Other. DIY wooden iPhone case How to make a wooden case

Wooden cases with engraving look more expensive and unusual than standard models made of plastic and silicone. This accessory will help you protect your smartphone from damage and dust. At the same time, the screen and the necessary elements remain publicly available: camera, buttons, sensor.

Types of custom-made wooden covers

This section contains different types of cases for your iPhone.

What design options are available:

Name engraving. Order a wooden case with your name as a gift for a friend, colleague, or loved one. Inside there is a “Sports style” option: you can add a number and imitate the inscription on the team uniform.
Your drawing. Create the perfect layout yourself or contact our designer. By clicking “Start creating”, a full-fledged online designer opens in a separate window. Here you can draw, upload pictures from social networks, choose ready-made clipart - we will make any engraving on a custom-made wooden case for you.
Case made of different types of wood. A sophisticated and very effective version of the case with your design. We will divide your picture into several parts, cut them out of different types of wood and assemble them like a puzzle.

You can also choose the color of the base - bamboo or mahogany. Cases with a surname can be complemented with a pattern; stars, triangles, flowers and other elements are available.

What are the advantages of laser engraving?

Laser engraving of wooden cases is the way we transfer any of your designs onto a wooden base.

Why we offer it:

You can transfer high-resolution images. The laser is a high-precision equipment, and it is capable of reproducing the smallest details of a design.
Fast process. It only takes seconds to make a wooden case; the main thing is to prepare a layout based on your photo or picture.
The drawing cannot be erased. The laser removes the top layer of wood, and the picture turns out to be in relief. It will remain unharmed the entire time you use the case.
The price does not depend on the circulation. The laser does not require blanks, cliches, etc., so you can order any number of covers from 1 piece and not overpay for the complexity of the work.
You can make a batch of identical accessories. If you require a series of custom engraved wooden cases, the laser will accurately reproduce even a complex design.

Order a wooden case from LastPrint: why is it convenient?

On this page you can create a wooden case with any desired text or picture.

What do you get when ordering:

Convenient delivery throughout Russia. We will send the finished accessory to any city via SDEK or 1st class Mail.
The options you need in one place. You can add glass or screen film and gift wrapping to the case: this way you will save on shipping and save time.
The ability to pay in any way and at any time - immediately or upon receipt.

To send the desired print for work, select your smartphone model and design from the list. We accept orders for the production of wooden covers by phone or online.

How are wooden covers made?

Wooden smartphone cases are a new trend in the development of mobile accessories. The cases are made from unusual types of wood, which allows each product to be unique. Currently, there are many different models of wooden covers. Uniqueness in this case is achieved in various ways - applying various patterns, unusual combinations of different types of wood, using a variety of ornaments.

Production of covers using only valuable wood species. The base of the case is soft touch plastic, covered with a layer of wood. Before varnishing the covers, we carefully sand the covers with a sanding machine and also with very fine sandpaper. This is a long and very important process, which accounts for most of the master’s time. After sanding the covers, we varnish the covers with a hard glossy varnish. Thanks to the varnish, the texture of the wood appears more clearly, the case becomes more pleasant to the touch, and most importantly, its wear resistance from scratches and unfortunate falls increases. After all of the above, the image of your choice is engraved on the case.

Non-toxic wood species are used in the manufacture of these covers, and no chemicals are used in processing the material. This allows you to create a unique and practical item, the use of which will not cause any harm to the health of the person who purchased this case.

What kind of wood can the case be made from? The covers are made from three types of wood. - American walnut - Oak

All three types of wood are very durable and wear-resistant

American walnut has a characteristic gray-brown color and dark veining. Oak is perfect for white iPhones. Black Wenge wood with dark brown veins emphasizes the premium quality of your phone. A case made of Wenge wood is suitable for those who value minimalism.

Engraving on wenge is not very distinct, so we recommend this type of wood for those who want a case without engraving.

We present to your attention a selection of creative ideas with step-by-step master classes for making phone cases with your own hands.

Mobile phone case made of paper using origami technique (budget option)

You will need: a sheet of A4 paper of any color, PVA glue.

