Planetary Phone Stand (Patreon)

Howdy, wonderful people!

Do you  need an overly-complicated way to prop your phone up, one that says to everyone around you that you have a 3D printer?  Then this is the model for you!  The angle of the stand adjusts by pivoting on a set of planetary gears, and is then fixed in place by tightening a sliding bolt form the opposing side. 

You might recognise this as the somewhat more refined descendant of an experimental model from some time ago!  That one was a much more difficult print, and a much larger one, too.  This version rethinks how the bolt prints, and allows it to slide back and forth as well as rotate.

More importantly, this version fits within a 180mm square, which  means it'll print on a Prusa Mini!

It also looks much cooler and more industrial than ever!

Printing Tips

This is a model with a few parts that print in close proximity to each other!  So, you'll want to make sure your bottom layer is nice and neat, and that you don't have any issues with stringing, overextrusion or anything else that might bind moving parts together!

The model prints hinged open, like so:

Print Dimensions

The Planetary Phone Stand occupies 173mm x 164mm on the print bed, and prints to 60mm height.

File Location

You'll find this on dropbox under 739 Planetary Phone Stand

(Dropbox link post:  https://www.patreon.com/posts/dropbox-and-are-31697592 )

Further Thoughts

Thank you to everyone who has prodded me for so long about getting a new version of this phone stand ready and published!  I really do love all the feedback and enthusiasm, and it's always such a great motivator!

xoxo

Sven.