Vertical Acrylic Laptop Stand

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If any of you are in a position like I am, and you need to use the camera on your laptop, but don’t actually use the keyboard - I made you a stand.

Yes, you can buy the same of Amazon for like $15, but I had acrylic, a laser, and a strong need!
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*The hole is .75", if it’s too narrow for your laptop, ungroup, resize, regroup.

  • Cut it
  • Remove masking
  • Stick it in a pre-heated ~300F/150Fº oven/toaster flat on a baking sheet
  • After ~5 minutes pull it out (with heat protection!) and curve it to the shape you desire

If it’s too hot (toaster at 320Fº) the acrylic will bubble, which certainly gives it some character :stuck_out_tongue:

10 minutes later and my laptop can now stand on its own and the camera is at a decent eye level!

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I may do another one in the future…may.

practical not pretty!

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Full of character! i love it.

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Clever design. Everything is better toasted.

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The bubbles add interest! Nice to make things that solve a problem.

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Nice. Thank you!

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Yes, yours is unique!

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Very useful! Thanks for the share!

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Thank you for sharing! It’s practical, and I agree that the bubbles give it character. Given the height of the laptop, it also looks pretty stable. I’ve had stands for my iPad and MacBook and encountered a fair share of them toppling over. I cut strips of felt to balance the stand, and I’ll try doing your shared design steps.

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It’s very sturdy. I can hit keys with no discernible wiggle.

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As a crafter I applied your engiuity, as an IT guy: IF I CATCH ANY OF MY USERS DOING THIS :poop: IM REVOKING YOUR ACCESS AND MAKING YOU DO CYBER AWARENESS TRAINING AGAIN :joy:

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:rofl:

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I read that as “making you do cyber awareness training… again…” Like you have already had to do this SEVERAL times before. :rofl:

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I can neither confirm nor deny the status of user [redacted] completion of CAT for the third time this year (and as much as I want to say I’m joking I’m really not ffs)

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You saw the big white block I put over everything, right??

Having had to do cyber awareness literally this :stuck_out_tongue:

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