Mobile Lazy Stand

Hi All,

We all are addicted to our smart phones and before going to bed, we end up watching a video or browsing while lying on the bed... We do not maintain any gap between phone and us, which results in bad eyesight

In this instructables, i am going share how we can make a lazy mobile stand. That will not improve your eyesight but can assist to keep a healthy distance between phone and you

I like to recycle as many items I can. In this build I am using a broken mobile stand from a friend, who was about to throw it and it would have landed in some dumping area causing more problems for environment

Step 1: What Do We Need ?

Materials

• Old / broken Mobile stand
• Wood Strips
• 6mm Nuts and bolts
• PVA glue or fevicol

Tools

• Hack Saw
• Black Oil Paint spray
• Sandpapers
• Wood Clamps

Step 2: The Base

The design of the base may vary based on your bed, mine had a 2 inch thick head board, on which I needed to fit my base.

• The base has to be strong so took a piece of wood ( 2" x 1.5" x 3/4 ") as main body
• On which I fixed a metal "L" bracket on one side
• And a wooden strip 3.5" long on the other side
• Added 2 - 2.5" strips at the middle ( both sides ) for the base arm
• Drill a hole of 6mm through the side strips as shown
• The wooden strips are glued not nailed while the metal bracket is screwed
• This assembly should fit on the headboard without any gaps

This will help us to move the stand from one side to another

Step 3: Base Arm

• All 3 arms are of 9" in length with 6mm holes at the both ends
• Since the base holder has 3/4" gap, we need to make our first arm that thick
• We do this by add 2 pieces on each side, sticking them with PVA glue / fevicol
• Let it dry for 2 hrs
• Once dried, adjust the width according to the base, by sanding

Step 4: End Arm

• The End arm which will host the mobile stand needs an additional wooden plank
• This tiny plank is at 90 degree with the arm
• Glue these pieces with pva glue or fevicol and let it dry for 2 hours
• Fix the base of the mobile stand on it

Step 5: Middle Arm

• The middle arm is of 9" long
• With 6MM holes at both ends
• I have added 2 middle arms, but was too long and unsable

Step 6: WingNuts

Because we have 3 joints, we should be able to tighten and loosen them at will to adjust desired position. But we cannot keep a spanner handy for this. Simple solution is to use wing nuts, problem is I had none and were not available in the local stores where I live...

• To make my own wind nuts, I am using wooden strip of 3/4"
• Drilled holes for 10mm and hammered the nut into it
• This worked for 2 nuts, but the wood splitted for rest
• I super glued the wood and nuts, left for few hrs and I had good wing nuts

Step 7: Finishing

• Sand the wood with sandpapers
• Spray Paint them black or leave them natural

Tips and learnings

• I made a mistake, the joints needs friction to stay in position, because I sanded them, they would slip and hit the mobile on my head. So I had to create some groves using blade or a sharpe on each joints to get the friction
• Do not paint joints
• Using Wing nuts at both ends with metallic washer
• Loosen the nuts before adjusting

That's all, fix the stand, attach your mobile and watch a movie or video