Uploaded July 2023 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
In this video, I share the entire process of conceiving and designing a custom holster for a small flip-phone used by a wheelchair-bound relative of mine, in order to keep the phone easily reachable and handy. I then show the process of doing the 3D printable design using the free web-app "Tinkercad", and then importing it into my Prusa 3D printer's slicer program and changing its settings as required. Finally, I show the actual printing and installation of the holster on the wheelchair.
As I was figuring things out as I went, I share some of my trial-and-error lessons. I was not successful in getting the PrusaSlicer to add all of the removable 'support structure', so during printing of the 'roof' of the holster, the printer tried to lay down the first layers over empty space. It still worked out OK, but I had to make a sanding tool to remove any loose, unattached roof fibers after the printing was complete. I probably should have done the design as a two-piece assembly, with the roof being a separately printed panel which could be glued to the main part.
In this video, I share the entire process of conceiving and designing a custom holster for a small flip-phone used by a wheelchair-bound relative of mine, in order to keep the phone easily reachable and handy. I then show the process of doing the 3D printable design using the free web-app "Tinkercad", and then importing it into my Prusa 3D printer's slicer program and changing its settings as required. Finally, I show the actual printing and installation of the holster on the wheelchair.
As I was figuring things out as I went, I share some of my trial-and-error lessons. I was not successful in getting the PrusaSlicer to add all of the removable 'support structure', so during printing of the 'roof' of the holster, the printer tried to lay down the first layers over empty space. It still worked out OK, but I had to make a sanding tool to remove any loose, unattached roof fibers after the printing was complete. I probably should have done the design as a two-piece assembly, with the roof being a separately printed panel which could be glued to the main part.
