I wanted to make something special for my brothers 40th birthday and he spends a lot of time in his shed building bikes so I thought a toolbox stereo system would be perfect. Most of the parts were sourced locally at automotive or electronic stores.
Obviously the main body is a 3 drawer toolbox and the sound system is a Pioneer car stereo head unit and speakers. The power source is a basic 12v sealed led acid battery and a 1000mA charger with built in overcharge protection.
The aerial is a motorised pop up version and the 5v USB charging port is an automotive product that steps the power down from 12v.
I really like the particular rocker switches I used, because they have built in LED's to indicate power on and the volt meter matches well with red 7 segment LED's.
I wanted an easy way to distribute power to the various components so I decided to use a fuse block as a kind of busbar and so far it seams to work well.
I purchased the sound activated LED's for the base of the toolbox online. You can find them easily on Ebay or Amazon and they're not expensive.
The feet are attached with T-Nut inserts mounted into the 12mm plywoood baseboard.
I'm lucky enough to work in a sign shop, so I designed and printed the face of the stereo at work on self adhesive vinyl and applied it to a piece of aluminium composite panel. I then cut the various holes before using a double sided adhesive film to attach it to the MDF backing board. This was then attached to the toolbox using Rivnuts and bolts.
Unfortunately, the only part of the build I didn't get on camera was the 3D printing of the speaker ports mounted at either end of the box.
I've really enjoyed making this video and I have a few more projects like this in the pipeline, so hopefully I'll get some more out soon. If you have any questions, feel free to leave a comment below.
Thanks for watching!!
Parts list:
toolbox - goo.gl/cjzTEf
speakers - goo.gl/y4mhfd
head unit - tinyurl.com/y9tafa3f
antenna - tinyurl.com/y9jlhrvv
battery - goo.gl/tmoKoD
fuse box - tinyurl.com/y8qmak32
switches - goo.gl/WnWBA8
voltmeter - goo.gl/JeSreb
charger - goo.gl/oB8qTd
usb socket - goo.gl/Ytpe5e
LED strip lights - goo.gl/MsoanA
T -Nuts - goo.gl/hqqo4j
speaker ports - goo.gl/43Sws3
DC socket & plugs - goo.gl/FET2Jc
terminal block - goo.gl/uGJMgA
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28 окт 2017
