Solving problems with 3D printing: Upgrade your car!
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- čas přidán 27. 08. 2024
- Practical 3D printing! Follow the design process and all the decision that go into making a custom phone mount for my car.
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3d printing: measure twice, print 5 times. ;D
Classic, once i designed a conveyor and i need to print 5 pieces in total 68 times :D
My Dad as a CNC Machinist, with a boss that designs stuff. Measure once, my dad cuts 7 times.
@@komicalkramer6188 I'm a cnc machinist my boss come up with an idea, tells you very little info and says get on with it, "it's your baby" he says. Then proceeds to tell you he doesn't like that, that's not what he had in mind or he thought youd do it this way...
Unfortunately thats part of being employed, learning to say "why the f*** didnt you tell me that in the first place" politely..
Nah, I really prefer measuring 5 times and printing 1-2 times.
Less waste in time and material is always a good thing imo.
@@Der_Kleine_Mann I agree, but originally we were joking about how things often go wrong with 3D prints, either design or machine wise, meaning even if you're careful to measure twice, you still often end up doing multiple prints. And it's a play on the common saying, measure twice cut once if you didn't get it.
Only a 3D printing channel would think to blur their keys! :p
He must know a small bit about lock picking.
Never underestimate weaponized autism
You just visit the CCC lectures in Berlin once and you'll make damn sure to not post a picture of your keys anymore.
@@kataseiko We have the Black Hat conferences here
And not their license plate...
I got excited seeing the pixelated keys! I have explained to many people why you should blur your keys in photos. I have even showed a couple people how I can replicate their key. but thats mostly because in the US most houses use schlage or kwikset so getting pinning profiles is very simple. So glad to see someone already in the know!
Also again loving seeing the quality rapidly improving on the channel plus a big time sponsor!?
i figured thats why they were blurred but i had no idea that was a legit thing good to know
Also, 3D printed keys are untraceable.
Yes. Every time i see a video of someone showing the keys it makes me want to write a comment about it.
0:50 Censure the keys. Quite clever considering most of your viewers own a 3D printer :)
If you're a professional lockpicker It's far easier than that and the process doesn't require a printer!
Censoring it's just a good precaution when you're an influencer who has public domain infos about residence and stuff like that
Jokes on you. I keep useless keys on my ring.
@@zecuse i have so many keys on my keychain, even if i would post a Picture of them, it would be pretty hard to find out, which key goes to which lock
That car isn't worth stealing lol. Better to take the older Astra G, much nicer car.
Professional driver on closed course. Do not attempt.
wuste garnicht das du deutscher bist XDXDXD ach du scheisse! sag das doch vorher XDXD
Yeah and i'm a pink unicorn
Pro driver? I expect some nicely done J-turns the next time then :)
Redacted keys? lol.
Hahaha! They all say that! ;¬)
all i need is a car and a 3d printer
Or maybe you just need a bigger printer, so you can 3D print a car.
all you need is a 3d printer and an imagination
Siana Gearz I think printing is gonna be much more expensive than buying on e
got the 94 jeep just add 3D printer
@@TheBillionDollarSaaS buying on E is expensive as you have no impulse control
Hahahahahahahaha! When you said "ok google" my phone stopped the video and listened!
My Google Home in the kitchen (we're in Holland) started the Spotify music perfectly. It understand German I guess. ;)
@@drumcorpsinprogres I know my Google Home knows German. I'm in the U.S., so that's kind of surprising.
I was planning on doing this, but I just went with a windshield suction-cup mount that had an FM transmitter on it.
Yeah, my car is old enough to not have an AUX input, but too new to have a cassette player that could be adapted. Mounting it on the lower left (US) corner of the windshield seems the safest; it doesn't get in the way and it's really easy to glance at it.
The problem is one needs to remake this holder after every phone upgrade. Which is actually not a problem in case you are the very designer of the holder and still have original cad files to modify. That's a biggest plus of DIY methodology: if I make it myself, I can fix it!
