A Phone/Tablet Stand in 47 Minutes

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<blockquote>Fits pretty much any modern phone, even with a thick case. Stable in landscape and portrait.</blockquote> <div class="ThingPage__blockTitle--3ZdLu">Description</div> <b>Scroll through your social media feed or sit back and enjoy your favorite video content with this universal phone stand.</b> This model only takes 6.81 grams of filament to print, yet it is surprisingly sturdy and stable. The print time is 47 minutes to allow each layer to cool down in time for the next one. The print does produce some very fine stringing that is easy to clean up with your fingers. No post-processing is required apart from that. This design is inspired by the <a href="https://www.printables.com/contest/15-quick-and-useful-prints" target="_blank">Quick and Useful Prints</a> competition. I wanted to create something that used the least amount of material without sacrificing functionality. It's basically like manual topology optimization. I took my old phone stand design that takes about 5 hours to print and removed every unnecessary bit of material until I ended up with this. Here's a comparison picture: <img src="https://media.prusaprinters.org/media/prints/84425/rich_content/0db51984-5cd2-420c-ad3c-b8bae9208fec/021a6936.jpg"> Funny enough, it actually feels more stable than the classic stand because the base is a bit wider. <div class="ThingPage__blockTitle--3ZdLu">Now tested for a 10.1" tablet!</div> It's not rock-solid with that kind of leverage, but it's stable enough for browsing youtube without feeling like it's about to fall over.</h3> <img src="https://media.prusaprinters.org/media/prints/84425/rich_content/9bedc8e1-874b-4233-a9d5-de2c971982c9/021a6940.jpg">