Adjustable Folding Phone or Tablet Stand

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This is a 100% printable, adjustable and folding phone or tablet stand that was designed to be simple and unobtrusive while being tough enough to throw into a bag or purse. Print the arm, cradle, and one of the bases with or without the ridge. Snap the arm into the holes closest to the closed end of the base, and snap the phone cradle into the holes closest to the open end of the base with the tusks up. The stand should fold down so the cradle is flush with the top of the base, with the arm surrounded by the base below the cradle. The base with the ridge is designed to stop the arm from rotating downward below the base when folded. You should then be able to rotate the cradle and arm upward, notching the arm in the slots on the bottom of the cradle. The cradle should hold a phone that is 12mm thick, and the back of the cradle is approximately 5cm wide which should be hidden by a phone with 3.5" or greater screen. This stand should be printed in relatively hard plastic like PET or PLA, and can be scaled down by up to 33%, or scaled up, to accommodate different tablets or phones. Infill should be set to 15% or greater, and I print at .2mm layer height with no brim, raft, or support. UPDATE 2019-05-12: A couple of minor updates were made. Now the curves on the open end of the base are on the sides to match the closed end and improve stability. The grooves on the cradle were also made deeper to hold the arm better. UPDATE 2019-05-18: A small ridge was added to the base to keep the arm from rotating downward when the stand is folded. The version of the base without the ridge is the one with the _NO_RIDGE suffix. After some time, this thing can now be considered 'done'.