[See my reply below for a link to the 3mf and pdf files]
Got frustrated not having a place to put my controller when it wasn’t in my hand and made this to connect to the bottom of my HMI. A 3D printed cradle attached to a Onefinity cut acrylic bridge. The little pins at the top fit into the controller’s screw holes and keep it secure.
so tell us when will you make these available to the rest of us?
That’s a wonderful bit of kit.
It looks like you heat formed the acrylic then inserted it into the 3D print with a pause during the process? When I first looked at it I thought it was an aluminum bracket that was inserted into a 3D print which would have been metal as h.e.double.toothpick as well.
Great idea. I’m curious why you didn’t 3D print the whole thing? The workflow behind the finished process would be fantastic to have some deeper understanding of.
It’s two separate pieces - the bridge has a slot and the cradle has a tab that just slides into it.
I didn’t 3d print the whole thing because 1. I thought there would be so much support to trim away, and B. I was worried about the strength considering how the layers would orient on the angled part.
I did have the whole thing modeled out but I scaled it back to these two parts.
I can share the files with you. I’ll post them up somewhere tomorrow and share a link.
Here’s a 3mf for 3D printing the cradle and a PDF for the bridge piece. I cut the bridge from 1/8” acrylic using a 1/16” o-flute end mill. The acrylic is easy to bend with a short blast from your heat gun.
If you can’t 3D print or don’t have the acrylic, let me know. I can print/cut for you.
