My friend and neighbor keeps losing his small 6-pack sized igloo cooler off the back of his bike. What is a picnic without a cold beer? He asked if I could help and make something to keep his cooler from sliding around. Why, yes I can! Let me put my enginerd brain to work!
I made up a bracket in Fusion 360 that screws to the bottom of his cooler with pan-head machine screws and then printed my first prototype on a Creality 3Ds.
1st proto took about an hour to print. I changed a couple of the radiuses and a couple of holes sizes and did the final print with 4-layer walls/bottom/top and 45% honeycomb infill – my favorite for structural parts! No charge for the design or print. That is what friends are for!
I added his name as a finishing touch. When screwed to the bottom of the cooler, it is held on the bike rack with a single bungie and there is room for food and gear between the seat and the cooler. It has been is use all summer and no reports of falling beer 🙂
With great power comes great responsibility….