A lot of people buy smartphones. These are convenient gadgets that allow you to watch videos and read books directly from your phone, talk on Skype. All this is convenient to do at the table. You only need a stand so that the phone is in an inclined position. Then the hands remain free, and it’s more convenient to look at the screen. You can buy a ready-made plastic or metal stand on a suction cup, or you can make a stand for your phone with your own hands. There will be little material, this is not a costly business, and it will take almost no time. But the product will be unique, it can be painted in any color, made on a wooden stand drawing or carving. Consider several different options for do-it-yourself phone stands.
Cat
For such a cute stand that you can give your girlfriend, you will need: a jigsaw, a chisel, PVA or D3 glue (based on PVA), sandpaper with grit No. 80 and No. 120, acrylic paint, acrylic varnish, and of course, a piece of wooden board and a planer . First, a workpiece of the required thickness is sawn off and a circle and a cat are drawn with a simple pencil. Then, with the help of a jigsaw, the necessary forms are cut. In the circle, a strip for the phone is cut out or cut out with a chisel.
The preparation of the stand for the phone with your own hands needs to be carefully processed with sandpaper. First we take a coarser grit - No. 80, then open it with red paint. It is better to take acrylic paint, as it is odorless. You can carry out the whole process at home. Then, after the paint has completely dried, the surface is again treated with sandpaper, but with a finer grain size - No. 120. Then you need to cover the product with another coat of paint. After drying, a layer of acrylic varnish is also applied. This is a prerequisite when choosing acrylic paint. Another varnish will not work.
After drying completely, the do-it-yourself phone stand is put together. The cat is glued to the stand using thick PVA glue or D3 analogue, but also based on PVA. It is stronger than PVA and you can not worry about the phone. The stand will support any weight. You can also cut out any character instead of a cat, for a child - a beloved cartoon character, and for yourself - a little man.
Simple wooden stand
Such an unpretentious stand can be made only if you are the owner of a manual milling cutter. Then a thin strip (slightly larger than the thickness of your smartphone) and a compartment for small items are cut out from a simple blank of the desired thickness. In the recess, you can fold the charging for the phone or hold the headphones so that they are not lost.
It remains only to walk a few times with sandpaper and acrylic varnish. We will not repeat the sequence of actions, since everything is described in detail in the first subheading.
Camping option
This do-it-yourself phone holder is hung on the keys and is constantly in the access zone. It can be used at work and in camping conditions. This small wooden "stick" does not take up space in your pocket at all, but it fully performs its support function in an inclined position.
It is better to make it from hard wood - beech, oak, ash, hornbeam, walnut, etc. This is necessary so as not to break off a piece when pressing the keys in your pocket. The length of the product is 6-7 cm, the width is 3 cm. Slightly stepping back from the edge, a small square cut is cut out with a jigsaw. Then, on the opposite side, a hole is drilled for the ring, on which the keys are hung.
Then everything according to the known scheme is processed with sandpaper and opened with varnish. You can also pre-treat wood with wood stain, giving the tree the necessary shade.
Temporary cardboard option
While you are considering how to make a phone stand with your own hands from wood, we can offer a temporary option from cardboard. Look carefully at the photo how to cut out the necessary part from a simple rectangle of corrugated cardboard, bent in half.
But this option can be used temporarily, since it does not look very pretty. As you can see, making an original and effective stand is easy, most importantly, the desire and availability of the necessary tools.