I use a vernier calliper near daily and never knew about the 4th head-depth/square use. Thank you sir!
I don't use them that often, but I thought I knew it (them) all. TIL.
Same here :)
Not a frequent user but I didn't know either.
Yea me neither and Iv'e been using them for a longtime.
Count me as one that didn't know!!! Wow :) Way better than the depth measure :)
1. OnShape is absolutely beautiful and I am so happy it is a thing. Starting my internship this summer and having to use Solidworks will suck...
2. The video style rocks and is a breath of fresh air from other 3d printing videos out there!
3. I was completely unaware that you could do different settings for prints and print sequentially...and I was always mad cause you can with Cura. Life. Changing.
I do similar for my truck, but i put i IQ CHARGER on it, so now i just slide the phone in the support and it show me the route and charge in same time. With simple modification you can do same on yours and get the big advantage
I have a little trust issue with wireless chargers, in the sense that they are quite lossy and can get a bit warm - right against the phone's battery. I know this is not the most rational thing to be afraid of, and i assume those that just pop components willy nilly are just defective, but still. What i like though are those cheap magnetic cables, you can buy a dozen from China quite cheaply, leave the adapter end in the phone permanently and then just have a cord per location or use case.
Coveniece at cost of efficiency of charging
Exactly.
Bei weitem der beste Kanal für 3D Inhalt... Einfach nur vielen Dank.
Great practical prints! it's a lot more fun to see you guys print something useful rather than just display pieces! I feel like there's been a 'recent' shift in that direction on different channels
I always have to solve my *printer's* problems, instead of using it to solve others lol.
Wat voor printer heb je dan ??? Heb zelf een Ender 3 en dat ding doet het gewoon goed.
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I can't help being amazed that one can actually 3D model out of a web browser these days! Super cool! Great video there Tom! Thanks for sharing!
same car, same phone, works perfect thank you very much
did you yell SCORE ! when you found this?
Thank you for this great video. I've recently started designing my own parts and also love the fact that you can iterate so quickly by adjusting the parts and printing to test the fit. I really appreciate the walkthough of the design process and learned quite a bit. I need to experiment some more with tapping parts and joining using screws. Again, thanks for the great videos!
Ich liebe deine Videos!
Du bist der Grund, weshalb ich mir einen 3D Drucker geholt habe.
Mach weiter so, Kollege! :)
The metric system is so much better. You made all your measurements so fast.
Did you first learned to use metric? Since I did not, I find it harder. Just wanted to know if that would be a reason for preference.
Metric is a lot nicer for coversions, but people freak out about it too much. You can easily do the same thing you do in metric with imperial. It's whatever is easier for you for the specific thing you're doing.
I am American and thus use inches and yard and crap. Metric is so much easier. I use it at home and it's just much quicker and easier to add measurements and make adjustments for scale. Someday maybe America will catch up to the the rest of the world for measurement standards.
smart for blurring out your keys, ive dont some locksmithing in the past and have explained this to people how easy it can be to copy keys.
This is the project I have in mind for 5 years already. I didnt know about 3d printers 3 years ago.
Fantastic! Very useful video - I've been planning a phone mount for my car and your process has made the task significantly more practical for a beginner to 3D printing and Fusion360 👍😃
That turned out pretty great! Nice work!
You should 3D print a key cover for your car videos so you don't have to use editing time to blur them out!
I like seeing this, from problem to desin to printing and refining.
Hi Thomas! Thanks for the inspiration! I've designed and printed a push in slot for my phone which connects to my car play stereo based in your idea.
I like how you blurred your keys. Nice thinking.
Hi, actually I dont understand why should we do it? Security?
Yes. now a days its very easy to take a picture and recreate the key and 3D print it. Then maybe copy that to get a real key.
Even cutting it out of sheet metal or a food tin will do
yeah I would never have thought of security issues like this :D
only problem is the key is in the ignition and it requires a chip (maybe) so no chance of copying the key (or maybe print hehe)
You nailed it :) from my POV printing practical things is a way to go...I’m bored of YT channels where models and figurines are printed - pointless.
