Built 40 cardboard phone stands before realizing the fold line mattered more than the shape | Cardboard Prototype Showcase

Ray Hill · 2026-10-19T10:25:03.414803+00:00

I was cutting out little phone stands in my garage in Boise trying to find a design that didn't wobble, and after 40 tries I noticed one thing: the stands that worked all had a score line about 3mm from the edge instead of right on it. That tiny offset was the whole difference. The shape hardly mattered at all, which kind of blew my mind after all that wasted cardboard. Anyone else find that one small detail ended up being the real thing to test, not the big shape you start with?

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