Gearhead iPhone Dock, Spiral Bevel 51T/17T or 3:1 Gear Ratio

Last crawled date: 6 years, 1 month ago

This is a fanciful, yet functional rotating, spiral bevel gear, iPhone dock. Yep, that's a mouthful. This is the fun and ultimate EngiNerdy desk piece. Anyway, I'm an engineer by trade, so I'm a gear head. This dock was designed for the OEM Apple lightning cord to route through the rotational shaft/base. This is to prevent binding when the assembly rotates. I used GearTrax CAD software to create a perfect spiral bevel gear mesh at a 3:1 reduction. I printed this in eSun white PLA on an Ultimaker 2 Extended:

Like this design? Want me to make a custom design/prototype for you? How about a finished 3D printed project sent right to you in the mail? All of this and more can be found at my website or my shop on Etsy!

http://ShookIdeas.com

https://www.etsy.com/shop/ShookIdeas?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Thanks!