Congrats
Similar task brought me into 3d printing 6 years ago. I've designed a small adapter frame to put 7inch tablet in 2din opening and ordered a print. The result was so pretty 3d printing service had its photo on their frontpage for like 2 months.
I put my 3d printed phone mount in the DIN slot above the stereo (2 din car panel, 1 din stereo). If you chose your colors well and match the design of the interior it can look pretty stock.
Great video and glad you've shown the iterations - I had this in a project for a boost gauge where it took a few times to get it spot on. Just recently I've printed something Audi want £200+ for.
Really glad to see car stuff moving forward in the 3D printing world and where OEM bits or aftermarket solutions can cost a lot! I'm hoping to see some more car orientated 3D printing sites pop up but I'm also biased....
Awesome job Tom, you've inspired me to start learning Fusion 360. It really opens the door for so many more possibilities.
I’ve had that car. In Brazil it’s sold as Chevrolet Vectra. Loved the car ! Nice project sir
I really liked that kind of video ,which shows the whole process of a prototype from idea to creation. Would love to see more like this! Great job
I had a 2008 Opel GT, or rather the Pontiac Solstice as it was badged in the US. The gauges in my car looked a lot like yours. It was the year before they put Bluetooth on it. I really wanted the bluetooth, even though it was limited to only making and receiving calls and not capable of playing music from your phone. So I bought the 2009 steering wheel with BT controls and the BT brain box and decided I could live without the OnStar factory communications. Thanks to the OnStar, the car already had microphone and integration with the radio, I kept the original radio and it worked fine for BT, showing the phone number of whoever called me on the display! The BT box replaced the OnStar box perfectly, went right into the wiring harness behind the passenger seat, major teardown - that was fun. But worth it, it took me a couple of hours and about $250 but I could make and receive calls using the factory radio.
Nice one Tom! Coincidentally, as I know you're into your mountain biking, I designed a system to use the same GoPro quick release bracket for USB power packs, just inverted and the opposite side attached underneath the Garmin mount. It takes up very little room and increased the life of the Garmin GPS from 3 hours to 20. With two inputs it can also charge my phone in case I break my leg on a jump far from civilisation (again).
What _really_ makes this hack surprisingly good is that it's just so way way better than any car made today in 2022... car companies, you totally suck. Don't make big screens everywhere and take away tactile controls - this video really proves that our phones are far better at every car computer combined =)
My 2014 Chevy Sonic has like a tray on the dash where I put change, but the coins fall out every time I make a sudden stop or turn so I 3D scanned the tray and designed a new one with higher walls that curved in so no change falls out. I've been using it for a year now and it works great. I made a video on my build too.
Love to see more content like this. Perhaps some Fusion 360 content, too. But that doesn't matter to much, because processes are transferable.
Hate to state the obvious, but kudos for blurring your keys. Such a smart move.
Maybe I'm missing something, there is no reason to do this, it is just not possible to determine the exact bidding from a video without a closeup and strait edge for reference.
paranoia perhaps?
Actually its been known that some criminals are so good at replicating keys by just looking at them once, that even prison guards hide their keys. All you have to do is get close enough to the original and then you've got yourself a bump key.
Great video, Tom. I like the explanation and example of iterative design. I make a lot of handy little things like this with my printers, and getting people to start doing their own design work really shows the value of 3D printing. Thanks as always for your work.
Good call with the Tokyo Machine at the end. Good Video!
Nice touch with the pixelated keys!
Love that you share your actual design files so we can adapt them. cheers
Sweet, I own a 2007 Astra Twintop convertible which has a lay out a bit differently and I replaced the radio with a media system, I just use it with a fan mount, but this is a way better solution!
Recently I finished modifying my Ender3 to print TPU filament. One of the first things I made were some replacements for the rubber bumpers that keep the air filter in my wife's car from rattling. They had worn out, and now she has some shiny blue ones in there and the car is quiet again.
