Vertical Switch Dock Stand with Strap Slots
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Description
A Switch dock lying flat eats shelf space, and a dock stood on its end tips over the first time someone pulls a cable. This stand holds the dock upright in a snug pocket on a wide flat base, and keeps two spare Joy-Con straps in slots in the side walls.
What it does
- Holds the dock on its end so it takes up a footprint of about 142 × 92 mm instead of its full 175 mm length lying down.
- Front wall is cut down in the middle, so you can grip the dock to lift it out.
- A 70 mm opening in the back wall lets the power, HDMI and USB cables leave without bending against the stand.
- Two 4 × 16 mm slots, one in each side wall, hold spare Joy-Con straps.
Numbers that decide fit
- Pocket: 106 mm wide × 52 mm deep, for a dock of roughly 104 × 49 mm. That leaves about 1 mm of play on width and 3 mm on depth.
- Pocket depth: 44 mm, above a 6 mm base.
- Overall: 142 × 92 mm base, 50 mm tall.
- Side walls: 10 mm thick. Front and back walls: 8 mm.
Printing
- Print flat on the base, with no supports needed.
- Chamfered edges, 1.5 mm.
- Any common filament works. PETG or PLA is fine for the load.
- If your dock is a tight fit or loose, adjust the pocket width and depth to match.
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