so I had a simple magnetic carmount that had the "wrong" size and angles to stick to my dash well, so I re made the mount and ball portion of this. The Ball is 17mm diameter, and I am reusing the socket and magnetic part of the original stand:
The original stand was this from amazon
Note this goes between the air vents on my 07 ford freestyle.
Printer: FlashForge CreatorPro
Rafts: No
Supports: No
Resolution: 0.15mm
Infill: 50%
Notes:
PETG 235C Print Head, 80C Bed
Super Glue the two halves together, note that the ball and socket joint also helps hold the pieces together.
Designed in FreeCAD:
Built trapezoid sketch, padded it up Unioned and Cylynder
Unioned a sphere Padded a elipses to a seperate cube
Cut the the padded elipses from the base Added 8mm radial fillet to base of the cylynder
Created a big block positioned halfway through the stand duplicated the stand and block
Executed a cut operation with one set Executed a intersection with the other set
*Exported as Left and Right Side
The author marked this model as their own original creation. Imported from Thingiverse.