I created a Universal Phone Case with OpenSCAD

a month ago by Solrac to c/linuxphones

Though it's not not Linux related, it's me trying to do my part for this community. Though the default settings are for a Fairphone 6, you can customize it to other phones as well. My hope is that, most phones that can run any form of Mobile Linux, can have a case that they can just make as many times as they want.

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/51824833

Title. I printed a case for a friend, and I ended up wanting to have a similar case, but it didn't exist for my phone, so I ended up recreating something similar in OpenSCAD, then decided I'd probably be better off making it customizable so that it could fit, theoretically, any (current) candy-bar style phone.

TL;DR: The Good Stuff

Here are some screenshots!

Phone case screenshot First set of configuration Second set of configurations


It took me about 4-5 nights to get it mostly as decent as I could make it, I still don't consider myself an OpenSCAD expert by no means, but when I tried it on my phone, I was pretty satisfied!

Unfortunately, for my phone, I had to make a couple of test prints, and the print shown on video, was putting a tad too much pressure on the corners of the screen, so I ended up having to make a new print. (7 total tests during development)

Here's how the case looks with the screws on

Phone in hand Volume buttons, ports


Either way, I am more than open to feedback, and you are free to contribute if you'd like!

lauha 3 points a month ago

I like the industrial look with the rectangular corners instead of over roundes like the phones themselves.

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scrion 7 points a month ago

That's fine, but round corners are not only an anesthetic choice, but also a structural one. Sharp corners and abrupt changes in geometry in general are bad for stress concentration, impact resistance and honestly also for handling.

I don't think it matters here much, and if I'm not mistaken, there is even a slight radius on the corners.

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mnemonicmonkeys 3 points a month ago

Sharp corners also dig into users' hands

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Solrac 1 point a month ago

You can set the corner radius on the case, I started with a higher radius (10), but then opted to go lower (3).

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eldavi 3 points a month ago

the old sony phones were really good looking because of this

handsome

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snoons 1 point a month ago

Cool, thanks for sharing!

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