Pac Woman Charger Protector

Have you ever had a frayed phone charger? Attempted to duck tape the exposed area? I've been there. Countless efforts of re-taping the fragments of my precious iPhone charger only to result in peeling and a giant wad of duck tape on the wire. Now you don't have to! This Pac Woman-themed iPhone charger protector will prevent your charger from fraying, tearing, and/or breaking!

P.S.—The screenshot of my design was not grouped on purpose because I wanted to emphasize the bow and the eyes from the rest of the body.

Supplies

• 1 ruler in cm or mm
• 1 caliper (not pictured)
• 1 glue gun
• 1 slender tool to wedge between Pac Woman's mouth (I used an orthodontic wax cutter).
• 1 3D printer (not pictured)
• 1 laptop or electronic device to use Tinkercad (not pictured)

Step 1: Make the First Part of the Mouth

1. Open Tinkercad and create a new design.
2. Drag a sphere onto the work plane.
3. Make it 20 mm long, 20 mm wide, 20 mm high, and make the steps 24.
4. Use a caliper to measure the diameter of your phone charger's wire. Mine was approximately 4.3 mm.
5. Drag a cylinder to the work plane.
6. Make it 4.8 mm in diameter, 22 mm high, and make the sides 64. You want your cylinder to be slightly bigger than your charger. Feel free to alter the cylinder's diameter to meet the needs of your charger's size.
7. Rotate the cylinder 90º clockwise or counterclockwise.
8. Rotate the cylinder 90º again along the other axis so the cylinder is horizontal and one of its faces is pointing towards the front.
9. Under "shape", make the cylinder a hole.
10. Select the sphere and the cylinder. Go to "Align" and align the two shapes so the cylinder is in the center of the sphere.

You can change the dimensions of the sphere to cater to the size of your phone charger. I like to use a ruler in cm or mm to visualize how my design will print.

Step 2: Make the Second Part of the Mouth

1. Drag a roof to the work plane.
2. Rotate it 90º counter clockwise so it looks like an arrow pointing towards the sphere.
3. Change the dimensions of the roof to 15 mm long, 20 mm wide, and 20 mm high. Rember the roof was rotated 90º, so my perception of length, width, and height changed (see the first picture).
4. Under "shape", make the roof a hole.
5. Select the sphere, cylinder, and roof. Go to "Align" and align the three shapes (see to the second picture).
6. Select the roof and translate it to the left a couple of millimeters until the tip of the roof intersects with the center of the cylinder.
7. Select all three shapes and group them together.
8. I forgot to make the sphere yellow at first, so I selected the shape again and changed the color to yellow.

Step 3: Add the Bow

1. Drag a roof onto the work plane.
2. Make rotate it 90º counter clockwise so it looks like an arrow pointing towards the sphere.
3. Change the dimensions so it's 3.8 mm long, 3.5 mm wide, and 6 mm high (see the first picture).
4. Select the roof, click "duplicate", and drag a copy of the roof away from the original roof.
5. Rotate this second room 180º clockwise. These roofs should look like arrows pointing toward each other.
6. Drag a cube to the work plane.
7. Make the cube 2.16 mm long, 3.5 mm wide, 1.97 mm high.
8. Select both roofs and the cube. Align them.
9. Move the roofs closer together so they intersect the cube at the same distance (see the fifth picture),
10. Select these shapes and group them to create a bow.
11. Select the bow and translate it to the desired position on the sphere.
12. Rotate the bow 22.5º counter clockwise.

Step 4: Add the Eye

1. Drag a sphere to the work plane.
2. Make the diameter 2.25 mm, the height 2.25 mm, and the steps 24.
3. Position the sphere in the desired location on the sphere.
4. Group the body, bow, and eye together.
5. Export final product as an STL.
6. Send the STL to your 3D printer and print it with support.

Step 5: Finishing Touches

1. Apply a small amount of hot glue to Pac Woman's "mouth".
2. Use the slender tool (I used an orthodontic wax cutter) to spread a thin layer of glue inside the "mouth". The dried hot glue will help the protector grip the charger.
3. Let the hot glue dry. If you applied too much hot glue, use the slender tool to scrape the glue off and start the gluing process again.

Step 6: How to Put the Protector On

1. Slide the protector onto the narrower part of the charger.
2. Slide upward, applying a little bit of force to drive the protector over to the thicker part of the charger.
3. Enjoy your new iPhone charger protector!

P.S.—The 3D printed version shown is a prototype. Therefore, it does not look exactly the same as the Tinkercad design.