Laser-Cut iPhone 3G Dock

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The original design of Todbot's laser-cut dock (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:798) led me to make a new dock with several improvements. I disliked the nuts and bolts scratching the desk, sticking bolt heads, lightweight and small size for the phone, and reliance on the dock connector for strength. My improved dock requires acrylic cement or superglue to join some parts together. It uses the short iPhone 3G connector (http://store.apple.com/us/product/MA591G/A?fnode=MTY1NDA0OQ&mco=MTM3NDk1NzI) and has a tight fit for the connector to prevent wiggling. The dock's design allows you to remove the cable if needed, but only if you don't glue all parts together. To assemble my new dock, cut out one of each part from quarter-inch stock using a laser cutter, assemble parts 2-6 in order, slot four hex bolts through the holes and secure nuts to align with the hex holes, thread the short sync cable through from the top, chemically weld or glue parts 0 and 1 together, and (optionally) glue part 0/1 to part 2.