Paper Tape Backstock Tower - Backstage cart lip (one piece, strongest)
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What it holds: 4 x 1 in paper/artist tape (or 8 x 1/2 in spike) on 3 in cores

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_KC_tape_tower_paper.stl  (supports: no)
  - clip_KC_lock_cap_3in.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 (the shipped part). Prints on its end (y0 face), no supports. Cap prints flat. Includes the quarter-turn lock cap.

HOW IT WORKS
  Backstock tape lives here instead of rolling round the drawers. The rolls lie flat on a post that stands on a floor at the bottom of the part, so the weight sits low and goes straight into the back plate. A quarter-turn cap on top of the post locks the stack: nothing can bounce off on a push over a threshold or a lift-gate drop. It sits next to our tape dispensers, which hold the live roll.
  What fits

  - 4 rolls of 1 in paper / artist tape on 3 in cores, up to 140 mm across (a 60 yd roll is about 137 mm)
  - or 8 rolls of 1/2 in spike tape, or a mix up to 106 mm of stack
  - Will not fit: gaff rolls over 140 mm across (use the gaff tower), rolls on cores smaller than 3 in
  Taking a roll
  Turn the cap a quarter turn (it clicks) and lift it off, lift the top roll off, put the cap back and turn it until it clicks. The top of the post and the cap sit level with the deck, outside the cart, so the roll lifts straight up clear of everything. The cap has a lanyard hole if you want to tie it to the cart.
  Lock
  A 74 mm post (for 76 mm, 3 in cores) ends in a T-head. The 100 mm cap (KC_lock_cap_3in, included) has a matching slot: push it over the T-head and turn it 90 deg until two tongues click into dimples (a 1.5 mm relief ring in the post top gives them room to flex). It is the same cap as our 6_tape holders, so any of those caps fits.
  Numbers

  - Sticks out 154 mm from the cart side with the biggest rolls on (the plastic alone sticks out 134 mm)
  - Hangs 133 mm below the deck
  - Needs 80 mm of flat cart side below the lip for the back plate. Below that, the part stands 4 mm off the cart
  - Overall 152 x 70 x 175 mm (out x along the cart x tall)
  Size note: the rolls stick out 154 mm from the cart side. Mount it on the side of the cart that does not lead through doors.

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/#kc-tape-tower-paper

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.
