Walnut iPhone StandBy Dock

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My Sanyo alarm clock radio finally gave up after more than 40 years (!) of loyal service so I thought about using my iPhone in StandBy mode as a replacement.


First version permalink

I made a first simple version in beech, without any wireless charging.

iPhone Standby Dock
A first version of an iPhone standby dock in beech.

iPhone Standby Dock
Worked well but got annoyed real quick plugging in the charger every night.

Quick prototype of new version permalink

First made a quick prototype in pine to see how I could incorporate a wireless charger.

iPhone Standby Dock
Quick and very dirty but I got an idea on how to fit in the charger.

Walnut version permalink

It will come as no suprise that I still have some walnut offcuts left so this had to be made in walnut.

iPhone Standby Dock
Glued together some leftovers and made an angled cut on one side. In hindsight, I should've made this cut more angled still.

iPhone Standby Dock
I traced the shape of my iPhone so I knew where to cut the reliefs for the camera protrusion and wireless charger.

iPhone Standby Dock
Drilled out some of the material and then used a router for the rest.

iPhone Standby Dock
I first routed out the deepest parts.

iPhone Standby Dock
Then I routed out the relief for the iPhone itself.

iPhone Standby Dock
Some sanding, rounding over and some black paint to hide all the badly routed out reliefs.

iPhone Standby Dock
Without iPhone

iPhone Standby Dock
With iPhone