Master Class

Lay a sheet of paper horizontally.
Place your phone on top.
Wrap the phone to the end of the sheet.
Fold the bottom of the paper up to the phone several times.
Fold the triangles at the bottom of the sheet up.
Secure the folds with glue.

You will need: elastic bands of 3 colors in the amount of 500 pieces, a hook, a weaving machine (it should have 2 rows: the holes in the bottom row should point to the right, and the top ones to the left).

Master Class

Slide the elastic bands from the top row of the second pin, then cross them onto the third pin of the bottom row.
Place the elastic bands crosswise, from the second pin of the bottom row to the third pin of the top row.
Place the elastic bands in the same way from the third pin of the top row to the fourth pin of the top row. You should get three crosses.
Pass two pins through the center and weave four more crosses in the same way. You should get four crosses and there should be two free pins left at the edges of the machine.
Place rubber bands on the top and bottom pins of the next row, facing oppositely. In the same way, put rubber bands on all the pins of the previous row.
Turn the machine vertically towards you so that the top pins are facing you with their heads.
Place the first elastic band on one bottom and one top without crossing.
Attach without crossing the remaining elastic bands along the top row - one after the other, without missing the two middle pins.
Make the bottom row in the same way, connecting with an elastic band on the other side.
Using a crochet hook, remove two rubber bands from the bottom row of each pin.
Skip the middle pins, there should be two rubber bands left on each pin.
Take elastic bands of a different color and make the next row in the same way as the third.
Remove the two bottom loops in a circle and again put on elastic bands of a different color in a circle, then remove the bottom loops.
Make two rows in the same way, alternating colors. (For one row, put the loops on once, then remove).
Make a hole for the screen in this way: turn the machine vertically, the bayonets of the left row should be facing you. Remove the bottom elastic from the third pin of the left row and place it on the fourth. The last loop should cross over to the seventh pin.
Remove the remaining loop from the middle five pins. There should be three pins left with rubber bands on each side.
Knit the next row in this way: start from the third working pin to weave elastic band by elastic band clockwise. Leave five pins on one side.
Remove the bottom elastic bands, there should be two loops on the pins.
Knit another eleven rows, alternating colors in the same way.
Knit a row clockwise, filling all the pins.
Remove the bottom elastic bands from the pins, but do not remove the five ones that were not used before.
Skip the two working pins in the row where the unknitted pins are, slip the lowest stitch off the third pin and place it on the next pin. Do this until the last two pins are empty. Knit one row.
Take the machine vertically, remove the bottom loop from the right row of the second working pin and put it on the next bayonet. The last loop should be placed over the fourth working pin.
Remove the bottom hinges from the third and second pins.
Place the loops in a circle, leaving the two pins empty, then remove the bottom loops.
Slide the elastics onto the next row using all the pins. Remove the loops and do not touch the pins, which have two elastic bands.
Swap the top and bottom loop on the first pin, transfer the top loop to the next pin. Connect the structure.
Remove one bottom loop from the next two pins and transfer them to the next pin.
Knit a row in the usual way.
Close the cover this way: make a row of crosses as in the beginning, using all the pins. Make the next row between the opposite pins in crosses.
Remove the bottom loops and leave the elastic bands used to make the figure eights. There should be three loops left on the bottom pin.
Place the bottom loop of each pin onto the next pin. Make the next row in the same way.
Make a knot with an extra elastic on the right side, then remove the cover from the machine. Hide the knot and straighten the protruding loops, and then put the case on the phone.

Hot glue mobile phone bumper case

You will need: glue gun, nail polish, tape, parchment paper.

Master Class

Take parchment paper and cover the phone so that the back panel and side panels are seamless.
Secure the joints with tape in the screen area.
Mark the places where the camera, sockets and buttons are located.
Apply hot glue to the sides of the phone, then outline the designated areas.
Make a pattern on the back of the phone so that the pattern connects to the side of the phone.
Wait until completely dry.
Apply your favorite color of nail polish and color in the pattern.
Wait until completely dry.
Put a case on your phone.

Balloon mobile phone case (budget option)

You will need: balloon of your favorite color.

