Wheelchair Mobile

This project was to build a toy mobile for use on an electric wheelchair.

The aim was to be able to hang a few soft toys in front of a young child.

The final product worked, but was possibly a bit over complicated. In retrospect I am not sure I would build this the same way if I did it again.

This instructable has been written by a member of the KW Remap panel.

The main parts of the mobile were flexible coolant pipe and some 3D prints.

Additional items required were; wire for stiffening, heat shrink, dual lock, cable ties and some small carabiners.

The 3D printed parts included a central piece to hang toys off, and two side mounting plates.

Attachment to the wheel chair was made easier in this case, as the wheel chair had a small table to which side walls had already been added. To attach the mobile "Dual Lock" was used (Dual Lock is like super strong Velcro).

I used Rigid ink PLA for the 3D prints, .stl files provided.

The flexible coolant pipe had to be stiffened with some thick copper wire fed through the middle.

Cable ties were used to attach the pipe to the 3D prints, then heat shrink was put over the top to make sure there were no sharp edges.