuse
remake
recycle
popsicle stick
saw
wood glue
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