Master Class

Take a balloon, inflate it and do not tie it.
Place the phone screen side up on top of the ball.
Press the phone into the ball, gradually deflating it.
Release the ball when there is little air left and continue pressing the phone into the ball.
Wait until the ball covers the phone, this is a sign that the case is ready.

You will need: a notepad with an elastic band to the size of your phone, a stationery knife, a ruler, glue, felt, a pencil, cardboard, a narrow rubber band.

Master Class

Cut out the sheets and sides of the notebook using a utility knife.
Divide one side of the notebook in half, marking with a pencil.
Cut along the line to the outer grain of the notebook cover using a stationery knife, then cut a strip half a centimeter wide in this place for the future fold.
Glue the inside of the notebook cover.
Trace the notebook cover onto the felt and cut it out.
Place the felt on the inside of the notebook cover, then cut the felt along the side fold.
Glue a felt blank to the notebook cover.
Outline the phone on a piece of cardboard, then cut out the blank.
Glue the cardboard to the felt and cut it to the desired shape, leaving a centimeter from the cardboard.
Cut two corners of the felt on each side, then glue the corners.
Glue two elastic bands across this blank.
Glue the blank onto the folded outer half.
Put a case on your phone.

You will need: a sheet of cardboard of any color, scissors, glue, marker, eraser.

Master Class

Draw the phone twice on cardboard at a distance of half a centimeter and cut it out.
Make two folds along the lines in the center of the workpiece.
Glue one side of the case to the back cover of the phone.
Attach a thin elastic band to the case so that the case can be closed.

You will need: felt of any colors, needle, thread, glue gun, scissors, ruler, simple pencil.

Master Class

Fabric mobile phone case

You will need: thick fabric, thread with a needle, acrylic paints, colored paper, scissors, glue, stencil, ruler.

Master Class

Measure the dimensions of the phone, use a stencil to cut out two identical blanks with wavy edges.
Draw SpongeBob's face on one blank.
Make a sponge outfit out of colored paper and glue it on.
Sew the pieces together from the wrong side.

Leather mobile phone case

You will need: leather of any color, scissors, clips, thick thread, cardboard template, pliers for installing eyelets, two gypsy needles for decoration (two aiglets, decorative thread), pen, ruler.

Master Class

Measure the dimensions of the phone, add a centimeter to the length, and two to the width, remember the parameters.
Make two identical leather blanks with the required parameters.
Round the corners of the workpieces.
Make round small holes on the cardboard template with a spacing of 5mm.
Fold the leather blanks with the insides facing each other and attach the template.
Use tongs to make holes along the bottom and sides. Secure the template with clamps.
Place two needles on the thread on both sides.
Sew from the side in this way: go through the first hole with one needle, straighten the thread, then sew in turn with two needles, pulling them into one hole, but in different directions.
Sew the entire cover, then fasten the thread several times.
Make two through holes with a distance of a centimeter on the top of the cover.
Place eglets on the ends of the decorative thread.
Thread decorative thread through the holes and tie a bow.

You will need: yarn, scissors, glue gun, tape, parchment paper, ruler, baking paper.

Master Class

Wrap the phone in parchment paper.
Secure the folds and seams with tape on the screen side.
Make a base on the back of the phone using a hot glue gun, covering the entire back and side with hot glue except for the camera and microphone openings.
Wait until it dries completely and remove the base from the phone.
Wind the thread parallel to the ruler, taking into account the width of the phone.
Apply glue to one edge of the ruler and glue it to the base.
Wait for it to dry completely and cut the thread along the opposite edge of the ruler, then cut the thread from the skein.
Fill the entire cover with fibers of yarn, leaving 5 mm between rows.

You will need: beads of any colors of the same size, glue gun, toothpick, cardboard.

Master Class

Place some beads on the table.
Apply a bead of hot glue to the cardboard.
Dip the tip of a toothpick into a drop of hot glue.
Touch the toothpick to the bead.
Dip the bead into a drop of hot glue.
Glue the bead to the phone.
Glue the rest of the beads on the back and side covers of the phone in the same way. Please note that the work is painstaking and will take a certain amount of time, but you need to work at a pace, since hot glue hardens quickly.

