Phone stand/charger

Materials

• 13mm tassie oak
• QI charger (I used a Nokia charger)
• Wood glue
• CA glue
• 6mm dowel
• double sided tape
• secondary MDF waste board (~6mm/1/4" is fine)

Tools * XCarve * Tablesaw

Estimated time: 5 minutes

• Attach your wood to the wasteboard with double sided tape and load it into the machine
• Open up the project in Easel, delete everything except the four holes for the dowels.
• Drill out the dowel holes

• Without moving the machine, drive in the dowels through the wood and into the MDF
• Load the project again, delete the concentric circles and drill holes
• Cut out the wood and charger cavity

Estimated time: 45 minutes

• Flip the wood, drive the dowels back into drilled holes
• Reload the project in Easel, delete everything except the concentric rings
• Carve away

Estimated time: 5 minutes

• Using the table saw, cut a 30° bevel on the bottom of the charger,
• Cut out another peice of wood with the same bevel on one end, about ~50mm (~2") long, the same width as the stand. This is the shelf
• Cut out another piece of wood with the same bevel on one end about ~100mm (~4"), the same width as the stand. This is the base. Cut a groove in the centre of the base wide and deep enough for the cable to run through
• Glue the shelf onto the front of the phone charger so the phone has something to lean against
• Use CA or epoxy to glue the charger to the base - end grain won't have a lot of strength if you use wood glue, but it can be done. CA is a little bit easier as tape is enough clamping pressure.