First real print: Laptop desk

simonboucher3 · December 30, 2018, 1:16am

Here my first “Real print”. A laptop stand, replacing a shoe box. Not space efficient on the board and missing detailing on the side but still happy of it.

(Yes I have my own maker tag on it, the shield )

pubultrastar · December 30, 2018, 1:28am

Functional for sure. Nice job!

simonboucher3 · December 30, 2018, 1:31am

Yes, but the Shoe box also was functional. A bit of design and beauty would be good. And improving the space use on the PG board would be nice.

Jules · December 30, 2018, 1:32am

Turned out great!

simonboucher3 · December 30, 2018, 1:32am

Misaligned the shield (Facepalm myself hard when assembling)

simonboucher3 · December 30, 2018, 1:39am

But I am proud that the jointing is tight enough to need nothing. Since the diagonal supports that take also the laptop weight, it won’t be a problem in the future.

cynd11 · December 30, 2018, 12:06pm

I always like to see practical items that are also beautiful. Very nice!

raymondking32 · December 31, 2018, 9:40am

The placement of your shield reminds me of when I had built a clock with a drawer in my wood shop class back in high school. One of the older kids from another class had stolen mine and put his name on it, but luckily I had put my name on a joint on the inside of the drawer so when it was assembled you could only read half of my name, he failed and I passed and I got my project back. So, at least you know none of the older kids can steal your work with this

tjleasa · December 31, 2018, 5:47pm

Nice project! But the real question is: how long has that red top been spinning?

simonboucher3 · December 31, 2018, 6:08pm

Not that long (It’s aluminium), but the silvery one (Titanium) really spins for a long time. And yes I bought it because of Inception.

tjleasa · December 31, 2018, 6:11pm

I’ve been intrigued by “high end” tops but I haven’t bought one (yet). I love the variety of metal and performance .

simonboucher3 · December 31, 2018, 6:20pm

Forever Spin are really nice ones. Here are the two tops spinning : https://photos.app.goo.gl/apuGUjkQXwkHXFrz6

ihermit2 · December 31, 2018, 9:28pm

Just to provide a counter experience to anyone reading.

My Forever spin tops on average have lousy balance for what I would expect of a CNC made top. Not a great run kickstarter either, later delivery and over promised mostly. But that was 2 years ago now. Beautiful to look at just on the spin side hit or miss depending on the top. I really can’t make an alternate recommendation though.

simonboucher3 · January 2, 2019, 1:02am

Well here is V2, (the first one broke in transport to show )

Changed to mortise and tenon joint (too tight in the design) and added simple visual flourishes.

ptodd · January 5, 2019, 11:52pm

Nice replacement. I like the simple decor on it. Excellent!