Folding Playing Card Game Stand

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Note: This thing has been upgraded at http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2169562 This version works great but wasn't as elegant as I hoped. Foldable, storable, collapsible card holder for board games and card games. There are other card display things out there but none that can fold down and store away easily. This should have the same volume as a small hardback book when it's collapsed so it should fit in game boxes between plays. It can hold both euro and American-style cards. If you notice anything you'd like me to upgrade, let me know! There are two files. One is a wider "deployed" version that should print fine as-is. Another is a modified "folded" version that should work in smaller volume printers. The folded version is 65mm wide, and the deployed version is approx 90mm wide when standing. Cards are generally 60mm wide. Print Settings Printer Brand: CEL Printer: CEL Robox Rafts: Doesn't Matter Supports: Yes Resolution: Any Infill: 15% Notes: Set support overhang to 65 to 70 degrees. Recommended you take long-print precautions on your model to prevent warping. For me with PLA that was 55c heated build plate, 55c ambient temp. Print it sideways with the round stops flat on the build platform. It's designed to use almost no support material except around the hinges as long as your material can support a 56 degree overhang. The round stops are primarily to prevent warping during printing and to ensure adhesion to the platform. If they annoy you on the finished product, you can trim them off easily. No assembly required, but that means you need to have a pretty dialed-in print calibration. If your circles aren't circles in each corner of your build platform, you will be a sad person trying to make this one. Even on its side, it's both wide and tall. Make sure to orient it so that your print head, carriage, and tubes do not accidentally hit or snag any part of the model as it traverses. I lost several of my prototypes to this problem. Print warping is a problem if you're not careful. The baffles and holes are all there to help alleviate the cooling stresses. So even PLA with its wicked shrinking tendency should work okay as long as you make sure it stays flat and your chamber stays conducive to long prints. You can shrink this by up to 5% to fit it in the build volume, but past that your printer better be very precise with well-behaved material gain on x and y axis lest you fuse the hinges. If you print with a raft expect to spend a little time cleaning the bed-ward sides of the hinges to ensure smooth action. Post-Printing Low-Post Printing Cleanup If you printed without a raft, the only post-printing cleanup should be to use a needle-nose pliers to pull support material out of the space between the hinges. I would avoid trying to clear the hinges by spinning them before at least cleaning some of the support material lest you break the card platform. It's pretty strong and can hold lots of cards, but PLA is brittle and doesn't like this type of sudden stress. How I Designed This How It Was Made I realized there were no foldable, collapsible card holders for board games so I started to make one. I took a standard book hinge and used that as inspiration for the full design. This is Rev 5. Suggestions welcome.