DIY: Bullet Style Earphones From Empty Bullet Shells

This time I’ll show you how I made bullet style earphones from empty bullets shells.

How I did it - you can check by looking DIY video or you can follow up instructions bellow.

For this project you will need:

Materials:

Earphones

Bullet shells

Super glue

Sanding paper 280 grit and fine sanding sponge for polishing

Dremel or other rotary tool

Tools:

Soldering iron

Drill and 1,5mm bit

I got new Philips earphones and I was totally not happy how they are looking. So I decided to change current earphones housing to empty bullet shells.

First, was needed to separate earphone speaker from housing. I used a Dremel and carefully cut plastic housing at a joint line.

Separated earphone in two pieces and desoldered both wires.

With rotary tool sanded earphone speaker plastic body to proper size.

Mad a test fit - and it sits very snugly.

Made a 1,5mm hole in bullet shell for earphones wire.

From wood dowel and some electrical tape made a shell holder for a drill. At the same time used drill and Dremel to cut bullet shell in proper length. A little bit of sanding with 280 grit sand paper to remove all burs.

Used fine sanding sponge to polish bullet shells. Yep, there’s a really big difference like they was looking before.

Sticked wires through the hole of the shell and made a knot to secure wire inside.

Soldered back both wires. Make sure to match the wires right.

With super glue glued speaker in bullet shell. And repeated all that with other earphone.

Snapped earbud tips and bullet earphones are ready to go.

I think now those earphones looks way better than before. Plus I’m pretty sure, that I’ll don’t met anybody in a street with exact same earphones. That’s the biggest advantage of DIY stuff.