Nexus 7 (2013) Laser Cut QI Charging alignment Frame

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I bought an inductive QI charger that's designed specifically for cell phones, but also charges my Nexus 7 tablet. The only problem is that the tablet requires precise centering to be charged, which takes a bit of effort to get exactly right, and if it's bumped off center, it stops charging. So I built this frame that sits over the top of the charger and holds my tablet perfectly centered over the charging coil. It's made up of three layers of laser-cut plywood: one around the charger and two identical ones framing the tablet. I stained it with an "Ebony" color after gluing the layers together. The specific QI charger I have is this one: http://amzn.to/2Dlmxzy, but if you have a differently shaped one, you can just edit the center cutout of the charger base file. You can see a video of it in action here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LNgHPEWmR14