Half-Byte » power station http://half-byte.com Doing more with less. Fri, 23 Sep 2011 17:57:27 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 New Charge Station for the New Decade http://half-byte.com/2010/01/07/new-charge-station-for-the-new-decade/ http://half-byte.com/2010/01/07/new-charge-station-for-the-new-decade/#comments Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:54:04 +0000 nibble http://www.half-byte.com/2010/01/07/new-charge-station-for-the-new-decade/ I used the Charge Station I built for a while, but the appearance started to annoy me.  Why would I want to have a plastic tupperware box sitting out in my living room, especially when the duct tape was visible through the frosted top?  The box was too sloppy so I made another attempt [...]]]> Charge StationI used the Charge Station I built for a while, but the appearance started to annoy me.  Why would I want to have a plastic tupperware box sitting out in my living room, especially when the duct tape was visible through the frosted top?  The box was too sloppy so I made another attempt at it.

This time I spent the following (Total $7.50):

  1. Tiny surge protector from Daiso: $1.50
  2. Three wooden trays from Daiso: 3 x $1.50 = $4.50
  3. Hinges from Daiso: $1.50
  4. Elmer’s Glue: practically free…

The power adapter was cheap, so I felt free to disassemble it to fit it through the tray handle; the power plug wouldn’t fit otherwise.  This was straight forward since the power adapter had regular Phillips screws.

Box Cracked  Box Back Box Open

I needed to use a razor to cut out the bottom of one tray to make more space for the power adapters.  This was a little tedious and probably the most difficult part.  But, otherwise this project was simple, fun, and quick.  It only took about an hour to complete.

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