Adding Extensions to an existing project

 

This phone stand has been featured in a number of posts on this blog.  It is an original design from a student from cohort one from this years classroom (that is a student designing for the first time).

The print originally featured here before being reworked following testing to include a range of additional features and transform it into a customised Mothers Day Gift.   The next step was for the student to design a colour scheme and have the unit spray painted.   Which you can see here.    When feedback was given to the student it then underwent a further revision.  The student created a charging insert port into the middle and base of the design (as shown in the photo) based on the type of phone and where the charging was.

The student had also experimented with having a stencil applied and that spray painted onto her design.

The student was then able to carry out specific testing with the unit and then use it in conjunction with the phone before they made a final design decision.  In this case the student realised that while the charger would fit through the hole the stand itself could not sit flush on a surface as the charger cord needed to be able to be underneath.   The student considered solutions to this including a complete redesign (and print) however they decided to introduce four legs to the design which provided a colour contrast to the deign and crucially introduced the height that they needed for the print to work successfully.   

The applying of stencils to 3D Printed designs has been an entirely new avenue for the students to explore, and recently it has been deemed success. In this instance the photograph above the application of the stencil was not successful and so the student also wanted to resolve that.

Their solution for this was to create a small plate to show the year date and for this to be applied (glued) down to cover the part of the stand where the stencil previously was (as shown left).

The insert plate to cover the stencil used 2 grams of PLA and had a price point of $0.05.  This part of the print took 11 minutes to complete.   The legs to raise the print to a higher point used 25 grams of regular PLA and this had a price point of $0.64.   This took one hour and nine minutes to complete.

We have put a post about this print on our Facebook site which includes additional photographs of the project.  You can click on the link to the project here.