Vello Bicycle Safety Light Magnetic Mount for Flashlights

Vello™ Bicycle Safety Lamp Magnetic Mount Connector System

A connector system for the Vello™ bicycle safety lamp mount, intended to mount several different torches and lamps or design your own connector.

Description

Vello™ bicycles use a magnetic safety lamp mounting system. This model provides a reusable connector interface so that anyone can design their own holder for a lamp, flash-light, or headlamp of their choice and mount it to a Vello bicycle.

The included FreeCAD model contains the measurements of the mount and can be used as a base for new designs.

This is not a complete lamp holder by itself, but a connector system intended for remixing and adapting.

Ready-made connectors are already available for some lamps.

Required Materials

• 1x round magnet 8x2mm (6x2mm might also work)

• optional: 1 zip-tie max 9mm wide

Included Models

• Vello™ Mount Counterpart Vertical

  • if the lamp-counterpart uses vertical dovetail.

• Vello™ Mount Counterpart Horizontal

  • if the lamp-counterpart uses horizontal dovetail.

• Vello™ Mount Counterpart with Zip-Tie Holes and without Latch

  • still uses (optional) magnet

  • does not lock by rotating, thus no danger to your frame's mag-holder

  • stronger hold using zip-tie

  • looks less fancy

• Base-Plate for your own Lamp-Clip

Available Read-Made Counterparts

• Wurkkos HD12 Headlamp

• Wurkkos HD10 Headlamp

• Wurkkos HD03 Light

• Wurkkos HD04 Light

• Rubberband mountable Rearlight

see also

• Vello Bicycle Tail-Light Mount Adapter for a non-dovetail, direct rear-light mount

Features

• Connector system for the Vello magnetic safety lamp mount

• Allows custom lamp holders to be designed

• Includes measurements of the mounting interface

• Useful as a base model for remixes

• Designed in FreeCAD

• FreeCAD source file included

Use Cases

• Design a custom holder for a flash-light

• Design a holder for a headlamp

• Adapt other bicycle lights to the Vello magnetic mount

• Create removable or modular lighting accessories

Printing

• Material: PETG or PCTG. (the darker, the more UV resistant)

• Nozzle Size: 0.4mm for non-zip-tie variants.

• Wall strength / perimeter count: recommend 4-5 with 0.4mm nozzle

• Infill: with additional perimeters, does not really matter.

• Orientation:

  • non-ziptie: Lay side facing Vello-Bike flat on printbed.

  • zip-tie: print at 30° angle

• Support: try to avoid. reduce print speed instead

Assembly

1. First check the orientation of the magnet on your Vello

2. Then glue the magnet in, using superglue

3. slide the dovetail joint of the bike-facing part together with the lamp-facing part. Probably will need some force and hammering. The two parts should form a permanent press-fit and are not meant to come apart.

Caution

• Don't force the connector into the Vello-Mount. The Vello-Mount might break.

• Rather adjust your print settings, like xy-hole compensation, etc.

Installation on the Vello Frame (non-zip-tie variant)

1. Look at your vello light mount. The connector can be rotated CCW so the protrusions slide into the holder. This is mainly to lock the magnetic holder into place. Don't rely on this alone without a magnet installed.

2. Check the Orientation of the large protrusions rotate them so they slide in just CW of the top and bottom hole-space on the vello side

3. Push it in, so it completely covers the holes

4. Gently rotate CCW until it locks

Installation on the Vello Frame (zip-tie variant)

1. Put the connector onto your Vello™ frame's safety light holder.

2. Secure with a zip-tie around the bike's frame.

This is part of a set of flashlight mounts

• Vello Bicycle Safety Light Mount for Flashlights

• Bicycle+Pole Universal Zip-tie Mounting System

• Wurkkos HD12 Headlamp Mount

• Wurkkos HD10 Headlamp Mount

• Wurkkos HD03 Light Mount

• Wurkkos HD03 Anti-Glare-Cap + Clip-Lock

• Wurkkos HD04 Light Mount

• Bicycle Tail Light Universal Adapter - Rubberband-Clip-type

• Vello Bicycle Tail-Light Mount Adapter - Rubberband-screw-type

• Wurkkos TS15 Flashlight Torch Shade Clip - Bicycle Ready

• Wurkkos TS15 Bicycle Handlebar Clip Adapter

FreeCad Source File

Please upload your remixes here and/or post suggestions.

To make it easier for you to remix or make small modifications, I always upload the FreeCAD source for my models. For this model you can find it here.

License

Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International — CC BY-SA 4.0

• Share with others

• Don't keep your modifications to yourself

• Always attribute the source!