Material suggestions for non-slip adhesive "feet" to keep things from sliding around on my desk?

luma

I occasionally design and build 3D-printed stuff that will sit on a desktop (or tabletop or whatever).  Here is an example of a touchscreen controller that is typical of the sort of thing I'm doing.  What I'd like to do is to cut an adhesive "foot" that I could stick to the base which would prevent the thing from slipping around on my desk.  I'm thinking something like this might work, but I'm curious if anyone has any solutions they've found to work well w/ the Cricut.

I'm using a Cricut Maker and don't mind buying a suitable tool for this project if a particular material requires it.

luma

Well I've never been a patient man so I went and ordered some 1/16" adhesive-backed neoprene foam which was just the right size for the Cricut. I had just printed a charging dock for some Valve Index controllers, which works super nice but was sliding around my desk like crazy. I took the outline of the base of the dock, pulled the edges in by 1mm, and then cut the result on the Cricut. Worked a treat! The dock is now rock solid and super-grippy, no sliding around at all on the desk.

I used the Light Grip mat and the "flex foam" material profile in CDS. The standard roller cutter did the job nicely with no flaws in the cut. This is for sure going to be how I finish the bottom of desktop parts! It looks great, it's easy to do, the material is cheap, and it holds things in place.

AnointedHands

@luma What material did you use to stop the pieces from moving? I have a purse hangar and the material on the bottom has come off causing the hangar to slide off the table and my purse to hit the floor.

Liz_A

@AnointedHands - I would look for a rubber material, could be found in fabric stores, or craft stores like Michaels. Or ever the foam media that is quite rubbery in feel.

AnointedHands

Thanks @Liz_A I will check around but so far, I haven't found anything or I don't know what I'm looking for. I didn't pay any attention to the back of the hangar until my purse started sliding off the table.

Gabe

There is also a fairly thin material that is sold as a resting place for cell phones in your car.  You just lay it on the top of the dash, then lay the phone on that.  It holds the phone in place and doesn't allow it to slip off onto the floor.  This link goes to Walmart and shows several inexpensive non-slip pads you could cut to fit your purse hanger.  https://tinyurl.com/y4adnuto

AnointedHands

Thanks @Gabe. I will look for this, or something similar, since it shows it's not available in the stores.

Gabe

@AnointedHands I found it at Walmart, but none of the car parts stores, or Target, etc.  Just Walmart.  BTW, they do ship and prices are very reasonable.

Walmart: https://www.walmart.com/search/?query=Non-Slip%20Dash%20Pad