I myself drive a very common vehicle in the US, and it's handy because there's all sorts of STL's out there for it.
This vid was _fantastic!_ Def one of my fav project videos so far because you should the whole process. I would love to see more practical problem solving videos like this :):)
I love how he blurred his keys so no one will try to replicate them with their 3D printers and break into his house.
yes!! onshape is best online cad software. everyone should using
Love to see more "everyday hack" videos like this.
I loved that you blurred out your keys, I never thought about how someone could grab images and duplicate keys till I noticed it in your video.
Your idea is almost similar to mine same setup but I used magnet to hold it with wireless not magnetic wireless phone holder
dude bigups for censoring your keys! So many people dont realise you can pretty accurately copy keys from (enough) photo/videographic material
recently, i made a two piece belt tensioner for a CNC router i'm building. I designed a sliver of the two pieces, printed them in about 10 minutes each, and then verified they would slide nicely without binding. once i had them working nicely, i then extended the length to print the final copy. doing this way saved time and filament. In your design, I would have went about half the size until you had it sliding easily together. just my two sense as a beginner in 3d printing and being cheap. Otherwise, nice job!
You could have used the accelerometer on the phone to get the angle. The program "bubble" works great for that.
Thanks just got it
Ts 3dPrints I don't think the surface where the GoPro mount is is horizontal
It is horizontal.
Kil Arn Don't forget you can put the phone there, then reset it (tell the app this is your zero level) and then move it and it will tell you the degrees from where you told it to be zero :)
I'm liking just because of the render time of this video
Loving the new video formats! Mixing it up is nice, all while still keeping the learning quality!
I just started 3d printing so I have been watching your older videos. You have been pumping iron between those videos and this one! All are great videos!!
Sus
I am pretty sure you can take out the tiny clock and the two plastic pieces to the left and right and use the complete space
I always struggle with printing things to measure. I often get outer dimensions right but rarely the inner ones. Depends heavily on slicer settings. Haven't figured it out completely yet. But good advice to print test pieces of certain parts or functions of the creation as distinct objects. Thanks for that.
The fact that you are conscientious enough that you blurred out your keys... Bonus points! Keys can be made from pictures, therefore pictures of keys are a security risk.
Lol, didn't realize you're from Germany :)
He's from Bavaria, it doesn't count.
He's from earth, that's even better. Stop making yourself look uneducated :)
This was probably said before, but it looks like your car has a 2U space to fit a cheap android auto radio in your vehicle. If you don't have a mount, you could always 3d print one and have the USBs come up to your phone mount so you can still have your phone available and have a full android auto experience with more 3D printed parts
Some people may want to go for a magnetic mount. I have had good luck with a medium-ish price one (did get burned by a super cheapo, though) and it simplifies the design of an attachment considerably.
I LOVED how you did the audio switch for Tokyo Machine lol. Switching from camera mike to narrated audio. Great idea
subbed of course and for those interested the onshape files are viewing only but still a great project to see
You're actually seeing my original project, so of course they are going to be read-only ;-)
But Onshape lets you clone the project and modify it however you wish (also, exporting etc..)
@@MadeWithLayers Yes, of course, I was only saying not complaining :)
i did print a cellphone holder for my car too....and a couple of parts for my motorbike..even a prototype of an defensive spray that is patented now....i love 3d printing!!!
(btw. dont use PLA for it...inside of cars it will get very hot at the summer..)
Nice phone, the G6 rocks it is an underdog , haven't seen any other phone with that wide-angle camera.
I love videos on practical projects that I can do with my 3D printer at home. thank you so much
I have a design that fits any phone... the mount screws into the dash though ... maybe I'll make a mount adapter for the go pro mount too...
(And somebody likes his monstercat electronic music) Me too brah.
I like this type of 3d printing.
I suggest that you get an anti-glare screen protector. I have one and it's great. Even though it gives the display a slight grainy effect, the anti-glare makes up for it!
