The power of FDM: Boring Mundane Everyday Print #89...
Here I have a project I dreamed up in my sleep (literally; woke up this AM with the whole project in my head); leveraging Amazon same-day delivery, this is a useful article that went from idea to parts to completed project in less than 12 hours. Could have been 3-4 hours if I'd had some spade connectors on hand.
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Y'all saw this this bookshelf system I picked up yesterday as curb-score; once I finished fixing it up, I wanted to make it iPod-Dock-Ready for my wife to use at her new music teacher job. AUX IN is easy enough with just a cheap $4 pigtail; but iPud power can be a bit of a PITA, and the powercube requires an extra outlet that is almost never available. Solution: Install a iPower cube inside the back panel of the stereo.
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This needs a bracket; a perfect application for 3DP. Took me ~30 minutes to scrap-sketch the dimensions and whip this out in Fusion.
After that, less than 2 hours hour printing while I did other things and BOOM! Ready for trial-fitting. Needs connectors; shop them over breakfast. Available same-day with a few other things for ~$US20. Get the cutout laid out and holes drilled; parts delivered at ~6PM.
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Wiring was a cinch, and because it's a Apple powercube it plays nice with the iPod, and the iPod plays beautifully.
STL is here.![](https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/3d-printer-yet/?action=dlattach;attach=1047496;image)
mnem
*toddles off to ded*