Make your own wireless phone charger from a piece of wood
How long does your phone charger last before it becomes a mess of melted plastic and frayed wire? Before you add another factory-made charger to your cart, consider making your own. With a little ingenuity and a block of wood, you can DIY your own wireless phone charger.
According to Noah Feehan for Make Magazine: "I made these little Qi chargers in a few hours using basic tools and a mini CNC mill. This project is an ideal place to hone your skills if you’re just starting out with your CNC mill, or if you’re looking to try your first electronics-and-wood milling job.
This project gets even easier the second and third times you try it, and these chargers make great gifts for the people in your life who have Qi-compatible phones — they’re beautiful, unusual, and useful. Once you’ve modeled the Qi charging board in your CAM of choice, it’s easy to riff on the other factors: have fun experimenting with different woods, different shapes, making the charging LEDs visible, and so on."
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Alexis Gajewski is a manufacturing writer and editor with nearly 20 years of experience covering the people, practices, and technologies that keep industrial facilities running. For more than a decade, she served as Senior Content Strategist for Plant Services, creating content for plant managers, engineers, and maintenance professionals on a variety of industrial topics.
During her tenure, Alexis worked to develop the brand’s digital strategy and helped launch and produce Great Question: A Manufacturing Podcast. She also created The Lighter Side of Manufacturing, a weekly blog that explored the inventive and sometimes humorous side of the industry.
Alexis co-founded Influential Women in Manufacturing, a recognition program that honored 49 women in its first two years, earned an industry award for Best Product Launch, and received a proclamation from Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and a commendation from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth.
She also led newsroom operations and development at a large media company where she set editorial standards, developed training curriculum, and helped support AI adoption for more than 150 editors across 80+ brands spanning manufacturing, industrial processing, automation, and more.
Additionally, Alexis works as a freelance writer and editor, and her areas of interest include continuous improvement, the skilled workforce, and the role of emerging technology on the plant floor.
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