This project introduces a lightweight and modular fully 3D-printed music stand.

I struggled to find designs online for music stands, and the ones I did find weren’t very portable and required a lot of filament—so I decided to make my own. After months of iterating and improving the printability, durability, and rigidity of various parts of the stand, this is a result I’m finally satisfied enough with to publish.

The primary goal of this project is to offer a 3D-printed stand that takes advantage of all the benefits of 3D printing—especially the potential for modularity, but also the relative light weight of PLA. The modularity means you can customize the height and potentially design variations of parts like the head for wider or taller versions.

The main components of the stand are The Foot, The Height Extension Rods, and The Head, each consisting of several parts:

Foot:

• 3 legs
• 1 Leg Connector Base (for legs to connect to)
• 1 Threaded rod

Height Extension Rods:

• 0, 1, or 2 Height Extension Rods

Head:

• 2 Connector Dyvels
• 1 Base Head
• 2 Side Heads (mirrored)

You print one foot and one head, but it’s up to you if you want 0, 1, 2, or even more height extension rods. The higher you build it, the more unstable it will be though ;)

For assembly, I’ve linked a guide that should help you get it working. When printing, be aware that some round parts can have a tendency to warp—so make sure to add a brim or use glue on your plate. I’ve printed all parts without glue, but used brims when necessary. The default print profile, should have brims in the necessary parts, but this also depends on your printer and filament. 

There are also thin squares on the sides of the “Side Head” that connect them to the print plate. These squares are meant to be be broken off and are simply there to prevent warping of the part that goes into the “Base Head” more than normal support can.