sat nav holder

[geoff adamsParticipant @geoffadams14047]

[geoff adamsParticipant @geoffadams14047]

need a block of some sort of plastic 250x200x30 in a grey colour

anyone know of a supplier and what plastic I should use I need to machine this part

thanks Geoff

[Involute CurveParticipant @involutecurve]

Acetal machines nice, available on line or Smiths metals keep this stuff.

It will probably cost more for the material than to buy a holder of fleebay, unless its a special one….

[JasonBModerator @jasonb]

PVC will probably be easier to find small bits of in grey but not as nice to machine

[David Standing 1Participant @davidstanding1]

That's a big sat nav! Will you be able to see out of the windscreen?

[Mike PooleParticipant @mikepoole82104]

After much thought I used 3 lumps of blu tac to use a 7" tablet as a sat nav. Worked very well, and got me through France, Belgium, Holland, Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Italy. Rarely need one in UK.

Mike

[geoff adamsParticipant @geoffadams14047]

its the holder not the satnav

[geoff adamsParticipant @geoffadams14047]

Mike

that's what iam doing now worked well for over a year ,trying to tidy my dash and an exercise in 3d cnc milling using fusion 360 (thanks to Fred)done the cad with help ,working on the cam will need to cut the part hence the need for material

thanks Geoff

[David Standing 1Participant @davidstanding1]

Posted by geoff adams on 08/11/2017 18:30:24:

its the holder not the satnav

Fine, I'll rephrase my comment….

That's a big sat nav holder, will you be able to see out of the windscreen

[peak4Participant @peak4]

No idea where you are, but try Direct Plastics in Sheffield

Bill

[Ady1Participant @ady1]

The plastic lever for the sucker broke on mine so I milled a bit of aluminium to do the same job, much stronger.

I use it around 5 days a week.

Lasted 5+ years so far

edit: You'll probbly be better off finding a cheap one on ebay and upgrading it

Edited By Ady1 on 09/11/2017 01:05:05

[Andy CarruthersParticipant @andycarruthers33275]

One of our vans has a standard sized phone holder so I 3D printed a blank with stalk and ball then fitted a clamp for a bigger phone

[VicParticipant @vic]

Posted by David Standing 1 on 08/11/2017 17:52:33:

That's a big sat nav! Will you be able to see out of the windscreen?

Good point. If it’s mounted in a way that it obscures the road it’s worth a nick if the plod stop you.

[MWParticipant @mw27036]

Posted by peak4 on 08/11/2017 23:54:00:

No idea where you are, but try Direct Plastics in Sheffield

Bill

They are good and they give you free sweeties for large orders. Probably not the age group for finding haribo a novelty.

[geoff adamsParticipant @geoffadams14047]

thanks everyone

looks direct plastics it is price seems ok will give them a ring tomorrow

Geoff

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