Dial Indicator Stand

This indicator was purchased recently to help with the setting up and adjusting my 3D printer. Here's the link to the mounting bracket. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2801415

After I had built the bracket and finished setting up the 3D printer I realized that some kind of case was needed to store the indicator to protect it from falling off my desk. It occured to me that instead of a box to hide it away that it would be more interesting to turn it into a piece of lab equipment and design a