- Be Sure To Comment On Others Work
- Photos/ Video Of Your Progress Along The Way Earns You Bonus Points
- Challenge Ends February 28th
- One Winner Will Be Chosen; Bragging Rights, Featured Posts, Help Shape Future Challenges
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Our Phone Accessory Challenge is in full swing! Whether you are building, customizing, modding, or just experimenting, we want to see what you’re working on! 
Post your progress, ask questions, share wins (or fails; we love those too), and jump into the forum to connect with others doing the challenge.
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Here you go @orob get you 2 in a row!
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Post Boost Hope you’ll join in on the challenge! Jump in, have fun with it, and share what you create; we’d love to see it!
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I accidentally stumbled on this post, which also happened to be at the time I’m soundproofing the front of the Transporter Camper Van, and tidying up a few loose ends - like adding a phone charger to the driver’s door pocket.
This folks, is how you turn a simple job into one that takes all day, all the more because I was probably a little too fanatical about making it appear OEM!
The standard VW pocket is large enough to lose things in, and the thought of a socket and a phone rolling around under assorted hardware didn’t appeal, so I made some stuff to make it work to suit me. I was going to embed the giblets from an Ikea wireless charger in the phone plate, and I may still do that, in the meantime the hex one looks nice and a little right angled charge cord arrives tomorrow.
The small end cap needs a little tape to hold it in place - so I made a recess to keep the panel gap respectable!
It’s tighter down there than it looks.
Now I’m wishing I’d added supports to the recess for the charger, but it can’t be seen once installed so only I, and the internet knows how rough it is. The dividers house multitool, garage door opener and coin tray (which is mostly used for rubbish but there you go)
And fully loaded - the phone tray is completely free to pivot or just pull out - there’s plenty of room for wallet, sunglasses, and rubbish tip vouchers behind and under it and access is really simple.
I hope you enjoyed this tiny tour of my camper! 
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Your phone called…it wants an upgrade. lol Join the challenge, get creative, and show us what you can come up with. Big ideas, weird ideas, small ideas, all are welcome! Thread is open…let’s see what you’ve got!
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Alright I’m in, I designed it this morning and it’s printing now.
Edit: No surprise but I didn’t get the sizing right the first time. Need to make some minor edits and try again.
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If my phone doesn’t sit right on my wireless charger, it might not charge right. Or sometimes I might bump it and then it doesn’t charge. So, here is a 30g solution. It works great.
Designed in FreeCAD 1.1 today:
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How exciting, Thank you guys for participating!!
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That’s cool. I need to find or make some accesories for my ID.Buzz.
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Thanks! It’s actually very satisfying when things work out so nicely.
Here’s some inspiration - be warned the first search returned a zillion models of someone called Buzz Lightyear.
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Have you forgotten about our February challenge??? I sure haven’t! Join in on the fun and share your creations with us!!
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February’s contest closes TOMORROW night!
Make sure to get those entries in now; we can’t wait to see what you’ve come up with!! Join the fun and don’t miss out!
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Well, I got a new phone since I made my phone wireless charger centerer thing. It still works but it’s dumb that with the camera bump, it can’t sit flat against the charger. This is fine for now, but I did get a phone case with a magnet (because Samsung apparently can’t add magnets to the phone), so at some point I’ll get a charger that centers by magnet.
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Where did @CarmenJ go? Any challenge for April? Now that spring is thinking about coming around, I’m more likely to make it out in the shop.
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