Customizable Laptop Dock/Stand

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<p>After searching for a reasonably priced vertical dock solution for a long time, I decided to make use of the existing dongles for a macbook my wife uses. The result of this experiment is this dock which should allow for more space on her desk, better looking work area, almost same docking/undocking time as compared to her previous setup without anything.</p><p>Next Improvement Ideas: Make the dock part more stable to allow one handed docking/undocking operation.</p><p>Ignore the poor paintjob, still working on that skill!</p><p> </p><h3>Print Settings</h3><p><strong>Printer Brand:</strong></p><p>Prusa</p><p> </p><p><strong>Printer: </strong></p><p>Prusa Mini+</p><p><strong>Rafts:</strong></p><p> </p><p>Doesn't Matter</p><p> </p><p><strong>Supports: </strong></p><p>Yes</p><p><strong>Resolution:</strong></p><p> </p><p>0.2mm</p><p> </p><p><strong>Infill: </strong></p><p>10-15%</p><p><br/><strong>Filament:</strong><br/><br/>Polyterra PLA PLA Red and Black <br/> </p><p><strong>Notes: </strong></p><p>I added supports for the holes where the components need to be assembled into. YMMV based on your printer. I added them to make sure there is no weird sagging/curling of the filament to make sure the assembly can be done without any post processing.</p><p> </p><h3>How I Designed This</h3><p><strong>Fusion 3D Design - Modifiable</strong></p><p>The design has 3 parts. Many aspects of the design have been parameterized, so go through the parameters to mess with the the sizes of the arm and total size of the laptop.</p><p>The 'dock' part was designed for a Macbook Pro 13 Intel 2020 version. The USB C Dock holes are specifically sized to fit the docks that I have. The smaller, lower one is an Apple official USB C dongle. The top one is a generic one off of <a href="https://www.amazon.com?linkCode=ll2&amp;tag=thingiverse09-20&amp;linkId=e4759bff1fa9a55a0f897d801ce2d765&amp;language=en_US&amp;ref_=as_li_ss_tl">Amazon</a>. These holes can be modified for different laptops/connectors by editing the 'Sketch 1' in the 'cable_dock' component.</p><p>Similarly the logo can be changed by changing the 'logo_sketch' component in the top level sketches directory.</p><p>I painted the colors onto the text after the print completed.</p><h3>Assembly</h3><p>Assembly is pretty straight-forward, just push the 'arm' into the 'main_holder'. Then push the dock part into the other side of the 'arm'. The 'dock' is made to have a little bit of horizontal play within the arm's assembly to allow for error in the positioning of the cable holes.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Category: Computer</p>