Onewheel XR MagHandle Mount

I wanted to add the official Maghandle to my Onewheel XR (because I’m a sucker for magnets!) but couldn’t justify the price of it. £30 for the handle itself, and another £50 for the bracket needed to fit it to an XR. By the time you add postage, I was looking at nearly £100 to add a handle. Just silly. 

I took a risk and bought the Maghandle only, hoping I would be able to design my own bracket. I did, and this is the result.

First thing to note is that although this does work, I don’t expect this to be as strong as the original. This part is not ideally suited for 3D printing because of the required geometry to fit the XR and the Maghandle. 

I found some images of the original mount online and made as much of a direct copy as I could. That was the first print, in red, which fitted perfectly but failed miserably. (see notes on print orientation!)

After some developments, I’m now on about the 4th iteration. It prints well, is reasonably strong and it now includes a holder for an Allen key. There are a few changes made to increase the part strength and print ability for a 3D printer too. This latest version has successfully carried the board across 1.5 miles of fields with no sign of failure.

The screws on this are M4, which is different to the imperial screws elsewhere on the board, but the same as the pivot bolt for the official Maghandle. 

Parts Required

• 2x - M4x30 socket head screws
• 2x - M4 Hex nuts
• 1x - 8x1mm neodymium magnet
• 1x - Official Maghandle

Printing

I have found that print orientation is incredibly important for this part. On my first print, the handle pulled the bolt so that all the layers separated and only lasted about 20 seconds. The top part (that the handle screws on to) should be printed vertically for strength. This does make the narrow part where the magnet fits weaker, but this seems to be the lesser of two evils. 

I have added a slight overhang to increase the thickness of the material along the length of the top part, but left enough room so that it doesn't interfere with any rail guards you may have installed.

The bottom part can be printed flat on the bed as you would expect. 

Both parts have a feature which requires supports - see the ‘sliced’ image screenshot.

Print this in the strongest material you possibly can. PLA did work for me for about 12 months, but the Maghandle itself didn’t get that much heavy use. I have tried in PETG, but layer adhesion dropped off at the narrow section near the magnet, so I went back to PLA. 
 

Assembly

This should be easy to assemble. I included two ridges where the parts join to make sure it cant be assembled incorrectly. 

1. Insert the nuts into the nut traps on the bottom part. 
2. Temporarily attach the handle to the top part, and insert the magnet so that it attracts the handle. (If you insert this the wrong way around, you will likely have to re-print the top bracket, so make sure before you push it all the way in!)
3. Remove the Maghandle
4. Place the top and bottom around the wheel bracket on the same side as the power button. The bottom slightly clips on, and has to fit around a power cable.
5. Place the top clamp on, and insert then tighten the M4 screws. 
6. Fit the Maghandle.
7. Optionally stow your Allen key.
8. Go ride!