Garmin 17mm Ball mounts

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I wasn't completely satisfied with the mounts I'd tried, so I decided to make my own. These are designed for use with Garmin or any other 17mm ball mount. I have magnetic mounts in my vehicles for using phones and tablets (which used to serve as GPS's). The CD tray magnetic mounts and steel ball magnetic mounts work perfectly with these. I discovered that the shorter the neck of the mount, the less wobble/vibration it creates, so I prefer the very shortest one. The different sizes accommodate a regular-sized super thin metal stick-on plate (for phones), a 22mm steel washer, and a 35mm 3259 steel washer. Be cautious when removing the steel washers as they can be extremely difficult to pull off the magnetic mounts. The super thin sheets are better and hold a Garmin 6.95" GPS perfectly. The odd one out is a remix of a design found on Thingiverse, specifically http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:674873. The thicker the metal plate you stick onto it, the greater the magnetic force. As advised by jfrancais, 6 and 7 had weird artifacts. It appears that Tinkercad created the STL files incorrectly. After some experimentation with Tinkercad and 3D Builder, everything seems to be working correctly now.