From the Loftsmith Workshop

HomePod mini & Echo Dot wall mount, round speaker cradle

Gets a HomePod mini or Echo Dot off the shelf and onto the wall. The round cradle holds the speaker in a gentle ring, and a flat backplate with a triangular brace keeps it sticking out neatly. Change the ring's width and the grip band height to suit your speaker.

1 part · 33 g · 115 × 118 × 81 mm

Remix of One-piece keyhole shelf

by Loftsmith Workshop

Orange round cradle ring on a flat square backplate, held out by a triangular brace
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No adjustable sizes

Ask for the sizes you want to tweak, e.g. “make the width adjustable”.

Change it in the Studio

Parts

  • mount · PLA · Upside down: the flat top of the ring and plate on the bed (printRotate 180 about X). The seat leans 28 degrees from vertical, so no supports are needed.

    One piece, 115 x 118 x 81 mm at the defaults (HomePod mini preset). PLA is enough: it is an indoor, room-temperature part with a light load. Use PETG if it hangs near a heater or in a sunny window.

Print settings

Layer height
0.2 mm
Walls
2 (page default); 3 recommended for stiffer keyhole lips
Infill
15%
Supports
None
Notes
At 2 walls and 15% infill the HomePod mini preset is about 34 g and 56 min. At 3 walls and 15% it is about 45 g and 1 h 14 min. The largest custom size (125 mm with a 24 mm band) is about 47 g and 1 h 13 min at 2 walls and 15%, at 142 x 145 mm. The default part is 115 x 118 x 81 mm and fits a 180 mm

Hardware

  • 2 × Wood screws, 4 mm (pan or round head, about 8 mm head) · Match the Wall screw choice (3.5, 4 or 5 mm). Drive them 46 mm apart on one level line, with the heads 3 mm proud of the wall.
  • 2 × Wall plugs to suit the screws and the wall · Needed in plasterboard or masonry. The pull per screw is only a few newtons, but the plugs must stay seated.

Assembly

  1. Choose your speaker on the Speaker selector. For other round speakers, pick Custom size and set the widest diameter and the height.
  2. Mark two holes 46 mm apart on a level line and fit wall plugs if the wall needs them. Drive the screws in so the heads stand 3 mm off the wall.
  3. Hold the mount and pass the speaker's lead through the teardrop window from the front. Press the lead into the groove on the back of the plate so it runs out of the bottom tip.
  4. Put the screw heads into the round lower ends of the two keyholes, press the mount flat to the wall and slide it down 10 mm onto the screws.
  5. Lower the speaker straight into the ring. It settles onto the seat band, and its base and bottom outlet stay open below the ring.
  6. To take it down, lift the speaker out, then lift the mount 10 mm and pull it off the wall.

Good to know

  • Not for ceilings, overhead or upside-down mounting. The speaker is held only by gravity in the cradle and lifts straight out.
  • The speaker shapes are modelled as balls with flat bases: the HomePod mini at 97.9 x 84.3 mm with its widest point taken at mid-height, and the Echo Dot 4th/5th gen at 100 x 89 mm. Custom sizes also assume the widest point is at mid-height. Not for flat pucks such as the Nest Mini.
  • Checked with a 500 g speaker set down hard (twice its weight). The mount is not meant for heavier objects.
  • The lead groove is sized for leads up to about 5 mm. Rear-port speakers such as the Echo Dot plug in after the speaker is seated, by reaching through the window. There is roughly 20 mm between the speaker's lower back and the wall there, so a long straight plug may need a right-angle plug. If the pl
  • Fit, clearances and loads were checked in the Loftsmith engine and have not been confirmed with a real print. The seat has 0.6 mm of clearance all round; fabric-covered speakers vary a little in size.
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