Hello everyone! I tried to come up with an original and useful idea for a hardware project for Outpost and decided to make a phone cleaner!

@Ben_A and I designed some of the mechanical design for the project in a whiteboard today. The cleaner uses two threaded rods to drive a microfiber roller up and down both sides of the phone, with UV lights lining the inner walls and a sliding door on top to add cleaning fluid. The phone sits vertically in the center.

Hardest part of the design was figuring out the microfiber roller design. We ended up choosing threaded rods in order to make the roller move up and down along the phone’s screen and back.

Next, we have to complete a proper diagram of our project, make the CAD models to 3D print, and finalize the parts list. We’re trying to find as many parts as possible in local stores nearby to avoid shipping delays!