1/4-20 Tripod Spring Phone Clamp, 60–85mm
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Description
This is a spring-loaded phone clamp for a standard 1/4-20 tripod mount. It has a fixed jaw, a sliding jaw and a screw-on end cap. The base has a hex pocket that holds a 7/16 in across-flats 1/4-20 nut, with a 6.8 mm bore above it for the tripod screw.
What it fits
- Phones 60–85 mm wide, measured across the body including any case, in portrait orientation.
- Tripod heads with a 1/4-20 UNC male stud. This is the common camera and phone tripod standard.
- Jaw faces are chamfered on the inner edges so they don't mar the phone.
Check before printing
Measure your nut across the flats. The pocket is sized for a 7/16 in (11.1 mm) hex 1/4-20 nut. A nut with a different flat size will rattle or won't seat.
Hardware you supply
- 1 × 1/4-20 hex nut, 7/16 in across flats.
- 1 × compression spring, about 6 mm OD and 45 mm free length, over the slider's 3 mm guide rod.
- 2 × M3 screws for the end cap. The pilot holes are 2.6 mm.
Does not fit
- Phones narrower than 60 mm or wider than 85 mm.
- Metric tripod studs such as 3/8 in or M6. The bore is sized only for 1/4-20.
- Landscape use on very heavy phones. Spring force is untested, and it is lowest near the 85 mm end. A heavy phone in a thick case may be loose there.
Parts
- Base and fixed jaw
- Sliding jaw
- End cap
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