Alarm Ender

I made a mechanism that helps me press the very, very small button on iPhones for turning off an alarm. When you wake up, it takes a while for you to get oriented and it’s sometimes hard or annoying to have to search for that really tiny button to turn off your alarm. The alarm ender allows you to push down on a big lever which causes the other end to come down and press the alarm. You get to push your hand down on a larger surface area and don’t have to worry about missing the button.

You will need:

• Six 3/4 in. screws
• Two 2in. axles
• Two 3-hole screw spacers/nuts
• Six circular screw-based nuts
• Six sharp-teeth nuts
• One 12x5 hole metal piece (12 holes wide, 5 holes long)
• One 29 hole long L-shaped bracket
• Two 2.5 in. diameter gears
• Two pieces of balsa wood (7.75” x 2.85”)
• Two pieces of balsa wood (7.4” x 4.25”)
• Two pieces of plywood (3.9” x 1” x .3”)

• Put each axle into a hole of the flat metal sheet so that they are an equal distance apart and so that the gears will be touching when placed in
• Put two circular screw-based nuts on the axle, one on each side of the metal piece and tighten them
• Put the gears on top of the front facing nuts and place another nut on top of both
• Tighten everything and make sure the gears spin

• Center the flat metal sheet as well as possible on the L-shaped bracket (the short side)
• Use 2 three-hole nuts and 4 screws to mount it, as shown in the picture
• Use 4 hexagonal nuts to fasten the screws on the other side

• Cut 2 pieces of plywood to the dimensions described in the supplies step
• Near the very edge of both drill in one of the screws
• Attach both wooden pieces to the gears by putting the screw through the hole in the gear and make sure they are attached at equal angles
• Attach a hexagonal nut to each of the screws behind the gears to keep the wood in place

• Cut the balsa wood to the dimensions shown above
• Use a hot glue gun to glue the pieces together into a box, with the two sides open
• Place the mechanism inside
• Paint or decorate as you like, and you’re done!