Parametric Monitor Stand

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Introduction & Info: This is a parametric part to construct a stacked monitor stand from a wood board. The rendered STLs are an example for a 85 x 25 x 1.8 cm piece of pine wood that I've cut into two 52 cm and 33 cm long pieces. The long board for the base and the short one for the actual monitor stand. Using the *.scad-file the dimensions can easily be changed to what you need. To make a version with rounded edges you will need the module 'roundedcube.scad' by Daniel Upshow. Have a look at the scad file for the link. If you don't want that you could just replace 'roundedcube' by normal 'cube' commands. Printing: Since most 3D printers will have a print-bed size below the typical required size (I needed at least 24 cm), I've cut the pieces into two halfes. I recommend to screw the pieces into the wood using 3 mm x 12 mm woodscrews or similar. There is an option to cut out the screw holes in the print parts. All the screws were really necessary, otherwise it would be wobbly. If you don't want to screw the parts, I would recommend to glue everything together permanently. I've printed the parts (2 x 4 halfes) using black PLA on a Prusa i3 clone (anycubic). Printing took about 15 hrs on my (very slow and old machine). I've used 4 wall layers and only 10% infill, which seems to be okay for my dimensions. You have to adapt this to your case, and I would not recommend to go less dense. I've glued four rubber pads to the feet and the entire thing feeld quite rigid. Assembly: Carefully measure and make sure to place the stands at the right places on the board. Screw in all parts or glue them together. Some screws in the top part are tilted so that they can be screwed in. Be careful about which order to put them in so that you can reach all of them. Why?: I wanted a monitor stand that fits my monitor and allows me to store some paper and things on top. In principle you could stack many boards together. I needed about 10 cm in total, so I made it with two boards. The bottom is large enough to hide my laptop, to top compartmant is large enough for the monitor, and wide enough to be used as a paper tray for DIN A4.