Card Stand Generator

Two pieces of plywood, slotted together

The stand is a cross-lap joint: two profiles that slide together at 90 degrees and hold a card, a print or a coaster upright. A small thing on the desk, made from the material you already have.

How to use it

1. Enter your plywood thickness and the size you want.
2. Add an inscription: text, typeface, size and position, on one part or on both.
3. Look at the sheet in the Result panel and pick Nested or Two up.
4. Export, open the file in xTool Studio, choose the material and cut.

What you control

• Plywood thickness, overall height and width
• Arm thickness, slot position, corner radius
• Foot height, and a relief notch that leaves the base standing on two rails
• Inscription in six brand typefaces, with size, position, rotation and a choice of A, B or both parts

The file you get

• Red outlines are the cut, blue fills are the engraving
• If Studio opens the red group as Score, switch it to Cut

Sheet layout

• Nested turns the second part round and fits it into the first part's free corner: for example 111.8 x 102.8 mm instead of 166 x 84 mm
• Two up lays both parts flat with the inscriptions upright, on a larger sheet

Good to know

• Slot width is the plywood thickness you enter. The file carries no kerf or fit allowance: set kerf in xTool Studio, and test-cut a sample before a batch
• Letters that reach past the edge are trimmed off, and the note tells you when nothing is left on the part