Just one thing - DO NOT USE phone for maps in car. Get a proper gps. The reason behind this is that gps drains a lot of battery and if you will connect charging, phone will heat up even more. If you really need to use it, you should place the phone in vent and put some AC on it. Great idea for 3d printer daily use :) Great work Thomas
I did exactly that on my tour through the US. The mobile had 3 different apps to not get lost in desert valley and required AC to keep the battery above 80%. It lost charge despite beeing plugged in when not in the AC vents.
Lovely sunny German sky! Miss it
Nice! Functional thinks is more interesting than dragons, benchs, lions etc. the really utility of a 3D printer. Tks
I think if I were to redesign this, I'd make the phone clip a hinge centered on the back to make the pivot angle adjustable. Otherwise, looks and works great.
I appreciate the blurring of keys!
I have the same car but with the navigation module in there. The navigation it is not that great and will definitely print this. Thanks Tom!
Very nice Thomas! Projects for practical use are always welcomed. Greetings from Munich
When you see Squarespace ads on your favorite channel you know the best times are over.
Why is that?
That was just a reference to LinusTechTips. He kinda ran everything on his own and you just had a lot of nice content. You clicked on the video and could enjoy it until the end. Then he founded a company, hired employees and started running ads, first only one, then two; in the intro and the outro. Squarespace has been running ads on that channel since forever now. Of course, the production quality increased drastically since then, and he and his company is a massive financial success now going in the millions (most of which comes from affiliates to my knowledge), but there are no good alternatives and that is why people keep watching regardless.
In your case, I think it is fine for now. My comment was rather ironic. I understand that you do this for a living, and why not grow the channel & hire employees; I found this video to be of superb production quality compared to your older ones. I wait for the time that you won't be in front of the camera on every video anymore :P. Mach weiter so!
Wow I didn't know that the back of the caliper head was a measuring point as well. Thanks for the tip.
This though. I would say a solid 90% of the things I print are custom mounts and brackets for things.
Tom, great video...your video quality keeps improving!
You've inspired me to take note of the equipment you use and improve my own (small) CZcams channel :)
More car and functional prints pls! That was great.
Lol thomas knows that you could 3d model a copy of his keys. smart man
When you have a 3D printer, almost all problems will start to look like they need a 3D printing solution...
What about buying a car holder for your smartphone?
I’m just happy you used a rocket league song hehe :)
tbh I'm fine with one of those Suction cup bases which you can rotate the phone however you like. I mean it was 10 euros and can fit every phone.
Far out, you guys drive on the wrong side of the road, too... :) I really enjoy your content, Tom, it's concise, clear and well presented. Thank you. Greetings from Down Under...
The CAD-Fu is strong with this one :) great video, thank you very much!
Great video. One of your top 10. Very informative and entertaining. It demonstrates a full lifecycle of a project without all of the chatter (some CZcamsr's go on for hours). You should do more stuff like this. :-)
I’d love to see more life hack videos like this as it is the main use of 3d printing for me
Brill vid.
I also use Onshape, but I use a FlashForge Dreamer. I like your way of working with the 3D. Happy to make bits and throw away the un-needed bits.
An excellent vid.
Thank you.
Astra's rule and they keep on working and their Protection record in accidents is amazing.
I've seen several that were written off and the drivers walked away with only a few scratches
This comment makes absolutely zero sense. Astra's rule of what? Where is there? Why would a driver get scratched because of some writing? Why would one abandon a car anyway just because someone wrote something on it?
Thank you for amazing idea, i drive Astra H too!
"If this starts catching on fire, i've got bigger issues to deal with" Lmao
Ok... that was a cool practical 3D printer use case! Cheers
NOTE : Thanks YT random suggestion feed!
Good job on the holder but using a magnetic car stand is so much more practical and straightforward, and you can get one for 5 bucks
Tom... this are Upgrades or so for my car:
thing:2730753
thing:1844013
thing:2273927
thing:2468043
thing:2413526
thing:2319748
thing:1890644
thing:2016946
thing:2193154
thing:1896352
REAL UPGRADES