Desk-Mountable Hot Glue Gun Stand

Features:

• Should fit most common hot glue gun variants, big and small. Modeled after a small variant, however the trigger well of V2 has been improved to accommodate larger sizes.

• If you have the ability to cut out a small piece of sheet metal and bend it around something (I used a table leg LOL), you can make a metal plate that bolts to the front of the holder to catch glue drips. It will absorb some of the heat and protect the printed plastic. Optional, but recommended. The radius of the bends can be more or less whatever you want and it should still fit. I made the edges of the model super curved so that I didn't have to be precise about it.

• Optionally desk-mountable... assuming you happen to have the same monitor arm clamp I happened to have laying around. Not very likely, BUT I've included the source Blender files so feel free to adjust as needed :)

• A heavy metal plate can optionally be bolted to the underside, to give it weight when not in its desk-mounted configuration. This prevents it from sliding around, ensuring it stays where you want it.

• Uses standard depth M6 heat set inserts and accompanying bolts.

Print settings:

• Material: Heat resistant - PETG seems to work, when used together with the sheet metal cover. Do NOT use PLA for this.

• Supports: Snug. I recommend that you have your bridge settings tuned well, as the surface finish of the underside cavities will depend on it. You probably want your support separation gap to be slightly closer together than usual, but you know your own printer best; do what works for you.

• Perimeters: Heavy; you'll want the top, bottom and sides to be about 5 or 6, preferably more. Keep in mind the desk mount clamp attaches to the bottom, you want everything to be solid.

• Infill: Gyroid, to preference. I would advise to go a little higher than usual, for the same reason as with the perimeters.

Additional Notes:

• The V2 version has a deeper trigger well, so it fits more hot glue gun models. They are otherwise identical. V1 version included for reference and archival purposes. V1 is for mini hot glue guns; V2 should fit most types.

• Not my pictures (I made this as a gift), but that's how the one I made turned out.

• I recommend giving the surface a light sanding pass and some clear coat lacquer, theory being that the smoother your surface is, the more difficult it should be for hot glue to stick to it.

• The sheet metal template STL is mostly intended as a rough guide, and to show where to drill the holes. I would advise leaving some extra length, bending it, and then cutting off the excess.