WARNING: In doing this step you risk killing your mp3 player, so before you continue you have to ask yourself one question. If you want to waterproof it you could probably use shrink wrap or something to cover the entire thing, if not you are done. I already had all the buttons memorized, so I didnt need to label them or anything. In my case the only thing was the battery which I simply glued to the circuitry and against the leads. Replace any vital components that you may have removed by taking off the case. Because the people reading this probably eat reverse engineering for breakfast I dont think I need to describe removing the case too much. Many can also be held together with snaps which you can unhook by pushing a small screwdriver at. Be careful though, cause many times manufactures like to hide their screws like underneath batteries or warranty void stickers, so dont actually pry apart the case until you are sure you got every single screw. The first step in skinning is to find the main screws that are holding the thing together, and remove them. (everythings possible, its just would skinning it be too much effort to be worth it? Is some vital component incorporated into the case, in the ipods case the click wheel, that you dont want to bother messing with, if so then you probably wouldent want to do this) For my player the only thing in the case was the battery which I could easily move. When doing electronics, though, the first thing you want to check is if it is possible. Ive had much experience in skinning living things, just ask one of my many victims, however that is an instructable for another day. However, instead of abondoning my mp3 player I decided to give it a makeover. Many people after owning a certain electronic device for a number of years, get bored of it and go out and buy a newer model even though there is nothing wrong with their current one. Make sure you take your mp3 player out first, so you dont scratch it with the razor. Use the razor to cut out any buttons and the screen through the duct tape. Then use extra pieces of duct tape to seal the different faces together around your mp3 player. If you have a somewhat rectangularish mp3 player like mine, you can cut out the corners of the duct tape sheet, so you are left with a piece somewhat resembling a cross, and then fold up each face, to cover each side of the player. I cant really give instructions for every mp3 player, so just do it to the best of your abilitys. You will probably need to cut at least 2 sides to get the right folds. Place your mp3 player in the middle of the duct tape and try to figure out the best way to fold it on. When you are done making the sheet fold over the remaining sticky edges. This method of making duct tape sheets can be applied to anything that you want covered in duct tape, but that you dont want to get sticky or that you want to be able to remove it. Repeat this process until you have a sheet wide enough to use. Flip the piece over and then place a third strip down half on the exposed sticky tape, and half on the paper. Place one strip face up on the wax paper, then place the next strip face down on the first one, so that half of it is on the first strip and half of it is on the wax paper (look at the picture if your confused). To make the sheets you will cut strips of duct tape as long as the double height length. The basic idea is to have a sheet that if folded around your mp3 player would be able to cover all of its faces. I started by making a sheet of duct tape that was slightly more then twice as tall as my mp3 player and about 2 and a half times as wide. I probably could have just duct taped directly on to the shell, but wheres the fun in that All you need is a roll of duct tape, scissors, a razor, and some parchment / wax paper. I wanted a sleeve that I could slip my mp3 player in and out of. The first mod (this is more of an accessory, but whatever) I ever did was make a duct tape sleeve for my mp3 player.
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