Laser cut card stand generator

Yes. Files from this generator are free for personal and commercial use. You can sell the stands and place cards you make.

There are presets for raw and sleeved trading cards, 3 × 4 in toploaders, magnetic holders (35, 55 and 130 pt), PSA, BGS, SGC and CGC slabs, US and EU business cards, plates from 6 to 12 in and easels from 100 to 300 mm tall. Holder sizes differ a little between makers, so the groove has some extra room. For anything else, choose "Custom size" and enter what you measured.

A base, a front ledge, a back panel and two or more supports. The supports and the ledge slot into the base, and the back panel slots onto the supports. The item stands in the groove behind the ledge and leans on the back panel. No glue is needed if the fit is right; a drop of wood glue makes it permanent.

Choose "Place card", paste the guest list, one name per line, and pick the card shape and lettering. You get one card and one foot per name, all laid out on the sheet. The foot slots across the bottom of the card, so each card stands on its own, leaning back a little (12° by default) or upright.

All three styles (Classic, Curved, Scroll) are two equal L-shaped pieces slotted together at a right angle, so the stand forms a corner: the plate rim sits in the hooks at the ends of both arms and the plate leans on both pieces, at two points on each side. Classic has straight lines, Curved a concave front, Scroll a rounded top, a deep bowl for the rim and a knob over the hook. The stand height follows the plate size.

For pictures, photos in frames, small canvases, signs and boards. Pick the easel height (100 to 300 mm or your own) and the thickness of what goes on it. The A-frame easel has a shelf square to the frame, so every joint is a plain straight slot, and a lip you can engrave. Double has two sides with hooks joined by a low bar, for wide boards. It is not meant for plates: a plate would roll off the shelf, so use the plate stands for them.

Behind the back panel the stand has supports. "At the sides" puts one at each end (and one between neighbouring items); "In the middle" puts a single support behind each item, so it hides better behind a narrow card or a plate.

Text comes as black filled shapes, cuts as red lines. LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and the Glowforge app put them on separate layers: set the black layer to fill (engrave) and the red one to cut. Engrave first, then cut, so the parts do not move.

No. Kerf is already built into the file. Leave kerf offset off, or the joints will come out loose. If you untick "Compensate kerf" in Advanced settings, set the offset in your laser software instead.

English letters, numbers, common punctuation and accented Latin letters such as é, ñ and ü. If a character is missing from the lettering style, the generator tells you and leaves it out.

No. Everything runs in your browser and nothing you enter is sent anywhere.