Tablet Stand From Cardboard Box and Reused Keyboard

This is a tablet stand made from a box and the keyboard from an old tablet case.

I recently got a 10 1/2 tablet, and I was using a cheap case/keyboard combo with it. But it was old and the case itself was coming apart at the seams. So i decided to build a new base for the tablet using cardboard and the keyboard from the case.

I used a mailing box as a base. First I hot glued the box sides together to make a stable base, then i cut out 30 degree angle support triangles and hot glued them to the base and one of the flaps to make a backboard. The black lines were just guidelines for the cardboard triangles: I used a lot of hot glue on the edges of the trangles to keep it stable.

I then added two 1 inch wide strips on top of each other across the base as a stop for the tablet. I added a strip across the bottom of the keyboard to raise it up slightly so as not to interfere with the chip attached to the keyboard itself. After that i put it on the base just to get the correct position for it.

I used two one inch wide spacers on either side of the base, leaving a space for the chip attached to the keyboard. After that I hot glued the keyboard onto the base then hot glued a 1 inch spacer in front of the keyboard and on its' sides.

Afterwards I tested the keyboard with the tablet, which still worked, then trimmed off the excess cardboard.

The finished holder is sturdy and holds the tablet securely.

To finish it off, I'm going to glue metal-foil posterboard onto it: Bronze perhaps for a steampunk look.