The Double Answer - A 19mm Ball Head iPhone MagSafe Adapter and Magnetic Pickup Tool

Looking for an easy, dependable way to mount your iPhone on a tripod or phone/tablet mount with a 19mm ball head? Don't own or want to own a MagSafe charger? Look no further than the Double Answer. You'll need only a few things:

• Tripod or phone/tablet mount with a slot for a 19mm ball head (e.g. https://amzn.to/48YeJTu)
• 84 6mm x 2mm round magnets: https://amzn.to/47UQ4he
• An iPhone that supports MagSafe.

This print accepts a total of 84 6mm x 2mm magnets on the base and they're all pressure fit. I chose these as they are the standard magnet used in the Gridfinity project so people tend to have a lot of them on hand, and if not, they're easy to purchase (see my link above). Each slot is 4mm deep to accommodate two magnets each, stacked atop one another. The Double Answer can hold 84 magnets total (42 magnets per layer, see what I did there?). It will hold your phone securely once they're all installed. In my photos, I didn't fill it all the way and it still held my old phone securely enough. 

Be sure to align the polarity of the magnets correctly. If you don't, it won't work. The inner ring has a different alignment than the outer ring and you can test this by holding the magnets directly up to your phone prior to inserting them into the mount.

There are a few cool things I designed into this print. The magnets install opposite the phone, so they never actually touch the phone. There's a thin layer of base filament that sits between the magnets and your device, so even though the magnets will be snug in their slots, the pull from your device ensures they stay tight (rather than pulling them out of bottom mounted slots I chose not to use).

If you're an Android user, the mount also acts as a great screw picker upper, so if you want, just make it for that and skip mounting it to a phone entirely.

This is a very functional print, and if you don't care about aesthetics, this print completes in roughly 40 minutes using a .28mm Extra Draft setting in Orca Slicer. One recommendation I do make is to set infill to 100%. There is a lot of stress where the ball head attaches to the main disc that contains the array of magnets, and this helps ensure you don't break the print when you tighten it in your tripod.

I'm not responsible for any cracked phones due to using this model so be responsible with it. I can only attest to my own experience using it. It holds my phone very securely as a webcam mount and it picks up screws from the floor incredibly well.

If you want to be a real goober, print it in red, gun metal, and black to look like an old joystick. Or print it in transparent blue so it looks like a water droplet for all I care. Just post your makes and feel free to remix it so that it can accept a ¼ tripod screw, as one example (just an idea, but be warned, I tried this and metal screws + filament can be iffy!).

Before you get on me about the name: I'm probably going to regret this, but I might try to name all of my builds as if they're poorly named cocktails or As Seen on TV products. “The Double Answer: What's better than 42? 84.”