You will need: rivets (to cover the entire phone you will need 80 rivets, partly as in the picture - 31), glue gun, cardboard, tongs or tweezers.

Master Class

Prepare the rivets by placing them with the sharp part facing up.
Take the rivet with tweezers.
Apply a small bead of hot glue to the rivet.
Glue the rivet to the phone.
Glue all the rivets in this way.

You will need: cosmetic glitter, brush, hairspray, clear nail polish.

Master Class

Spray hairspray on part of the back cover of the phone.
Apply glitter to the tire using a brush.
Apply glitter quickly as the polish dries and the glitter may not stick.
Seal with a good coat of clear varnish.
Let it dry.

You will need: beads, glue gun, tongs or tweezers.

Master Class

You will need: cotton or wool thread for knitting (white, black), needle, hook (clover 1.8 mm), black marker, cotton wool.

Nowadays, a lot of accessories have been invented for various gadgets. There are special keychains and pendants, cases and laces, not to mention stickers and decals. However, if we talk about cases, what are we used to? Moreover, they are made of leather, plastic or wool. However, as it turns out, you can use other materials too!

Of course, you can guess this yourself - after all, technology is moving forward, which means that not only leather cases can be seen here and there. But the designers propose something completely strange - making a case out of wood. Could any of us have come up with this idea? Probably, but not so many people even think about the fact that the case does not have to be made of soft materials. Be that as it may, here we see exactly the wooden cases invented for the now fashionable iPhone gadgets - they are made of hardwood and bamboo, and there are a variety of colors - from dark wood to very light. It is also worth saying that mobile cases are designed for several brands of phones - they will fit the iPhone Touch, iPhone Nano, and iPod Classic.

The cases look solid, beautiful and new, each has a personalized number, but another question arises - is it convenient to wear such a gadget? In theory, the case was invented so that the phone does not get scratched, if it falls, it does not break, and it is protected from dirt and dust. All these points apply to this project, but is it even convenient to keep the phone in such a case? As they say, you won't know until you try. Therefore, let us inform you that the price of the cover is $40.

My father recently purchased an iPhone 5s (now an outdated model), and I know for sure that he will never buy a case for it. Therefore, I figured out how to make a phone case with my own hands as a gift, so that his conscience would not allow him to refuse it.

Although I am making a wooden case for a 5s model phone, you can make a case for any iPhone by downloading the case parameters on the Internet (available with the parameters of the iPhone model range for those who develop applications and accessories for them). I didn't even have to pick up the phone itself to take measurements, so my gift was a real surprise. I only needed to adjust a few things myself when I first put the case on my smartphone, so I won't give any measurements - you can find them on the Internet.

Step 1: Tools and Materials

Tools:

3D printer and laser cutter
measuring metal ruler
jigsaw
belt sander (optional, you can sand by hand)
drilling machine (if you can drill with pinpoint precision by hand, you can use a regular drill)
engraver with a set of attachments (diamond head, disk cutter, emery attachment, etc.)
various screwdrivers, hammers, sheets of sandpaper (from 120 to 400 grit)
sharp knife for removing excess glue

Materials

sheet of hard wood, the sheet area should be approximately 2-3 times larger than the surface area of the phone. I used a 3mm thick walnut sheet, but I think 2mm would work (but then you'd have to be very precise), as would 4mm (which would make the case bulky)
scraps of wood of greater thickness for the sides of the case, approximately equal to the thickness of the phone plus 1-2 mm
miniature screws and nuts, appearance to suit your taste
superglue, wood glue

Step 2: Making wood blanks

First, I made a cardboard phone template using the dimensions I found on the Internet. If you can make a template from a piece of wood a little thinner than the phone, that would be great. Observe the dimensions and check the angles so that you don’t have to redo everything later. Of course, if you're confident in your abilities, you can glue the parts right around the phone, but I wouldn't take that risk.

