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How to make an ipod stand out of a business card

  • Writer: Andrew Kinnear
    Andrew Kinnear
  • Aug 31, 2009
  • 2 min read

I was enjoying my lunch today and decided to catch up on a video podcast of some short Dilbert animations when I realized that holding up my ipod touch required an unreasonable amount of effort. I needed a way to balance the device at the correct angle so that I could just sit, enjoy eating, and not have to hold anything. I decided to engineer a solution out of thin air. I took a business card, made some folds and cuts, and 'Tadahhhh!!!' an ipod touch (or iphone) stand out of a business card. Keep reading for the instructions... Step 1. Fold a lip on one end of the card. It only has to be wide enough to prevent the device from sliding to the table. Step 2. Fold what's left of the card in half. This will be the base of the stand. If you were using steel instead of a business card, you could stop now, but as it stands, the ipod is too heavy and squashes the card down. You need supports.Step 3. With the main stand folded, make two cuts into the fold, creating a sort of tab. There are now two sides and a middle. Step 4. Cut the fold on the middle to release the two tabs. These tabs are going to connect under the peak to keep the stand from splitting apart. Step 5. To connect the two floating tabs, make a small cut perpendicular to the tab about halfway through. Do the same on the other side, but on the opposite side. These two floating tabs with little slits will now join together forming the cross-bar of the 'A' frame support. It's more than enough to hold together under the weight of an ipod. For the record, I did this on my lunch break! Work is actually very busy and exciting right now, as we are in the final throws of an approval process that will see me get even more busy! If I were in a business that had anything to do with mobile devices, I would make my business card come pre-die-cut to accommodate this little bonus. We've all seen cool business cards, but the beauty of this is that you can do it with your own business card. If you're looking for a different way to do it, I just googled instructables method, and it looks pretty good too, however I didn't think that way up from scratch, so who knows how awesome it will be. Cheers!

 
 
 

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