This is a fully adjustable phone or tablet stand. Useful for watching movies on your phone or tablet, or just a place to perch your device when you’re reading an article. The angle of the holder is fully adjustable, so you can make this sit up high or low, or tilt the holder at an angle, depending on your circumstances.
This design relies on screws and nuts to hold everything together. The parts have been designed so that printing them provides a strong part that won’t break when fully tightened.
Here are the quantities of parts you will need to print to get something like the images above. You can always add more extensions, 30mm screws, and nuts to extend the arm of the holder.
Standalone Base – 1x
Holder back – 1x
Holder lip – 1x
Anchor Screw – 2x
Extension – 2x
30mm Screw – 3x
Nut – 5x
Print Settings
Printer Brand:
Monoprice
Printer:
Maker Select Plus
Rafts:
No
Supports:
No
Resolution:
0.2mm
Infill:
20%
Notes:
For any parts with threads I used 4 walls to strengthen the threads as much as possible. Other than that, all parts use 20% infill and no supports. All of the smaller parts needed a brim on my printer in order to stay on the build plate securely.
Post-Printing
The threads are a little tight right after printing and need to be broken in by screwing them into a nut. Once broken in all screws function smoothly and hold the parts tight.
How I Designed This
Like I mentioned above, this thing was heavily inspired by this Universal arm mount holder. I really liked the design of it, but when I printed it out it wasn’t long before the screws snapped because of the orientation that they had to be printed in (vertically to accommodate the knob and threads).
I set out to, more or less, recreate that thing but using a design that should be much stronger and withstand more abuse (like tightening the screws as hard as I could by hand). I knew that all parts needed to be printed in a horizontal orientation to achieve maximum strength, especially the parts that are screwed together.
You’ll find that all the parts should be pretty sturdy when printed out correctly. Even the screws and nuts can withstand a lot of abuse. I have yet to break a screw or nut from over tightening by hand (I’m sure using some pliers would do the job).
One area of concern are the threaded holes on the base and holder, which (at least on my printer) didn’t print out as strongly as I would have liked. I have been able to strip the threads in those holes, but thankfully those areas don’t need a lot of pressure to be held in place.
The other interesting part of this design is the holder, which is composed of two parts: the back and the lip. The lip friction fits into the back (quite snugly) and shouldn’t come loose unless you pull really hard.
Credits:
siannopollo
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