ultra-light card-sized folding phone stand

prusaprinters

Just two weeks ago, on the easter weekend me and my family faced a common challenge: taking a picture in the backyard, where you can find everything but a phone stand! We finally accomplished the task, using various items to build a tower and some more to prevent the phone on top from falling over. However, I started thinking of a stand, available in unforeseen situations. Some days later, i came across this contest. Clearly, i had to join in!Because my “CAD machine” is currently down for maintenance, I had to find another way to contribute. Inkscape (free drawing tool - https://inkscape.org/) on my wife’s PC came in handy. Grayscale pictures can be converted and sliced for printing too. Usually this workflow is chosen to create back-lit lithophane art or topographical maps. But it would do the job of designing a lying, flat, card-shaped item with some slots and folding marks…This print fits in your wallet just like a credit card. It can be folded for use as a stand and is kept in place by hooks until you’re done. Its two slots are different but both pretty steep, close to upright position. For more inclination use whatever you can find in the backyard, where your family is taking the snapshot :D Have fun printing! How to use the PNG-file:Edit: Unfortunately, printables doesn't support picture files as model files and provides uploaded photos as WEB-files. You'll have to download my SVG-file (find it in “other files”), open it in Inkscape and export the PNG yourself - select “Page” and 300dpi in export-settings.Drag and drop the file into your slicer, which will ask for conversion settings.Use the following (Cura parameter naming):Thickness: 0,5Base: 0Width: 90Depth: (is calculated) 56.98Color model: linearSmoothing: minimum Print settings are pretty straight forward. Use a non brittle filament (PLA works fine) and print with high resolution on a well leveled bed with nozzle diameter 0.4:layer height: 0,1 mminitial layer height: 0,2 mm I used 3dJake ecoPLA Orange with 57°C bed and 208°C hot end temperature. Initial layer is raised to 218°C by Cura