Tape Measure and DISTO Station - Backstage cart lip (one piece, strongest)
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What it holds: Tape measure plus Leica DISTO D2/D1/D110

PRINT SETTINGS
  Filament:  PETG
  Walls:     5
  Infill:    35% gyroid
  Orientation: the files are already oriented for printing. Put them on the plate as they load;
               don't rotate them.

FILES AND SUPPORTS
  - clip_IE_tape_disto_dock.stl  (supports: no)

HOW IT MOUNTS
  BACKSTAGE CART LIP (ONE PIECE, STRONGEST)
    The cart-lip slot is printed into the holder, so it is one piece and as strong as it gets.
    Hold it tilted, hook the slot over the upright lip on the edge of a Magliner / Backstage-style cart
    shelf, and rock it down until it sits flat against the side.

    Notes for this holder: One piece with the native Magliner / Backstage cart lip mount (strongest). M5 heat-set insert + M5 thumbscrew clamps the lip.

HOW IT WORKS
  The camera department's focus tape and the grips' dolly-mark tape both get knocked off the cart top. This dock gives the laser measure and the tape their own spots.
  Laser measure: an upright pocket, 28 x 46 mm and 80 deep, fits a Leica DISTO D2 (116 x 44 x 26 mm) with about 1 mm clearance. It also fits a D1 or D110, or anything else up to 46 x 28 mm in section. It does not fit the bigger DISTOs (D510, X3, X4, X6) or other full-size laser measures. The device stands about 36 mm proud of the rim, level with the mount block, so you pinch the top and lift it out. A 1.5 mm rim chamfer guides it back in, and an 8 mm drain hole is in the floor.
  Tape measure: a 4.5 mm thick, 93 mm long belt rail stands up beside the pocket, with a 7 mm channel behind it. Slide the tape's own belt clip down over the rail, exactly as onto a belt. The tape body hangs outboard and the clip rides in the channel. A small ridge near the bottom of the rail clicks past the clip tip, so the tape does not bounce off on a ramp. Lift it straight up to take it. For tapes over 90 mm long, clip on at the far end of the rail so the body clears the laser pocket. The rail also takes any other belt-clip tool, such as a multitool pouch clip or a flashlight clip.
  The rail is sized from a typical steel belt clip, not a measured one. Check that your tape's clip opens over a 4.5 mm rail and reaches at least 40 mm down (to the retention ridge) before you rely on it.
  Cart facts

  - Sticks out 39 mm from the cart side (a 25 ft tape body adds about 50-60 mm outboard of the rail, about 75-80 mm total)
  - Hangs 83 mm below the deck (a hanging tape reaches about 85-90 mm)
  - Needs 45 mm of flat cart side below the lip. Anything lower is set 2.5 mm back from the cart and hangs clear
  - Overall 57.0 x 150 x 125 mm (out x along x up)
  - Nothing of the part sits higher than the 42 mm mount block; the DISTO stands about 36 mm above the deck
  Retention: held by gravity unless you fit the M5 thumbscrew. Press a short M5 heat-set insert (6.4 mm hole, 9 deep) into the deck-side face of the inner flange. A nylon-tipped M5 thumbscrew through it then clamps the lip, so the part cannot lift off on a bump, slide along the lip or rattle. Check first that your lip is at least 16 mm tall.
  Fits: Backstage Equipment and Magliner-style carts with a 3.4 mm upright shelf lip. The mount drops onto the lip from above: 3.7 mm slot (0.3 mm clearance), 26.6 mm deep with a round end, 0.5 mm chamfers at both slot ends.

OTHER MOUNTS
  The same holder also comes ToughBuilt bar (one piece), Dock (swap between mounts), Mountless (desk, shelf, case or screw to a panel). Pick the mount on the site: https://cart-tools.sdos-placeholder.workers.dev/#ie-tape-disto-dock

TEST THE FIT FIRST
  Carts, bars and tape rolls vary a little. Before a long print, print the small fit test from the
  Test pieces section of the site (or this part at low infill) and check it on your own gear.

Not affiliated with or endorsed by Magliner, Backstage Equipment, ToughBuilt, Milwaukee, Hollyland, Eartec, Sekonic, Inovativ, Matthews or Manfrotto. Brand names only say what a holder fits.
