Base for desktop filament roller Ender 3

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I'm mostly posting this for future reference, but there is a major issue when printing from default orientation. See below for more information. I decided to move my filament spool holder to sit on my bench top next to my printer. I used the headphone stand as a base and modified it so you can screw in the stock metal bracket using the stock screws (without the T-nuts, screws right into the plastic). I printed at .28mm layer height, 20% infill and 4 walls, and it's plenty strong to hold a 1kg spool. The .28mm layer height isn't super pretty, but if you want a cleaner look, drop that down - I opted for speed instead. If you actually want to print this design, you'll need to lower it into the build plate by 1-2mm. If you examine your first couple layers at default orientation in your slicer preview, you'll notice that it doesn't actually print the whole first layer; instead, it thinks a bunch of the bottom is a bridge printed on layer 2, 3 etc. By lowering the entire design a couple mm's into the buildplate in your slicer, this issue is eliminated. Unfortunately, I'm having trouble figuring out how to fix this problem in Tinkercad, so this was my workaround.