X-Carve CNC Project | Make a Passive Amplifier for your Phone

CNC project making a passive amplifier for your phone that actually works with an X-Carve CNC machine from Inventables

Learn how to use Inventables easel.com software to make this simple passive amplifier for your phone with a CNC machine.

You can find links to the free plans here https://www.inventables.com/projects/make-a-passive-amplifier-for-your-iphone

For all my Free easel.com projects you can follow this link and open any of them straight in easel and start carving. https://www.inventables.com/users/warren-downes

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This simple project amplifies the sound my reflecting it into a cone that has been carved out by the X-Carve CNC machine

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easel.com CNC software for X Carve screenshot showing live view

Step 1: Using Inventables easel.com CNC software you can quickly combine circles of various sizes and depths to make the cone to amplify the sound using the align tools.

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Clamping down the passive phone amplifier

Step 2: Clamp the project to the X-Carve cnc machine, you can follow this link for the free plans in easel you can use on your X-Carve to cut them out.

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X Carve CNC carving passive Phone amplifier

Step 3: Press Carve in easel and let the machine work its magic and carve out the cone and phone holder.

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Apply Danish oil finish to Passive Phone amplifier woodworking project

Step 4: Sand the project and then apply some Danish oil with a rag, Danish oil gives a nice close to the wood feel. Danish oil is a mix of tung oils and varnish. I also used a Veritas block plane on the edges to soften them

Step 5: Put your phone in and listen to some sweet tunes.

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