Multi-angle Laser Cut Phone Stand

by sjbrown in Living > Life Hacks

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Multi-angle Laser Cut Phone Stand

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It's easy to make a cardboard phone stand, but mine wore down after a couple months, so I decided to laser-cut a new one out of barely sturdier material. While doing so, I decided to to make a couple angles available. I like to have my phone "standing" at a high angle when video-calling, and I like to have it "lying" at a low angle while watching media.

Laser-cut and Glue

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This instructable assumes you can operate a laser cutter. Just laser-cut the provided design, phone_stand.svg.

It's assuming 3mm thick material, if you change that, you'll need to change the sizes of the cross lap joints.

The design includes some surplus crosspieces. I used them along with an elastic band to help keep the pressure on during glue-up

Downloads

Standing Angle

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This is the angle I use for video calls

Reclining Angle

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I like this angle for watching media

Bonus Angle

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Just for kicks. I don't know if I'll ever use this angle.