Sharing what I made - Free STL for 3D Printed Cup Holder Phone Insert 2010-2011 - Page 2

Apr 10, 2022 | 02:43 AM

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Hey, I like KEY's Mercedes-Benz logo on the knob as well very classy

Apr 10, 2022 | 05:12 PM

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Hey, I like KEY's Mercedes-Benz logo on the knob as well very classy

I don't want to hijack this thread, so I will address it in a separate one.

Apr 10, 2022 | 08:08 PM

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Very cool! I would print everything I can see if I only knew how to draw! I don't even know where to start with CAD. I didn't have much luck with FreeCad or OpenScad. I'm just not a self-starter in this arena I guess. Shame, because I love designing stuff and have had several things drawn up by other people for projects I've had in the past.

I have used openscad only with others' creations where I can tweak the parameters to make what I want. That's a really powerful program for making parametric threaded objects.

Tinkercad is really easy to pick up. They have a tutorial. It is all I use for original designs. This design started as a cylinder where I started subtracting things with wedge/triangle shapes

This shows how I did it: (obviously very simplified)

Create a cylinder, add an oval cylinder "hole", then "group" them to make a hollowed out cylinder
Stack a bunch of "hole" objects to make the cutout for the cupholder "finger", place them and "group" them to make the cutouts in the sides of the cylinder
Add a wedge "hole" on top to make the sloped top surface that matches the edge of the cupholder, group it again
Finally add the cutout for the phone - a rectangular "hole" - this is where I adjusted the cutout to get the right angle in all three axes. This took the most time. I had to print it a few times to get it right. You can use a thick layer height and low infill (looks like ***) to prototype it quickly.

Apr 10, 2022 | 08:10 PM

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I don't want to hijack this thread, so I will address it in a separate one.

Please DM me about that cup holder hanging off the side!

Apr 10, 2022 | 08:45 PM

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Please DM me about that cup holder hanging off the side!

Read through this W213 thread for all the info.... https://mbworld.org/forums/e-class-w...upholders.html

Apr 12, 2022 | 08:43 AM

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@RWagz I got it yesterday!! I don't have two phones to take a pic of it(maybe I can...), but its perfect! Thank you so much!!

Chris

Apr 13, 2022 | 04:56 PM

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It's a very clever design! The only thing I would suggest is making the angled grooves 1/4 - 3/8" deeper to hold the iPhone vertically a bit more securely.

Apr 13, 2022 | 05:33 PM

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It's a very clever design! The only thing I would suggest is making the angled grooves 1/4 - 3/8" deeper to hold the iPhone vertically a bit more securely.

Having experimented with my holder, I am not convinced this is needed at all.

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Apr 13, 2022 | 06:17 PM

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It's a very clever design! The only thing I would suggest is making the angled grooves 1/4 - 3/8" deeper to hold the iPhone vertically a bit more securely.

This was the part that caused me to make the most test prints. That last cut for the phone itself was rotated slightly in all three dimensions to make it work better - which means that these adjustments could be optimized when accommodating different phones.
I shared the link to thingieverse earlier. One could pick up where I left off and adjust that last cut to make it work better for their phone.

Few people have 3d printers, but they can edit this model for free and get their local library to print it out.

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