Car Cassette Player PopSocket Holder

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Since the cassette player in older cars is rarely used anymore, I figured it was the perfect place to add a popsocket phone mount. I have printed out other variations of popsocket phone holders for the car, but found that they were either too flimsy or went on the dashboard heater grill and warped over time. This popsocket holder is designed to be sturdy and easily capable of holding a smartphone in one position. I designed the gap for the popsocket to be form fitting so once it is in there, it shouldn't move too much. **WARNING:** When placing this in your car, put it in without the rod first to check and make sure the position is how you want it. I have a 2004 Honda Pilot and designed this so that the only thing it partially blocks when the phone is in position is the center console volume knob, which I never use due to steering wheel controls (and the fact that it's broken). When the rod is inserted and it is put in the cassette player, it will be a tight fit, but once it clicks in place, it will be extremely difficult to remove (scale it down slightly if you want more clearance, but I found this worked for me). There are two versions of this mount. In general, I would recommend printing the v2 version as this has slightly more dialed in tolerances and will fit better. The reason I included the original design however is that I found the extremely snug fit added some rigidity and I have no reason to remove it from its location (v1 pictured). The "..holder_full" version is just for reference and should not be printed as it would require supports.