Laser Cut Stand For Smartphone Or Tablet

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Summary

There are already a lot of smartphone/tablet stands out there that [I] [really] [like]. (Here's [my favorite].) But I wanted to make my own, and I wanted the design to have all the features I felt were essential to a good iPad stand:

  • Stability: I want to be able to tap the surface with confidence.
  • Selectable view angle, including a very steep angle (~80°).
  • Foldable/collapsable so it can fit in a drawer.
  • Usable with every iDevice in my household: my wife's iPhone 5, my iPhone 6s, and our first generation iPad Airs.
  • The stand should excessively extend beyond the device.

This stand is what I came up with.

I laser cut my stand on a Glowforge. You may have to adjust the line width and color depending on your laser cutter and software. This design also requires 3/8" dowel stock which you will cut to size.

Dowel_3-8_Inch_Test.pdf 17.5KB
iStand-GF.ai 1.6MB
iStand-GF.pdf 771.6KB