For the one with the cell pocket, how tall of a drink can go in the cup holder before it hits the dash? Or is it far enough out to not interfere, hard to tell.
New 80 series Cup holder design:
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Dirty Koala
SILVER Star
From the pics you can't even tell they are rough. Brad you are designing some cool cruiser parts!
93jspec
Cruising Central Texas
Phenomenal work. I am looking forward to the date when they become available, keep cracking at it until you feel you have met your standard of quality! 
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It clearances a 32ouces cup from Carl's Jr. with no issue. I "tested" the design today. My wallet fits great. My phone is a REALLY old flip phone so I didn't use that as a visual reference. I need to borrow an Iphone so people can see they fit fine. I got the dimensions from a students phone so I know the newest version of the iphone fits with plenty of room to spare.
Looking great, can't wait for it.
Cool!
Looking awesome, better than I thought it would. Couple thoughts/options:
Have you thought about having them manufactured to spec rather than printing them yourself?
Have you considered selling the plans/design file and allowing people to print them at home. I don't have a 3d printer but a couple friends do and would gladly pay for the "printing file" (or whatever its called) so that I could make a couple tweaks and pick my own color.
Have you thought about having them manufactured to spec rather than printing them yourself?
Have you considered selling the plans/design file and allowing people to print them at home. I don't have a 3d printer but a couple friends do and would gladly pay for the "printing file" (or whatever its called) so that I could make a couple tweaks and pick my own color.
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I have spent quite a bit of time looking into injection molding. I ran into two major issues. One is that the machining cost for each mold is between 10-25k. I would need to sell like 3,000 of these (which is my 2nd issue) to make a profit. That just isn't going to happen. I spent quite a bit of time trying to see if it would work with the TEQ badges as well. I just have to get WAY too many orders to make it work and I would be taking a HUGE risk on my financail situation for a rather low demand product. My other concern with giving out the file is that people will run into a pile of printing issues trying to get it to print right and then think it's the file that is the problem. (That's coming from personal experience from using borrowed STL files) I usually go through 5-10 bad prints before I get a clean perfect print. That equates to 3-4 spools of filament when doing such large prints. At $40-50 a spool for the PRO ABS your looking at close to $200 out of pocket before you have what you want. If your friends have the exact same printer, then I could send them the print file with all the perfected settings which would pretty much gaurantee a good print on your first try. If they have a similar type reprap then I could at least get them some basic perameters to print in as a good starting point. All of that, is something I will look into down the road. Right now I just want to focus on perfecting these prints and have something I am proud of. Fingers crossed; I will have perfected print files in the next week or two.
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Ok, so I took the cupholder/phone prototype into work today and polled my students to see who had the biggest (widest) phone. The winner was the Samsung Galaxy HTC1 Max. It's almost 3.5" wide. It fits! They also told me that Sony makes the Xperia ZUltra? which is over 3.5". Since the Galaxy is a snug fit; I don't think the Z-Ultra by Sony is going to fit, but I don't think too many of you have a phone that big. I could go wider on my design, but I'm pushing the limits already on the useuable space I have to work with. I also snapped a pic with a regular I-phone so you can see how it fits. Here ya go.
Good stuff here. I also didn't realize that the console was different in the later years. Looks like the buttons on lower right of the x-fer shifter is the only difference. I also know that some have the faux wood which would cause a depth difference after the side bump to the console surface.
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I didn't think about the depth difference between the faux wood insert and the console without one. In that situation, the center console without the faux wood would have a very small gap underneath. Nowhere close to the gap on the disco cup holder. The 3M automotive adhesive wouldn't match up, but the side adhesive still would and the mounting holes with hardware would still all work without issue. You would just loose the luxury of the adhesive underneath. I guess you could just stack the adhesive a couple layers thick to fill in the gap and still allow you to "glue" it down. I will have to look into that and how the aesthetics are affected.
I have the Sony Xperia Z Ultra it is actually on the ridiculous side. lol.
3D printing is totally changing the future, it is so cool. Great looking idea and awesome to see you be able to think it up and actually make it a reality.
3D printing is totally changing the future, it is so cool. Great looking idea and awesome to see you be able to think it up and actually make it a reality.
Great design! Looking forward to trying it.
My current solution is shown. It's a cheapo plastic holder that is literally bolted onto the well glued plastic. Disadvantages are that it is difficult to reach the mirror adjustment and dash dimmer. On the positive side I like this because I can keep my eye on the road while grabbing a sip.
My current solution is shown. It's a cheapo plastic holder that is literally bolted onto the well glued plastic. Disadvantages are that it is difficult to reach the mirror adjustment and dash dimmer. On the positive side I like this because I can keep my eye on the road while grabbing a sip.
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I will be using the PRO grade ABS from matterhackers. It's the best filament I have come across for extended 12 hour plus prints. I get little warping, delamination, and cracking. Most of the ebay $25-35 (made in China) stuff gives me a TON of printing issues. The makerbot premium stuff prints well to, but is too expensive. I will be looking into selling the STL files down the road, but right now I have to perfect the prints and get a few batches out to mud members.
LOL I love it - you just listed off like 4 different phones ha! The white phone in your picture is the HTC One, same phone I have. But it's not 3.5" wide. My HTC One is 2 13/16" wide with a case.
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Wow! That is a little sketchy. You are cantileavering a LOT of load on the plastic insert. You stick a heavy 32ounce drink filled to the top in there and head down a bumpy unmaintained forest road and you are going to have some wet pants.
I would suggest using taulman3d "bridge". Its a nylon but it is fantastic in every way. We use it for our velocity stacks. Super strong yet really easy to work with. Not as brittle as ABS.
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I had no idea what I wrote. I just wrote what the kid told me. My dial calipers don't lie. The phone was 3.34" wide. The Sony one I mentioned says on google that it's 3.51" wide, which tells me it probably wont fit. That was the largest (non tablet) phone I could find anywhere. You can see by the pic how large the thing is compared to the I-phone which fits with plenty of room to spare even with a fat rubber case.
Edit: I just looked at the HTC one online and it does say it's 2.8" wide. I must have measured on older version. I'm trying to figure out what the heck I measured.
New Edit: I just talked with the student and the one I showed is not the largest phone I measured in the room. I thought she told me her's was the 3" plus phone Aparently that was the Samsung Note 3 from another student? They were the same color and I didn't even notice they were different phones. I now need to track down the large phone and see if it will fit. If not, I will try my best to stretch the design a tad more and allow that HUGE phone to fit as well.
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