Modular Phone Holder

Welcome to my tutorial on assembling the phone holder.

I found a lot of designs for this style of phone holder relied on gravity alone to grip the phone. Although simple and affective for printing and assemble as a working phone holder, I found unless its on a desk or somewhere solid and stationary, there’s the risk the phone could bounce out.

I have designed this phone holder so not only is gravity helping but it is also sprung loaded with TPU grips to hold the phone and stop it bouncing out.

To load and unload the phone just simply push the bottom grip up and side grips will open out.

The stand is currently set up to take phones that are 71mm to 94mm wide but can easily be modified to take larger or smaller phones by changing the grips (grip options coming soon!).

There are currently 2 mounting options with more in the pipeline! If you have any suggestions for mounting options, please feel free to comment or PM me!

If you have a BAMBU LAB printer, you can print stright off the Makerworld app: CLICK HERE

Here are all the parts that need to be printed:

Printed parts List:

1 x FBPH001 – Body - PLA

1 x FBPH002 – Top Plate - PLA

1 x FBPH003 – Mech Slider - PLA

4 x FBPH004 – Mech Arms - PLA

1 x FBPH005L – Lower Side Grip Body (Left) - PLA

1 x FBPH005R – Lower Side Grip Body (Right) - PLA

1 x FBPH006L – Upper Side Grip Body (Left) - PLA

1 x FBPH006R – Upper Side Grip Body (Right) - PLA

1 x FBPH007L – Side Grip Pad (Left) - TPU

1 x FBPH007R – Side Grip Pad (Right) - TPU

2 x FBPH008 – Mech Slider Pad - TPU

1 x FBPH010 – Bar Mount - PLA

1 x FBPH011 – Bar Mount Strap - TPU

1 x FBPH012 – Stand – PLA

You can download the parts for free from my Makerworld page. If you have a Bambu Lab printer you can print them straight off the app too.

Makerworld: CLICK HERE

Components:

2 x 5x30mm Spring

2 x M4x20mm Bolt

2 x M4 Washer

4 x M2x20mm Bolt

9 x M1.7x6mm Screw

Parts needed:

2 x 5x30mm Spring

1 x FBPH001 – Body

1 x FBPH003 – Mech Slider

Insert the mech slider into the body and fit the 2 5x30mm springs

Parts Needed:

4 x FBPH004 – Mech Arms

Fit the 4 x mech arms onto the body and mech slider pins and ensure the arms rotate smoothly when the mech slider is pushed in and out of the body.

Parts Needed:

1 x FBPH005L – Lower Side Grip Body (Left)

1 x FBPH005R – Lower Side Grip Body (Right)

Insert the left and right lower grip bodies on to the mech arms and check all the moving parts move smoothly without snagging.

Parts needed:

4 x M2x20mm Bolt

1 x FBPH006L – Upper Side Grip Body (Left)

1 x FBPH006R – Upper Side Grip Body (Right)

Place the upper grip bodies onto the lower grip bodies and from the underside insert 4 x M2x20mm bolts (2 for each side) through the lower grip body and into the upper grip body. Firmly tighten the bolts ensuring the mech arms move freely without snagging.

Parts needed:

2 x M4x20mm Bolt

2 x M4 Washer

1 x FBPH010 – Bar Mount

1 x FBPH011 – Bar Mount Strap

Or

1 x FBPH012 – Stand – PLA

Insert 2 x M4x20mm bolts with washers through the body from the top and line them up with the holes on the accessory. Firmly tighten the screws until the accessory is flush with the back of the phone holder.

If using the bar mount, before attaching to the phone holder, slide the strap (with the long side face to opposite side to the hook) over the mounting post of the bar mount.

Parts needed:

9 x M1.7x6mm Screw

1 x FBPH002 – Top Plate

Line the top plate up with the body and insert 9 x M1.7x6mm screws though the top plate into the body. Ensure the moving parts all move smoothly without snagging.

Parts needed:

1 x FBPH007L – Side Grip Pad (Left)

1 x FBPH007R – Side Grip Pad (Right)

2 x FBPH008 – Mech Slider Pad

All the pads are push fit. Push each pad onto the onto the pad mounts until they sit flush.

Assembly complete and ready to use! enjoy your new phone mount!

I am a hobbyist designer and creator and love to know how I can improve my designs so any comments or advice on how my design or guide could be improved are always welcome! Thank you for reading my tutorial and have fun making!