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Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by discreditable » Wed, Dec 13, 2017, 12:54 AM UTC

knolan wrote: post #51

vaporary wrote: post #48

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Nice, thank you for sharing! I'm curious, which 3D printer did you use?

It looks laser cut, most schools would have a laser cutter nowadays because they’re stupidly easy to use. It would be difficult, and inadvisable to print something this large on a regular 3D printer. Thingyverse is literally full of designs like this and often much better. https://www.thingiverse.com/search/page:1?q=Laptop+stand&sa=...

It's not laser cut. I used a MakerBot Replicator 2. It was actually quite easy to print. I designed it roughly two years ago after browsing thingiverse and getting bad print results with the larger stands. The smaller single-piece stands were too flimsy/unstable. I also wanted the stand to be just big enough to fit a Lenovo docking station under it.

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by amigoingtodie » Wed, Dec 13, 2017, 1:11 AM UTC

TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #34

ChuckMcM wrote: post #7

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Agreed it is confusing, the JPEG "is" the CAD file (although there is a DXF file as well) but laser cutters will often use a JPEG as the profile image. Here is my guess, you laser it out of acrylic, you slot the two large parts together to form an 'X' (looking down from the top) and you glue in the four wedges using solvent glue to stabilize the X shape of the two pieces.

> laser cutters will often use a JPEG as the profile image. Laser cutter operator here. Never heard of laser cutter, plasma cutter, or oxy cutter (our company has all three) accepting a JPG as the input file. I've spoken to two other local operators and they all require a DXF / DWG or some other type of NC (Numeric Code) file as input.

Of the 3, which is your favorite?

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by jgamman » Wed, Dec 13, 2017, 1:17 AM UTC

TheSpiceIsLife wrote: post #34

ChuckMcM wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed it is confusing, the JPEG "is" the CAD file (although there is a DXF file as well) but laser cutters will often use a JPEG as the profile image. Here is my guess, you laser it out of acrylic, you slot the two large parts together to form an 'X' (looking down from the top) and you glue in the four wedges using solvent glue to stabilize the X shape of the two pieces.

> laser cutters will often use a JPEG as the profile image. Laser cutter operator here. Never heard of laser cutter, plasma cutter, or oxy cutter (our company has all three) accepting a JPG as the input file. I've spoken to two other local operators and they all require a DXF / DWG or some other type of NC (Numeric Code) file as input.

AFAIK Ponoko just uses the line widths to indicate cuts vs etching. they provide an Inkscape template but I don't think it's required so long as the line widths are right.

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by glenneroo » Wed, Dec 13, 2017, 1:20 AM UTC

dmd wrote: post #60

amelius wrote: post #47

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Well, at least you can easily get your and other people's data out of GitHub (unlike e.g. YouTube and Facebook). It would be easy to create a giant mirror of GitHub, for example (once you have a distributed storage system). Also, GitHub doesn't control what users are viewing (unlike YouTube and Facebook), which makes the platform less of a threat to internet freedom.

I'd consider Youtube to be one of the top easiest sites to get one's data (or someone else's!) out of. Why do you think it's not?

Do you mean downloading using unsupported 3rd party tools? Because those have to be regularly updated to ensure they even work and could some day stop working entirely if Google decided to care about blocking such tools.

In comparison, GitHub offers a simple clone button (among ways) which gives you everything.

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by mesozoic » Wed, Dec 13, 2017, 1:46 AM UTC

I like this. I'd like to see more "open source" easy to make by the average person accessories.

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by zitterbewegung » Wed, Dec 13, 2017, 1:48 AM UTC

mxuribe wrote: post #31

xab9 wrote: post #11

I just love how github ends up being blog, forum, wiki, disqus-clone etc. for us tech people. As for the stand I used this cheap ikea-hack: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c7/c9/a0/c7c9a072c328a3596186e1b71... (can't find the original post sry)

I actually dislike that fact very much. Oh, I don't disagree that github is that for so many users...and i can not disagree with the convenience of what github provides...I simply dislike that it is all controlled/owned by github...a single point of technical/infrastructure failure, and a single corporate entity where so much content (content beyond raw code, that is) is hosted...not unlike the facebook effect. I wis…

Everyone says that people want a decentralized set of repositories for open source. I have never seen it happen and instead we just get better and better iterations on sourceforge.

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by AdamGibbins » Wed, Dec 13, 2017, 2:21 AM UTC

johnwheeler wrote: post #25

AdamGibbins wrote: post #4

I'll stick with my superior Roost, thanks.

The nexstand, although a knockoff, is half the price and more robust

It's also depriving the inventors of their return for their excellent invention and the quantity of R&D that went into making it.

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by freehunter » Wed, Dec 13, 2017, 2:23 AM UTC

mikewhy wrote: post #41

kadal wrote: post #32

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I have this one and the thing that sticks up pokes my wrist all day. I don't think a human tested it for any amount of time.

Do people use their laptops when on a stand? I thought they were to keep them off your desk and make room for a full sized mouse / keyboard.

I thought it was to bring the monitor to eye level.

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by madmod » Wed, Dec 13, 2017, 2:50 AM UTC

xab9 wrote: post #11

I just love how github ends up being blog, forum, wiki, disqus-clone etc. for us tech people. As for the stand I used this cheap ikea-hack: https://i.pinimg.com/736x/c7/c9/a0/c7c9a072c328a3596186e1b71... (can't find the original post sry)

100 years from now maybe github will be the new geosites. Or maybe my great great grandkids can review that PR I made today.

Re: DIY MacBook Stand

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Post by wyclif » Wed, Dec 13, 2017, 3:04 AM UTC

anotheryou wrote: post #38

Anyone else moving his monitors as far down to the table as possible? I just use a stand to get more space on my desk by the tilting (on my home setup, where I have one big nice screen). At work it's dual monitors and I keep my laptop shut while docked.

Yes, I've never liked elevating the monitor. To me it's uncomfortable and bad ergonomics. I want to avoid tilting my head up to look at the monitor. I want my eyes looking slightly down from a completely level position, and this decreases eye strain. I've never understood why so many people want to jack their monitor up on a box, fat technical book, or stand. The most important thing is to make sure the surface of your desk is at the right height for working while sitting or standing.