This is a fast phone docker / charger / tripod. Quickly plug/unplug your phone with a simple one-handed gesture. This can be used to connect your phone to your car, computer, or to a charging outlet. It also doubles as a tripod for filming
While this comes with a desktop-stand, it can easily be attached to other mounts – This was designed such that inserting/removing the phone from the grip does not exert force on the mounting mechanism, allowing it to be attached to anything without worry of damage.
This model is a large upgrade from my previous design. This model looks better, is more fault tolerant, is adjustable post print, and requires no external hardware (outside of a USB cable of course – unfortunately I wasn’t able to model one of those...).
Things to Know before Printing
Download and run OpenSCAD locally. This is much faster/easier than trying to use an online version.
In the customizer, select Preview/DoPreview to preview the before printing. Once you have everything to your liking, turn off preview, and select the parts you want to print under Main/Parts
Different filaments have different slide tolerances, even on the same printer. Print a slide tolerance tester before printing this.
Print the Tester Part before printing the main body. This will show any errors you might have made in measuring.
Take the usual care when printing – do not remove larger parts from the print bed until fully cooled to avoid warping. Use Lily-pads or skirts if printing larger parts with ABS/ASA. Clean the bed before printing – especially if doing any of the decals
If you do want to print for use inside of a car, use ABS or ASA – the internal temperature of a car on a hot summer day will cause PLA to warp
Practically all plastics shrink about 2% within several months of being printed. The design takes this into account, but you will need to loosen the nuts, and fine tune this after this shrinkage occurs. Once the plastic has shrunk it will become stable, and will not shrink any further. (You can anneal the plastic to get to this state right away).
If you do want to do decals, try printing some inlay tests before printing the main plate to make sure everything is set up properly.
Make sure all pieces slide easily before final assembly
If, post-assembly, you find that tightening the mounting screws causes the mechanism to bind, print some ZSpacers, and insert them on each mounting screw, just above the bottom plate.
Quick Nine Second Video
Customizing
There are a lot of options in the customizer, but if you're a hacker, feel free to play with the code. Specifically, if you want to do a custom decal, you can modify the CustomDecal() function.
If you do change something that you think might be useful to others, please send me the updated code, and I'll look into merging it into the main design so everyone can use it.
Videos
Using OpenSCAD for Fast Phone Docker:
Versions
5.2.0: Dec 4, 2024:
Original uploaded version
5.2.1: Dec 6,2024:
Fixed rendering of Pacman Decal
Added Guitar Decal
Added DecalThickness Option
Updated Screw Decal for Pacman
5.2.2: Dec 7, 2024:
Add support for multicolored decals
Added Ski Decals
Rearranged Customizer options
Added flare to ends of main and open-button sliders to reduce issues with first layer overprint
5.2.3: Dec 10,2024:
Added new mount base
Made Plug braces a fixed size, allowing users to reprint just the plug braces if they change power supply. (Does not apply if specified plug size > 15mm wide, or 8mm tall…)
Rounded a few edges to make them look nicer
5.2.3.1: Dec 12,2024:
Fixed bug in 5.2.3, where top plate/bottom plate were one layer to thin (made decals not work…)
5.2.4: Dec 17, 2024
Added extra clearance for pac-man tool -- added chamfer to screw-head hole
Made ZClearance customizable
Added ZSpacers to accommodate post-print in case ZClearance was set to low
5.2.4.1: Jan 4, 2025:
Added extra clearance for front mount pins, and gear shaft
