Exploded iPod (still works)
(UPDATE: Thanks everyone for the great replies! Also, please digg this if you like it 
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I love exploded diagrams of objects where you see every piece of the thing. I had the idea to try and make a real life version of one, and picked my iPod to be the victim. The catch was, I wanted it to work even in its exploded form.
I was a bit unhappy with the result because of the clarity of the resin. There were too many bubbles (and was an error on the last pour). At first I was just going to shelve it, but yesterday decided to at least put the photos online.
The most incredible thing about it is it still works perfectly. I encased the internals of the dock too, so it can be controlled, charged, and listened to, by a wire underneath (that sticks out a bit, hence the lego support legs).
Front view:
Side view:
Closeup side:
Bottom view:
Turned on:
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January 12th, 2009 - 23:36
Lol it works, not the trick part is turning it off
January 29th, 2009 - 14:06
Just wanted to repeat what everyone else has already said:
- The air bubbles do look coolio – shouldn’t have said they weren’t intentional!
- Way to go for having a vision and then putting it into action.
- Uber-top marks for making it a functional piece of work.
I know one or two people that I’d like to encase in resin. Any chance you could do this to them on a non-functional basis
Way to go.
February 6th, 2009 - 13:48
Are you planning on having more of these. I would like to buy one
February 16th, 2009 - 22:25
i’d pay
-hero
April 21st, 2009 - 19:58
WWWWWWWWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! that is really awesome yo?
April 27th, 2009 - 17:42
It’s really crazy
July 5th, 2009 - 06:46
Could you try this with the iPhone? I’d love to see that
August 4th, 2009 - 17:45
can you still sync and listen to music ?
August 12th, 2009 - 06:17
Have you seen this game for Ipod ?
September 12th, 2009 - 10:05
That’s great. What’s the resin, I want to ‘pot’ my head in a similar way, when I’m dead of course!!!
December 17th, 2009 - 06:00
wow.. amazing work.. still wondering how you guys did this..
simply amazing..
December 26th, 2009 - 04:24
Nice post. I own an ipod touch. Is this possible, too?
January 11th, 2010 - 08:45
Realy nice
Where can I buy one?
Thanks for this post!
January 17th, 2010 - 06:52
nice post =)
February 26th, 2010 - 04:02
Is anyone heading about new album Sade?
May 3rd, 2010 - 17:13
simply amazing.. very cool!
looking fresh ;o)