Undermount brackets

[Albert Freeman @drivingmenuts My Robox is a Blue Commercial Version Austin, TX, United States]

Conceived, designed, iterated and finished 1 week after unboxing. Link goes to Imgur album.

 

Brackets! Glaven …

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Web Developer/Programmer - using Rhinoceros for Mac and Blender
I have two cats and too many computers.

[BHudson @bhudson I have both RoboxDual and other Robox versions Arizona, USA]

@drivingmenuts I like! Now change it a little - make it so the laptop can be slid in and automatically connected to everything that it needs, like a docking station. Then you can slide the laptop out when you need to go without having to unplug anything.

I operate two Betas and four Production Robox.
I am the US/Canada Technical Support engineer for the Robox.
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[click @click My Robox is a Green Kickstarter Limited Edition]

@drivingmenuts well done! I really like things posted here - they keep me inspired. I might do the same with my desk! Thanks! 🙂

@bhudson that’s really ambitious! Got me thinking - but my laptop is for display as well as for power: http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:603859

[Chris White @chrisyt]

@drivingmenuts Tidy… no-one likes dangly cables! WiFi they said! Bluetooth they said! NFC they said! Still got wires everywhere… 🙁

[Albert Freeman @drivingmenuts My Robox is a Blue Commercial Version Austin, TX, United States]

@bhudson - thought about that. There are two problems and one of them is a biggie.

Macs are machined to very tight tolerances - I’m going to have to get my printer really dialed in, including material shrinkage, etc., before I’m going to be able get things to mate properly. Macs do not have edges that allow you to guide things in - if you’re off by even the smallest amount, things do not mate properly. I have a Henge dock sitting around that I still haven’t gotten to “just work” with my Macbook Pro (thus the brackets).

@chrisyt - if you saw the underside of my desk right now … actually, I just added a picture to the gallery (multiple cats included for scale). More iterating on the design ahead. Also, it turns out, I put the brackets on the wrong side of my desk - I need to move them to the left side so my knee doesn’t hit them getting in and out.

 

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Web Developer/Programmer - using Rhinoceros for Mac and Blender
I have two cats and too many computers.

[Albert Freeman @drivingmenuts My Robox is a Blue Commercial Version Austin, TX, United States]

The second problem I forgot to mention was one of size. The print bed is not large enough to create a bracket of size needed to allow for smooth mounting/dismounting. Even if I piece it out, material shrinkage rears it’s head yet again.

If only I had access to a CNC machine …

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Web Developer/Programmer - using Rhinoceros for Mac and Blender
I have two cats and too many computers.

[BHudson @bhudson I have both RoboxDual and other Robox versions Arizona, USA]

@drivingmenuts Sounds like you are using the wrong material. Try XT. I don’t see any measurable shrinkage. I usually get parts within 0.005 of design dimension and often for simple parts 0.002.

I operate two Betas and four Production Robox.
I am the US/Canada Technical Support engineer for the Robox.
See my 3D Hub site at https://www.3dhubs.com/phoenix/hubs/ben

[Albert Freeman @drivingmenuts My Robox is a Blue Commercial Version Austin, TX, United States]

Sorry for the late reply - real life happened and then kept happening.

I got some ColorFabb CO-Pet and frankly, that stuff is amazing. If I wanted everything printed in orange, I’d be all about that.

Will order some XT when everything else stops sucking up all my funds.

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Web Developer/Programmer - using Rhinoceros for Mac and Blender
I have two cats and too many computers.

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