Desktop shelf using acrylic sheets

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Wanted a mini shelf for holding small electronics on my desk. Rather than print the entire thing, used 3 acrylic sheets and printed supports to stack them together. This design works for as many shelves as you want. Middle sections just screw into each other with a foot and cap covering threads at both ends. The resulting item was surprisingly nice. Bought acrylic off ebay and used a standard (wood) hand saw to cut it to size. Drilling holes was a bit of an issue. Started with a 4mm drill and that was fine, but a 10mm twist drill caused some chipping. Believe a Forstner bit is what you're meant to use. **Update:** A cheap step drill works fantastic (apparently adding a little dish soap makes it cut even better). If you have a printer that's actually good, imagine printed shelves in a translucent material would also look really nice. Added some non-slip plastic to the bottom of the feet too.