Extremely Lazy Printer Stand

This is not a refined design.
This is four printed bricks of filament whose sole purpose is to lift something.

A stand lifts things.
These lift a printer.
That’s the entire design brief.

The STL contains all four pieces, because I modeled one brick, duplicated it, and stopped thinking. Each brick has a small indent so your printer feet don’t immediately attempt escape, which already exceeds the original ambition of this project.

The indents are not modeled after any specific printer feet or precise dimensions. I eyeballed it and sent it. If you squint hard enough, you could call this a “Universal Printer Stand.”

What this actually is

This is a perfect way to destroy a large amount of filament in exchange for a very small amount of height.

I used PETG, not because it’s optimal, but because I couldn’t be bothered to unload whatever filament was already in the printer. You can use:

• PLA
• PETG
• ABS (if you enjoy fumes)
• TPU (if you’re feeling spicy and hate yourself)

If it extrudes, it can become a structural brick.

This stand consumes roughly 400g of filament to achieve what four actual bricks could have done for free. The difference is that these are custom bricks made of laziness.

Why this exists (unfortunately)

I have an enclosed printer.
That printer lives inside an Ender-3 enclosure tent.
PLA smells give me headaches.
The filtration situation is… layered.

The printer door was hitting the tent zipper. I needed the printer higher by just enough to clear it. This was the fastest solution that didn’t involve cutting fabric, redesigning anything, or unpacking my life choices.

Design methodology (crimes)

• Modeled in Tinkercad
• One block
• Cloned repeatedly
• Negative geometry added in OrcaSlicer because subtractive CAD remains a mystery
• Absolutely not optimized
• Extremely confident anyway

Printing notes

• Single STL with all four bricks
• No supports
• Print flat
• Use literally whatever filament you want
• Heavier than necessary, lighter than shame

Remix encouraged

Please remix this.

Make it taller.
Make it shorter.
Make it hollow.
Make it heavier for no reason.
Turn it into one giant brick.
Turn it into eight smaller bricks.
Add spikes.
Add text.
Add regret.

If you want to optimize it, parametric-ify it, or actually model the negative geometry properly, you have my blessing.

If you want to make it even more cursed, you also have my blessing.

This model exists because I needed to lift a printer by a small amount and didn’t feel like thinking any harder than this. If your solution is worse, please upload it.

Final warning

This model will not make you better at CAD.
It will not save filament.
It will not impress anyone.

It will lift something.
Reliably.
Immediately.

Sometimes the correct solution is just printing four bricks and moving on with your life.