Display stand for toy Han Solo DL-44 blaster

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This is a display stand I made for a modified toy Han Solo DL-44 blaster as part of a [bigger electronics project](https://www.pololu.com/blog/746/modified-han-solo-toy-blaster-controls-led-displays-of-star-wars-characters) that uses the blaster to control [edge-lit displays of other Star Wars characters](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3006217). The stand is designed to fit [this particular version of the blaster available at Walmart](https://www.walmart.com/ip/Star-Wars-Han-Solo-Blaster/26981436), which I am pretty sure is the same thing as [this Rubies version](https://www.amazon.com/Star-Wars-Hans-Solo-Blaster/dp/B00160BK2A). (The modifications I made to my blaster had no impact on where the stand grips the blaster, so this stand should work fine for a new or unaltered toy blaster.) The faux gun stand was designed to be laser-cut from plywood and acrylic. So, the .STEP and .STL files that I generated and included here have not been printed and tested, though they should probably work together okay since they were generated from the same SolidWorks files that I used to make my 2D files for. Everything was held together with hot glue, except for the clear acrylic pieces, which, IIRC, were fastened with 1/4-20 screws and nuts (the hole has a diameter of 1/4", which could be okay for 1/4" screws since the laser kerf will make the cutout bigger than that). Before adding the acrylic pieces, I stained the wood and gave it a couple coats of polyurethane. Here is a list of how many parts you will need to cut and from what material: <table> <tr> <th>Part Name</th> <th>Quantity</th> <th>Material</th> </tr> <tr> <td>top</td> <td>1</td> <td>3mm or 1/8" silver mirrored acrylic</td> </tr> <tr> <td>starbird</td> <td>1</td> <td>3mm or 1/8" gold mirrored acrylic</td> </tr> <tr> <td>blaster_holder_rear</td> <td>1</td> <td>1/2" clear acrylic</td> </tr> <tr> <td>blaster_holder_front</td> <td>1</td> <td>1/2" clear acrylic</td> </tr> <tr> <td>starbird_holder</td> <td>1</td> <td>3mm or 1/8" plywood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>starbird</td> <td>1</td> <td>3mm or 1/8" plywood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>support_channel</td> <td>4</td> <td>1/4" plywood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>siding_outer_long</td> <td>2</td> <td>1/4" plywood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>siding_outer_short</td> <td>2</td> <td>1/4" plywood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>siding_inner_long</td> <td>2</td> <td>1/4" plywood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>siding_inner_short</td> <td>2</td> <td>1/4" plywood</td> </tr> <tr> <td>bottom_with_starbird_cutout</td> <td>1</td> <td>1/4" plywood</td> </tr> </table> To show how the parts fit together, I have included a picture of a 3D model of the stand with a few components made transparent. You can also check out my [Imgur build log](https://imgur.com/gallery/0CFw4), which shows a few steps of the assembly. PRO TIP: I added a [white paper cutout of the starbird](https://i.imgur.com/uUklTzT.jpg) to the [area immediately behind the gold starbird piece](https://i.imgur.com/GdNmC21.jpg), which makes the letters much easier to see. That piece of paper is attached to a thin 3mm (or 1/8") plywood cutout of the starbird, which is fixed to the ["bottom_with_starbird_cutout" piece by the "starbird_holder"](https://i.imgur.com/BEa0MjX.jpg).