Something Different (Wood Speaker)

[kmmcrafts]

Playing around yesterday morning and made this phone speaker amplifier thing. So basically a thingamajig . It’s a phone stand and you set the phone in and it amplifies the sound and directs it out the front for a lack of a better description. Works pretty neat but maybe should have made it taller. This is just several layers of 1/4 inch plywood glued together and I found that the sound gets better the more layers I added. Thought I’d practice with cheap plywood before I actually use some nice walnut or oak etc. on the CNC and carve it from two solid pieces. This one was cut out with the laser for quick testing on cheap materials. Actually think this could be done very easy on the scroll saw and probably much faster than the CNC etc.

Side Note: My son sent me a video a few months back where a person was making these and having a hard time keeping up with sales.. they had them priced in the $150 - 300 range but more complex than this simple circle.. they were horn shaped and probably fairly large in comparison. Maybe they were made on a lathe I'm not sure but that's another idea for those running lathes.  

[rjweb]

Kevin, that’s neat, RJ

[kmmcrafts]

44 minutes ago, rjweb said:

Kevin, that’s neat, RJ

Thanks RJ, It was certainly a fun and interesting experiment. I think I'm going to scroll saw 2-3 layers of 3/4" Walnut or Spalted maple and make another one. The slot for the phone in the top was a bit narrow for my phone with my case on it but perfect if I took my phone case off so making the slot wider on the next one I do in hopes of making it fit with my phone case on. 

[timelett]

Nice, I need something like that with a bungee, ie,where did I put the phone, shop?car? bedroom ? etc,etc

[barb.j.enders]

I made one, from plans I purchased, that looks like a grand piano.  Didn't actually finish it because I didn't think it was going to be all that useful.

[kmmcrafts]

3 hours ago, barb.j.enders said:

I made one, from plans I purchased, that looks like a grand piano.  Didn't actually finish it because I didn't think it was going to be all that useful.

Yeah, I was kinda wondering the same thing. I made this one just because I was curious about the sound that comes out of it and whether it really did work. That being said, I could see a office worker or similar that has a small workspace would like something like this. 

 

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

I do not see the need for something like this. Todays phones have a tremendous speaker and if laid down the sound is actually too loud. I many times have to lower the volume on my phone. I can see these amplifying sound if that is what you are looking for but also see it muffling sound. With that said I do see where if you want your phone to stand up like that being speakers are on the bottom it can help. Good luck with the project. Hope you get creative in wood choices and make something segmented and colorful

 

[kmmcrafts]

7 minutes ago, JTTHECLOCKMAN said:

I do not see the need for something like this. Todays phones have a tremendous speaker and if laid down the sound is actually too loud. I many times have to lower the volume on my phone. I can see these amplifying sound if that is what you are looking for but also see it muffling sound. With that said I do see where if you want your phone to stand up like that being speakers are on the bottom it can help. Good luck with the project. Hope you get creative in wood choices and make something segmented and colorful

 

I agree, I could see the stand part being nice for both phones and tablets etc. speaker portion isn't really needed though. 

I don't know whether I'll make any more or not. There is nice possibilities for some very nice ones and could do themed ones as well. Not sure if something like this would sell or not really. Kinda like clocks used to be good sellers but now days they're far and few for sales.  

[JTTHECLOCKMAN]

1 hour ago, kmmcrafts said:

I agree, I could see the stand part being nice for both phones and tablets etc. speaker portion isn't really needed though. 

I don't know whether I'll make any more or not. There is nice possibilities for some very nice ones and could do themed ones as well. Not sure if something like this would sell or not really. Kinda like clocks used to be good sellers but now days they're far and few for sales.  

You can put it on the same level as the Cell Phone stands. Are they really that big of a sale these days. You see lots of patterns for them of all kinds of designs. But is it really a seller?