Hobby & gaming

Tripod phone clamp with quarter-inch thread

A phone clamp turns any tripod into a video rig, and a printed one can be sized for a phone in a thick case that commercial clamps refuse. The clamp has two jaws with 6 mm rubber-pad recesses, a body that opens from 65 to 90 mm using a slotted slider and an M4 thumbscrew, and a 6.4 mm hole with a hex nut pocket for the 1/4-20 tripod stud. Jaws 12 mm deep hold the phone without covering the buttons, and PETG resists the constant spring tension. Open the ready-made model free, resize it on your phone or computer, then download a print-ready STL, 3MF or G-code sliced for your printer, free.
Opening the ready-made model and downloading it as STL or 3MF are free, no card; AI changes use credits, from Maker at $7.99 a month.No printer? We print this part and ship it to your door. See its priceUpdated
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Open

Create a free account (no card) and open this ready-made model in SpeakCAD. It renders in your browser, on your phone or computer. It is not a fixed STL: every dimension stays editable.
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Adjust

Change its numbers in the viewer for free, or ask the AI in the chat: wall thickness, hole size, the thing it clips onto. AI changes use 2 credits per request (1 for a quick edit, 3 for a redesign), paid with a plan from Maker at $7.99 a month.
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Print

Download a watertight STL or 3MF free, with your numbers and hand edits, or G-code sliced for your printer at the same price. After an AI change the download is included in every plan (4 credits without one).

Dimensions of the ready-made model (editable)

ParameterValue
length of sliding rail100 mm
width of rail18 mm
height of rail10 mm
jaw depth (Y direction, how far jaw extends up)12 mm
jaw width (X)18 mm
jaw thickness (along rail axis)8 mm
jaw height (Z)22 mm
shallow pad recess1.5 mm
margin from jaw edges2 mm
min clamp opening65 mm
max clamp opening90 mm
slot width for thumbscrew6 mm
M4 clearance hole in slider4.5 mm
simple counterbore for screw head8
Measured values from the ready-made model; change any of them after opening it, or in the preview above.

Example prompt

Create a phone tripod clamp with a fixed jaw and a sliding jaw adjustable from 65 to 90 mm via a 6 mm slot and M4 thumbscrew, 12 mm deep jaws with pad recesses, and a 6.4 mm hole with an 11 mm hex nut pocket for a 1/4-20 stud.

This prompt comes with the ready-made model when you sign in, in case you want the AI to redesign it (3 credits a redesign); changing numbers in the viewer is free.

Fit notes

Rather than praying a download fits your specific case, give SpeakCAD your phone's width and thickness and get a clamp built around it. Add a cold shoe on top for a mic or a landscape lock in the chat, and preview the model before downloading.

Also searched as: 3d printed phone tripod mount, phone clamp 1/4 20 stl, tripod phone holder 3d print, adjustable phone clamp.

Questions people ask about a tripod phone clamp with quarter-inch thread

A phone clamp turns any tripod into a video rig, and a printed one can be sized for a phone in a thick case that commercial clamps refuse. The clamp has two jaws with 6 mm rubber-pad recesses, a body that opens from 65 to 90 mm using a slotted slider and an M4 thumbscrew, and a 6.4 mm hole with a hex nut pocket for the 1/4-20 tripod stud. Jaws 12 mm deep hold the phone without covering the buttons, and PETG resists the constant spring tension.

Click Open it free on this page and create a free account (no card): the ready-made model opens in your browser, on your phone or computer, nothing to install. Change its numbers in the viewer for free and download a watertight STL or 3MF free, or G-code sliced for your printer at the same price. An AI change in the chat uses 2 credits per request (3 for a redesign), and the download after it is included in every plan (4 credits without one). Start with Maker: 50 credits a month for $7.99, cancel anytime.

On this page: open the ready-made model free in a SpeakCAD account (no card), change any dimension in the viewer, then download the STL or 3MF free, or G-code sliced for your printer at the same price.

A shared STL is modelled for someone else's measurements. Here you open the ready-made model free, change it to your measurements in the viewer, then download a file sized for the part you actually own, free as STL or 3MF.

Yes. SpeakCAD slices the part on its servers with OrcaSlicer and your printer's official profile (380+ printers, including Bambu Lab, Prusa, Creality and Elegoo), and you download the G-code (a sliced .gcode.3mf for Bambu Lab printers). G-code sliced for your printer costs the same as the STL: included in every plan, free for a part you shaped by hand, 4 credits without a plan for a part with AI work in it. Pick your printer on the printers page to see its profile.

No. SpeakCAD runs in the browser on your phone or computer: the chat, the 3D engine and the live viewer load in the tab. The only file you download is the finished STL, 3MF or sliced G-code.

Open, resize and print your tripod phone clamp with quarter-inch thread

Nothing to install. Open the ready-made model in a free account, change its numbers in the viewer or shape it with the hand tools (a hole, a cut, rounded corners), then download the STL or 3MF free, or sliced G-code with credits.

Looking for a finished design by a maker? Check the marketplace, where makers sell rated models for credits.