iPhone Mag Mount puck for car mounting by MrScottFletcher

Last crawled date: 3 years, 3 months ago

Notes:
This is a magnetic puck to fit into a car mount like the IPOW CD Slot Phone Holder. This is not a complete car mount.
The magnets are still not strong enough to hold my phone in the car with my cheap silicone case on, but it is plenty strong without the case. A genuine magsafe case would probably work fine, but I haven't tried it.
I don't know if the magnets interfere with navigation. Haven't tried it while running Maps.
Background
I got a new iPhone 12 and wanted to build a DIY magnetic car mount rather than spend $40 from the usual suspects. I tried the "DIY iPhone Magsafe" by katzmatt but the magnetic field was not strong enough to overcome my case.https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4644828
I borrowed his idea and sketched it up from scratch in Fusion360, increasing the number of magnets in the ring - from 18 to 30. My design does not have space for a charging coil like kazmatt's. Mine does have a slight 'foot' to be grabbed by my iPow car mount.
Parts I used in this project:
5mm Magnets (design takes 30, but this Amazon product contains 216 in this package)https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07XBG81WN/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_Bq-TFbHWKER7V?_x_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
IPOW CD Slot Phone Holderhttps://www.amazon.com/dp/B00VEAF6SG/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_x_gn-TFbKQ8JD8V
Green Magnetic Viewing Film https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000UV6ZPS/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_6E-TFb3MHANQ4?_x_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Black PLA from the usual suspects