From a sheet of wood, cut two boards that are 1 cm larger than the dimensions of the phone. For now, you don’t have to adjust them to size. Mark the board you like best as the bottom cover of the case.
Then cut the sides (0.75cm wide) from thicker wood, making sure they are thicker (taller) than your phone. The difference should be small so that after further grinding there will be a gap of approximately 1 mm. Carefully glue them on the inside of the lid around the perimeter.

Before gluing the sides, make sure that the phone fits in the case, especially in height. To do this, place the phone inside the workpiece and cover it with a second plank on top; it should lie flat on the sides.

Step 3: Tighten the nuts

Attach the front panel (the board that is not the “lid”) to the workpiece with tape. Using a pencil, draw a rectangle on the board and carefully cut it out. Be careful not to cut off too much - there should be room for four screws in the corners of the case. For the sides, leave a gap of 4-6 mm, for the top and bottom parts - a little less, since we will screw in the screws on the sides.

Without removing the tape, drill four holes in the top cover and sides, with a diameter slightly smaller than the threads of the screws. Don't drill through! It is best to do this on a drilling machine with an indication of drilling depth. When drilling holes, always drill shallow first, then test the screw, and then drill deeper if necessary.

Countersink the holes so that the screw heads are flush with the surface of the lid. Be careful not to accidentally drill through the hole!

Step 4: Form the border of the front panel and cut a hole for the camera

Based on the parameters found on the Internet, I drew on the top cover the boundaries of the hole that is needed for the microphone, the return button, the screen, and the front camera.

Drill a hole inside the hole outline. Remove the jigsaw blade from the mount, thread it through the drilled hole, place the blade back into the mount and be sure to tighten it. Cut a hole along the marked outline. In the same way, make a hole for the flash and camera on the back cover of the case. While cutting the hole in the back cover, I cut through the top of the case, then just glued it back (pictured). It is not necessary to glue this piece back, since there is a power button underneath it, and the hole makes it easier to access. I decided to put the piece of wood back in place and make another button.

Sand the edges of the cut holes; using different engraver attachments you can make the cut angle completely square or, conversely, round it.

In the last photo you can see that I rounded the corners of the case (with a belt sander). This should only be done when the top cover is screwed into place, only then will the rounding contours of the covers match. It is not necessary to round the corners, but this shape follows the shape of the phone inside and visually makes the case much less bulky.

Sand the entire surface of the case first with 200 grit sandpaper, then 400 grit until it is completely smooth. I didn't use any finishing compound because I didn't have one. Perhaps I would use oil or some non-toxic composition, since the case will be in constant contact with my hands and face.

Step 5: Making holes in the side walls and buttons

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You can make buttons out of whatever you want.
Using dimensional data from the Internet, I drilled holes in the bottom, top and side walls of the case - for the speaker, volume buttons, power button and silent mode button, for the microphone, for USB connectors and headphones.

Before you start drilling, be sure to insert a piece of wood into the body (in the first photo) to prevent the wood from splitting.

Once you've drilled the holes, you can get creative for the buttons.
Three buttons are quite simple - I ground off the height from the head of the bolt so that there was practically no hole left for a screwdriver, then I cut the threaded part to a suitable height with a disk cutter (you can also use a hacksaw for metal). Glue a small nut onto the cap with superglue. I didn’t glue a nut onto the volume up button because I wanted it to be different from the other two. Before you start gluing, try the case on the phone to make sure the holes line up with the buttons. The edges of the holes may need to be adjusted a bit to ensure they don't overlap the surface of the buttons and cause constant pressure on them.

The silent mode button was a little trickier to make - I needed to make a lever, so I made one from a piece of wood about the size of a match (pictured) with a small notch to grip the switch. I made another deeper notch and hole, and sanded the lever a little to adjust the size of the notch.

The lever needs support. For this I used a bent nail. It should go halfway through the thickness of the side wall. You need to somehow get smart and be able to drill holes, put a nail through them and put a lever on it along the way.

If this seems too tricky to you, you can simply cut a hole in the case so that you can easily press the button with your finger.

Step 6: Shutdown

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Place the phone in the homemade case and tighten the screws.
If the phone dangles a little inside the case, place a folded piece of paper under the phone.