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What Is It?

A paper / photo / postcard / mail / notecard / art holder that can:

Be used with 1 hand (allowing higher placement on the wall)

Accommodate a considerable variety of paper thicknesses (and stacks of papers)

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How's it work?

Bearings & Magnets hold the paper tight

Rope keeps the bearings from falling on your head.

Wood holds the magnets

Wood clamps the tensioned rope to the wall.

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Restaurant-Inspired

Short-order cooks single-handedly stick order tickets to a rail above their heads. That's amazing usability. We wanted some of those for our house, workshop, and office areas.

They're expensive. We bought some cheap ones, and they were fidgety (and not all that cheap).

2 years ago, I began drawing & prototyping the ideas that led to this (which I finished last week!)

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The companion YouTube video covers:

History of this design (the 6 scrapped designs) Building these (including up-close detail shots) A scrapped idea that become something greater.

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Watch the YouTube video.

Hey, you should seriously watch the YouTube video. It's not necessary for this Instructable, but it should be helpful.

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HOW TO READ THIS INSTRUCTABLE For the sake of clarity, I'll:

Use bulleted and numbered lists

Use underlines to indicate important chunks or bits

[use brackets to indicate tidbits you should skip over until you actually build the project.]

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Supplies:

Main Parts

Main Supplies

Possible Extras (per references if you need them)

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