Apple iPad Mini Passive speaker amplifier and dock

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I will fit an iPad mini with a case and provide passive amplification to speakers as well as providing charge by threading the Apple lightning cable through the hole and twisting it to seat. There's a groove to hold the cable neatly behind the dock. This model can be printed on my fairly basic MOD-t 3D printer. This model will stretch the bridging and overhang capabilities of your printer, but it will still print successfully without too much sagging or stringing. I highly recommend printing with a raft or at least a five-line brim to improve contact area with the build plate; otherwise, the model may come away. Supports are a must to support the base of the acoustic void, but you should avoid allowing supports inside the acoustic void to preserve the appearance of the printed surfaces in plain view. When I set an overhang angle threshold of 44 degrees on Cura, it produces only two lines of support for the overhang on the side cutouts, which works perfectly in my prints. Infill can be set at zero percent without reducing the model's rigidity.