Saturday, 18 September 2010

ATG Stand

I loved my ATG gun.... past tense.  I haven't used it for ages because the darn thing was costing me a fortune in tape!  Something was wrong with it, it worked fine for the first third of the roll, was really stiff and hard to use for the second third and I ended throwing away the final third in frustration because it kept snapping and unwinding off the gun tape holder windy thingibob....  mind you, it didn't take me long to get fed up with double sided tape for everything and the expense of the little snail type tape runners before I started looking at alternatives!!  I was in my local bricks and mortar shop yesterday and one of the Glue Glider Pros fell into my basket before I got to the check-out and I had a play with it this morning and its great!  I will no doubt find out what the running costs are in due course, but until then, I am a happy bunny again!

So this morning I got some chipboard out and made yet another ATG gun stand for it to rest on.  These are really easy to make and only takes about 20 minutes or so from start to finish and I really prefer to be able to pick the gun from the stand as it is ready to use, rather than lose it on my desk under a pile of stuff.
It's a very easy and basic shape.  One long piece 6 1/2" by 4" and two smaller pieces to make the 'mountain' which are 3 3/4" by 4".  I covered both sides with paper and leave a half inch extra on both the ends of the 'mountain piece, one fold under the long piece and the other folds back into the 'cave' part below the mountain.  


Now, this isn't the first ATG stand I have made... in fact its not even the second or third.. they just don't seem to survive being squashed into boxes and shipped... so this one folds flat!!  Now, I have to admit that I never thought of that... a lovely lady saw my stand and asked for directions to make it... and then added the brilliant bit of making it flat so that she could take it to crops and things!! Now, if I could just find her name I would be able to thank her for the extra bit! Yay, it was the lovely Cheryl and you can see her version here!  So I have made a couple of holes in the chipboard base and I have used brads to pin it together, which means this version may actually survive my next move!


This is the stand folded flat.
and here it is in use at the side of my cutting mat on my desk.
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15 comments:

  1. Unknown18 September 2010 at 19:59

    Great idea and your craft table looks very organised.

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  2. misteejay18 September 2010 at 20:07

    Enjoy playing with your new toy.

    Toni :o)

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  3. Michelle18 September 2010 at 20:31

    Great idea - and I am scared to buy one of them, the cost of refills annoys me! It's been ages since we saw your mini books, have you any to share?

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  4. ~*{ Michelle }*~19 September 2010 at 09:42

    Oh Annette, you're so clever you!!!! Great idea! :)

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  5. Jenny19 September 2010 at 10:35

    Great idea hun! But I think I'll stick with glue dots! xx

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  6. Claire19 September 2010 at 11:38

    very nifty idea Annette
    C
    xx

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  7. Penny aka Pennyk19 September 2010 at 12:49

    Wow now that is a very clever way to keep tracks of the little blighter! I am always 'losing' mine under the mountains of junk that gets on the workspace. Thanks for showing

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  8. Theresa Plas19 September 2010 at 14:25

    Neat holder idea! I haven't used any of the glue runners yet. Hope you are still pleased with it. Happy belated WOYWW:)

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  9. Winnie19 September 2010 at 15:00

    Good luck with this tape gun! Love the stand too - it matches so well with the gun!

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  10. Bubbles19 September 2010 at 15:13

    I find it hard to believe, after looking through these photographs, that your craft desk could even be so untidy as to lose a glue gun *lol*
    Very clever idea :)

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  11. Cheryl Boglioli19 September 2010 at 18:28

    I still love your ATG stand! I'm the one that asked for directions a while back and made mine portable to take to crops and such. My original one still sits proudly on my desk. Here is the link to mine using your original directions with modifictions. http://cherylswindow.blogspot.com/2010/04/portable-atg-stand.html
    What a great idea to make one for your Glue Glider too!

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  12. Katherine19 September 2010 at 19:36

    Love the stand - great idea to have it fold flat...and I hope this glue gun is the answer :)

    Kat

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  13. Julia Dunnit19 September 2010 at 21:09

    Genius! Twice you've suggested this to me for my ATG monster..but I have to resist...the stand would get buried. Honestly, if you could see it now...!

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  14. nerllybird22 September 2010 at 10:04

    I can tell you about the running costs. I won one of these and it certainly works beautifully but the refills cost £8. No thank you! Shame you've had problems with the ATG, I know they can be a bit tiresome.

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  15. Neet21 August 2013 at 06:02

    What a good idea. And it looks so nice too.
    How did you find the running costs? I love the Glue Glider but found it expensive on tapes - would like to now what you found.
    Hugs, Neet xx
    ps am I really three years late

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