Smartphone Deskstand

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First, it started as a challenge with a coworker because we had some cheap desk stand giveaways that were made from something really stiff, which led to them breaking easily. This led to the design above - I guess I like circles quite a bit. Any idea on how not to have straight feet? Feel free to use it, make it, redo it. UPDATE: The holes in the bars on the slim were a little too shallow so I made them wider on three sides by about 0.5 mm - test print came out with a really good fit. Files have been updated to current version. The holes for the feet are tricky - I used the purple filament again and they were too loose. So, I would suggest adjusting this to your material or use glue like I did. NEWS: I've made longer bars (140 mm exactly) to have a landscape-oriented smartphone stand. On my Z3, they're just on the edge outside the screen - will do a test print tomorrow and get back to you. Maybe I should use the slim version as the main version of this build or create a separate thing with it? Any suggestions? Print Settings Printer: Duplicator i3 Rafts: Yes Supports: No Resolution: 0.2 mm Infill: 25% Notes: 210°C / 45°C - for my purple PLA here I would recommend testing this with a Raft or Brim at least - these small lines aren't very well in sticking to the bed at all. At least for my test prints. The bars do good without anything. Played around with overheating on the bed just for the first layer (through OctoPrint, you can adjust the temps manually on the fly - but - at least in my case - I needed Cura to use the overheat as bed temp and adjust it down after the first layer to the regular temp). Speed is also very important for sticking: I got it down to stick without using 50% as overall feed rate for the beginning. After two layers, you can start to speed it all back up to 100%. How I Designed This Full height NOT tested As I need some sleep now, I was only able to print the "size_test_print" to check if it fits my phone - big one will take over three hours - will try it tomorrow and update it here. Update because I can't sleep: I just did a second test piece so I got two of those and gave it a try: Phone portrait-oriented - those two small stands are pretty strong - the move like 3-4 mm because of the phone's weight but nowhere near to break - so the solid piece should be much stronger. It could flip over if you push it back - but I'm pretty surprised that I got a good center of gravity on it so it's pretty stable. Phone landscape-oriented - works even better with just those two little holders on each side. Slim Version From the testing parts which I tried if they could hold my phone to this quick and dirty slim version. You'll need two of the bars and two of the holders - those holders are slightly different to the "size_test_print" - I just couldn't stand weird numbers for the feet width. I printed a few with different filaments - the holes are kinda "random" - maybe it's the diameter of the filament which isn't even the same. So, some come out quite loose - some are quite tight. But with some glue, they all work. Will keep you updated.