Justin had the idea that he'd like to build a pair of headphone holders. Like almost all kids (and adults!) these days, he has some portable technology. (phone, iPod, mp3 player, or whatever it is you have in your family!)

He wanted a way to hang up his nice headphones, rather than just dump them on his nightstand. He asked me if we could build something like this, and gave me a few design suggestions. When we did a search for "headphone holders" or "headphone stands" we tended to find two styles of holders. There were a lot of minimalist stick-like or hook-like designs, as well as a bunch of curved head-shaped objects.

Shown here is my prototype. It came out sort of "Frankenstein-like", I think, which was pretty cool. We next set out to make a couple more, but we're going o ramp up the design with some paint and creativity!

The finished piece is going to be 4"x2"x13". As well there is a 4"x7" base to go underneath it.

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We took the blanks and jointed one edge and then planed them down to thickness before cutting them to final size on the tablesaw (not shown).

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Over on the bandsaw we took turns cutting out the curves and the ear notches.

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To attach the base we first positioned it carefully and then popped in a couple 23-gauge brads. This helped to hold it firmly while we drilled and screwed in some wood screws. A bit of paste wax really helps with this process, even after pre-drilling.