Desktop thread stand

A desktop thread stand made from a small block of wood, two 5 mm dowels, and a 3d printed feeder.

What you need

• A block of wood large enough to use as the base. I've cut mine to arbitrary dimensions and it ended up being: 125 x 85 x 35 mm. 
• One 5 mm dowel roughly 10 cm in length.
• Another 5 mm dowel roughly 25 cm in length.

Recommended print settings

• PLA
• No supports
• 15% infill
• Ironing: Rectilinear, 30 mm/s, 30% flow, 0.15 mm spacing. Orient the motion along the long edge.
• (Optional) Add text in the slicing software

Steps

1. Print the included model and put it on one end of the long dowel. Use superglue if needed.
2. Bore two 5 mm holes on the top surface of the wood block. One in the centre and one near any of the four corners. See the attached photo as a reference.
3. Put the short dowel in the centre hole and the long dowel in the corner hole. Use superglue if needed.

Note: I've drilled the corner hole too big by mistake and have created a small grommet to hide the rough edges. I've included the model just in case anyone else makes the same mistake.