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.