Gaff Tape Backstock Tower - Backstage cart lip (one piece, strongest)
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What it holds: 3 x 2 in gaff, or 6 x 1 in paper, or 12 x 1/2 in spike, on 3 in cores; 179 out with full rolls, use the non-door side

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_gaff.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

  - 3 rolls of 2 in gaffer tape on 3 in cores, up to 165 mm across (a full 60 yd roll of 11 mil gaff is about 160 mm)
  - or 6 rolls of 1 in paper / artist tape, or 12 rolls of 1/2 in spike tape, or any mix up to 157 mm of stack
  - Will not fit: 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 179 mm from the cart side with the biggest rolls on (the plastic alone sticks out 148 mm)
  - Hangs 184 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 166 x 70 x 226 mm (out x along the cart x tall)
  Size note: a full gaff roll is 160 mm across, so the rolls stick out 179 mm from the cart side. That is the most of any part in this collection. Three rolls is the maximum, to keep the lever arm on the lip low. The rolls are round, so a door frame tends to roll them aside, but mount this tower on the side of the cart that does not lead through doors, and fit the M5 thumbscrew.

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-gaff

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.
