3D Printed iPad Stand: Revised

 

Challenge: This was part of our 2025 School Market Day projects - the group that was based around creating and developing iPad and iPhone stands.

Background: Students in the junior classroom who were seven and eight year olds used the Tinkercad app to develop of range of iPads for order.   They used the basic template that was available on template and then used the design tools to remodel and develop the designs.

The degree of difficulty varied depending on the design - you can see examples of this work here which featured on this blog in 2025 - including the 'Willy Wonka' design which this 2026 remix was based on.

As a point of interest this print was printed with super glow-in-the-dark filament.   


Level of Difficulty: This design was created independently by students (and modified by the teacher later) and is based heavily on the Tinkercad template - which some adjustment.   To a student who is capable of using Tinkercad and the Tinkercad app the design would only take a few minutes to personalise.  This would rank as a medium level task for students to complete independently.

Size: As this intended to hold an iPad successfully the dimensions of the print reflect this.   The print measures 140mm across and is 120mm long.  The base is 20mm thick.   The backing plate at the back is 140mm high, 135mm wide and was also 20mm thick.   This print was completed with a base infill of 20% (which is essentially the standard for every print ever published on this blog).

Cost: This is a significant print - including 'rafting' to support the print as it is being completed (although like most Bambu H2D prints it is minimal) the print used 238g of plastic.   This meant that the cost of the print was just over $6.00 NZD.   It would have been slightly higher as super-glow-in-the-dark filament was used (although this is minimal).    We were charging $8.00 for items like this at our School Market Day to cover the entire project and costs.

Timeframe: This is one of the significant Bambu H2D School projects that we are printing - and the purpose of the print reflects that.   While some of the phone stands have come in at the two to three hour mark this print took six and a half hours to print.    

What we would do differently/Next Steps for the students: 

We mentioned at the time of the School Market Day but the students would have been able to make more of an impact if they had shown and demonstrated some of the stands prior to the event - we have found that they have had a very positive reception since and tend to be something that has an actual functionality to them (as opposed to for instance being something static or a 'toy').   While this was a remix of an existing project it is anticipated that there will be additional versions of these that will take place in the coming school year, which starts this Thursday.