{"id":231,"date":"2012-04-14T13:05:38","date_gmt":"2012-04-14T17:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/?p=231"},"modified":"2012-05-11T13:16:00","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T17:16:00","slug":"making-a-stand-for-the-playbook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/2012\/04\/14\/making-a-stand-for-the-playbook\/","title":{"rendered":"Making a stand for the Playbook."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I recently got a BlackBerry Playbook, and quite like it.\u00a0 However, I decided that it would be really nice to be able to prop it up on my desk.\u00a0 So I looked around the shop and found a scrap of 1&#215;2 pine, made a few measurements, and started cutting.\u00a0 The first attempt had 2 notches, each a a different angle.\u00a0 Cut the notches with a scrollsaw, as that was fast &amp; easy.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG-20120311-000491.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-234\" title=\"Playbook stand prototype\" src=\"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG-20120311-000491.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG-20120311-000491.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG-20120311-000491-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/IMG-20120311-000491-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>After using it for a bit I found that one of the angles was the best for me.\u00a0 Also found that the scrollsawed notches were a bit rough.\u00a0 So I made another set, shorter (4-1\/2 inches), and cut with a dado blade on the table saw.\u00a0 Actually made 2 sets &#8230; figured that I may as well given the setup time involved.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Playbook_stand_April-2012.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-235\" title=\"Playbook_stand_April-2012\" src=\"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Playbook_stand_April-2012.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" srcset=\"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Playbook_stand_April-2012.jpg 2048w, http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Playbook_stand_April-2012-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/05\/Playbook_stand_April-2012-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I recently got a BlackBerry Playbook, and quite like it.\u00a0 However, I decided that it would be really nice to be able to prop it up on my desk.\u00a0 So I looked around the shop and found a scrap of &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/2012\/04\/14\/making-a-stand-for-the-playbook\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-playbook","category-woodworking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":238,"href":"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231\/revisions\/238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/greiner.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}