It would be a shame - really - to throw away these hardwood scrap pieces. The challenge is always about coming up with small projects worthy of these material; marble wood is hard to come by. From a previous project there was left over walnut and bamboo joined together that I kept. And walnut left over from left over wood flooring cutoffs. It is a hodgepodge of material that I hope to turn into something worth keeping for a long time. It will have to be adjustable as you shall see so different sizes of phones will fit in the future.
I find often that as soon as I finish a project I realize often that there is another, and likely better, way to do it. This is the second version of a phone cradle that this time was for my wife's phone; the first one works for me just fine but this is done a little differently.
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| I cut the walnut/bamboo piece and glued them together as shown. Joined together two strips of the marble wood to get to the proper width. |
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| The $5 scraper scrounged from the flea market continues to serve well |
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| Created the channel on the marble wood strip; cut into two to be glued to the walnut/bamboo piece |
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| Tip: I was aware of the minor cracks on the marble wood piece. I spread some glue from one side and run a vacuum from the opposite side to suck the glue through the cracks. |
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| A good amount of glue did get sucked in. Firm clamping followed (next photo) |
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| From three strips of walnut is a center piece that will serve as a sliding mechanism, shown later. |
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Make note of the center piece marked by a green arrow. It will have a key role later
Next photos should be self-explanatory. |
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| I made sure the base has the same width as the rectangular well between the front seats. The USB connection allows for charging the phone while traveling and for connecting it directly to the car audio/video systems |
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