Chubby Buttons 2 Mount

  Having ridden motorcycles since I was sixteen, and being an avid music enjoyer, I'd been looking for a way to improve my music listening experience while riding. One large pain-point I'd always had was controlling track selection and volume levels while my gloves were on, as smartphones don't respond very well to this, if at all. In 2023 I found out about chubby buttons, a low-power and highly water-resistant media controller specifically designed for use with gloves! The only problem was that it was designed to be worn on your arm using a strap, which isn't very practical on a motorcycle.

  When starting this project, I'd recently gotten a 3D printer, so having some baseline modelling skills I took some measurements, and began designing a proper mount. I already owned and used many 1" RAM compatible mounts and gear on my bikes, so I decided to make this one natively support the ball size to use an existing clamp I had stored away. This design was the first where I decided to use heat-set inserts in the plastic, along with some medium-strength Loctite on the fasteners, due to the high-vibration environment the mount would see. The print was also done using a UV resistant, high-temp rated, and non-water-absorbing ASA filament, as the direct exposure to the elements would not allow something like cheap PLA to last very long.

  While my first iteration was sized appropriately and went together with no issues, the ball mount neck ended up snapping due to a low infill percentage. After changing that area to 100% infill, including a handful of the layers at the rear mounting face where the neck attaches, a second iteration has worked perfectly for a few years now! If you're interested in printing this yourself, feel free to download the model using the button under the photos!