DockBox - iPhone Dock |Update 09.09.09|

[Dany-Lisiansky]

I thought for a long time to do a home made iPhone Dock (docking station), but I always crossed it with a lot of other things (like screen LCD, Splitter USB, headphone out / mic, memory card reader, etc.), but every time I encounter Another problem in the planning of this (Perspex - too expensive / could not catch up perfectly, etc.), so I decided to split the projects and make the Dock to iPhone in a separate project.

Let's start with the pictures:
Drawing on-SU:


I took an old computer door, I marked the same size piece cut and began to cut the top of the dock station (where the "Adaptor" will be goled):


I marked the cut size and shape of the Adaptor:






Perefect!




(you will see the next updating, why did the holes above) :




I glued the iphone cabel to the adaptor:

[Dany-Lisiansky]

Update:

All glued with hot glue gun:


And the result:




My desktop (the mouse and keyboard cabels pass through the box)




And for Linux and Open-Source fan's:

[JOHNNYG]

DANY, YOU ARE AWESOME !!! These projects are very cool ! And I also see you are very organized ! You come up with great Ideas, And the finished product is spectacular ! You are truly gifted and have wonderful incite to imagine something and make it happen ! so many times people have thoughts of great things; But never follow threw with them; I to am guilty of this ! but I see what you do and it gives me great inspiration ! like today, I am finally going to organize my computer parts drawers ! So i might not be around for awhile! Once again, Keep up the great work !, and please Keep us posted on new and up coming projects ! ( who Knows, If you keep this up they might even give you your own subject post on the forum !) (There cool like that ! ) Take care my friend !

[Dany-Lisiansky]

Hello Johnny,
Thank you for your responses.
Your and other site users responses is very happy me and makes me go and do more, and more projects.
So thank you and to all the site users!

[JOHNNYG]

I DID IT ! Thanks to you and your inspiration I now have a "organized" work space! (Lets just see how long it stays that way ! ) Thanks again Dany You rock dude !

[killemall]

I took your inspiration and decided to create one myself.

I bought a new ipod 120Gig 6th gen video. I wanted a docking station for charging and connecting to the PC. I took an old jewelry box or whatever you want to call it, and mounted the ipod trey that comes with it. Then I hot glued the power connector to the trey and mounted it on the box. I now have a nice custom dock for my new ipod. It cost a grand total of 12 bucks for glue and gun.

[Dany-Lisiansky]

Nice work.
but i suggest you, to erase the pen lines\paint the whole box -.
and to push the adaptor ("tray) till douwn, so it will fit perfactly on the box (allmost smooth surcfase)

[killemall]

That will be next as it is not finished yet. I have not yet decided what I want to do to the outside of the box. I do know that I am going to be adding some usb ports on it and possibly an E-sata port.

[Dany-Lisiansky]

When you finish it - post some pic's.

and just 1 tip - ignore magnets from touching the ESATA\SATA cables.

good luck!

[killemall]

Here are the last of em.