Above is the fruit of a project I’ve been working on since last week while awaiting more buildings to print for the They Live diorama. It’s a pretty simply model, a stand-alone cartridge holder that can fit up to 5 games. It’s designed to show off the game art, which is pretty awesome.
Atari 2600 Game Cartridge Display Stand in BambuLab library
It is an exclusive model to the BabuLab store from what I can tell, but I’m sure there are others like it out there. It takes about 5 hours to print one stand, which comes in two pieces that you then have to glue together—I used crazy glue.
After attaching the pieces for a single stand, I then glued up to four stands together. This means each piece holds 20 cartridges and the stands are more stable on a table or shelf when connected to one another.
I used some basic clamps to hold two stands together to ensure contact while the glue dried. They’re pretty solid, and once you put the games in the slots the cartridge art really pops.
My first full project realized with the 3D printer: very simple and very rewarding.
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