Portable Holder for Advanced Tape Glider (ATG)

This is a set of files to create a portable (folding) holder for an Advanced Tape Glider made by Scotch. My mother in law is an avid scrap-booker, and she wanted a portable holder for her ATG so I set to designing this.

I hope to add more pictures soon when my mother in law is free to take them (I don't have the physical tape glider).

The download will include 5 total files--two of the files are for display only on the Cults website. In the future, I may attempt a print-in-place model, but I haven't yet done that. If I do, I'll add the new files to this post.

You will need to print "ATG Holder Final - Base", "ATG Holder Final - Holding Fork", and "ATG Holder Final - Locking Nubs" to assemble this project.

Files to Print:

As mentioned in the description, you will need to print 3 files:
"ATG Holder Final - Base"
"ATG Holder Final - Holding Fork"
"ATG Holder Final - Locking Nubs"

Materials Needed:

You will also need a set of four 5x5x3 magnets--I got mine in bulk off of Amazon. These don't need to be incredibly strong. Finally, superglue is needed for the locking nubs and magnets.

Assembly:

Depending on your settings, you may have success with pressure-fitting the magnets. To be safe, I'd recommend a small dab of superglue in the magnet holes of the Base; however, the Holding Fork tends to be fine with pressure fitting. Ensure that all of the magnets are in the correct orientation (when sitting the Holding Fork vertical and when laying it flat). Insert the Holding Fork at an angle through the holding structure in the base, then use superglue to fit the Locking Nubs in place.

Print Settings:

Print in standard-orientation. I found that two prints were most successful with one print for the Base and one print for the Holding Fork and Locking Nubs. Just drop the Locking Nubs into your slicer when loading the Holding Fork file.

Printer: Creality Ender 3 v2

Rafts: Optional (with a well-leveled machine, you shouldn't need them)

Supports: Tree, 5% density, "Build Everywhere" enabled

Resolution: 0.2

Infill: 15% works fine structurally; print at a higher infill for a more "weighty" result

Nozzel: 0.4mm

Filament: PLA

Retraction: Off; I tended to get heat-runaway on the base's holding structures with retraction enabled.

Misc Notes: With Silk filament, I found that I had a higher success rate with the 0.6mm nozzel and 0.3 layer height otherwise clogs are a headache with the faster-melting material. The difference in resolution here results in a nicer-looking shiny surface with Silk.