Book Openkeeper

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Tired of manually keeping your paperback open during a meal while occasionally spilling some tomato sauce over its pages? This book openkeeper solves the problem: - Print it. It is only 175 mm long, so it may be printed even on a 150 x 150 mm 3D-printer (diagonally). Otherwiese see below. - Glue it to a suitably sized glass or acrylic or polycararbonate or polystyrene tile by means of a double-sided sticky tape. I prefer a glass tile due to its weight. - Eat with both hands while reading. - Stay tidy. ==================================================================== Update 19 October 2023: I added a version for reading an upward-sloped book, preventing the glass from sliding down. You may use both versions, glued to opposite sides of the glass, to profit from their individual advantages (see last photo above). ==================================================================== As always I include the OpenSCAD source files for you to adapt or improve: - Download and install OpenSCAD from https://www.openscad.org - Launch OpenSCAD and open the enclosed OpenSCAD source file (/File/Open). - Amend the parameters at the top of the file and/or modify the source code. - Save your changes (/File/Save). - Render the design (/Design/Render). - Export the rendered design e.g. as a .stl file (/File/Export/Export as STL). - Slice and print. See my other designs at https://www.thingiverse.com/thinger13/designs