Flat-Pack Phone Stand

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A versatile foldable phone stand to charm your acquaintances and confound your adversaries. Concealed in your pocket, it's a compact flat packet roughly the size of your phone. But once deployed on the table, the components transform into an extremely stable stand. The back and shelf slide out of the base, lock firmly into place, and then slide into the provided slots to offer either a 60- or 45-degree support system. The base is manufactured as two separate pieces which snap together, though you'll likely want to use adhesive to keep the assembly as tight as possible. All components print flat on the bed with 45-degree bevels, so no supports, rafts, or brims are necessary. Tolerances for interlocking parts are 0.4mm, which should work well with most printers. There's also a "snug" variant with 0.3mm tolerances if you trust your printer's accuracy. (I personally prefer a very firm shelf, so I use the standard top and bottom and the snug back and shelf.) With the looser version, you can even reduce to 85-90%, which will produce a more compact stand. (You'll probably want to increase your infill to 40% for smaller stands so that they hold up to your phone's weight. The full-sized version is solid as a rock at 15% infill.)