OK, last minute here, but I took a different approach. I don’t get as much time in my “shop” as some. I put “shop” in quotes because it’s a garage that is mostly filled with toys (and not the cool Festool toys some of you guys have…I’m talking Fischer Price). When I do get out there, I usually need to justify it. So…my wife and 5yr old daughter were working on a watercolor painting from a kit my little girl got from Santa. It’s one of those deals where you follow along with an online video. As that was going on, I was playing with my son (3yr old) at the kitchen sink because he HAD to play with his new bath toys. Coincidentally, my wife asked me if I could find something so she could prop up her phone. Excitedly, I told her I could make her something. Sensing my excitement and knowing where I was going with this, she gave me a look and said “Can’t you just get a book or something I can prop it on?”.
I obliged.
So, several hours later, after a the Christmas dinner and chaos at the in-laws, I’m home and everyone is mostly asleep.
The design…I knew she wanted something small and simple that did the job without being in the way. This was modeled in Fusion 360. A simple phone stand meant for the exact purpose to stand a phone upright for viewing. It will work in portrait or landscape mode, and it takes up very little table/desk space (70mm diameter). I also included my wife’s initials in the version I made. I want to be part of the club here, so I added the C3D logo like many others for the version I’ll share here. The best part is that it takes only a few minutes to cut. I went ahead and made a series, and I was thinking that it might be a cool project for my students (maybe if Carbide 3D would donate a machine?)
Anyway, I did ask my wife what color she wanted her initials. She said pink, probably knowing that I don’t have pink paint or stain. I wasn’t going to be left out of this, so I found some of her nail polish and here you go:
Models/Fusion Files (screen grabs are links):
1/8" endmill for logo
1/4" endmill for everything else
I used scrap Maple for this. Nail polish (fast drying…might use that stuff more) and a couple coats of poly.
I really like the idea behind these contests! Thanks @Julien and the team at Carbide!