Angus: "And these speakers are 10 kilos each!" Me: rubbing hands together in excitement to see him use 2 kg of filament to hold one speaker. Angus: "So I had a friend plasma cut these wings out of steel!" Me: Gasp! "How dare he use *steel*" 😒
Metal 3D printing is a thing, but it's still very expensive. It works like surgical lasers where there are multiple laser beams converging on a point in a tray of metal powder to melt and fuse the powder into a solid.
I used to have my cards in a small plastic box with magnet lid. I mainly use micro SD because they are cheaper and I have many devices that take those. once I droped it at school and it took quite a while to find all of them on the floor. now I use a cloth bag with plastic pockets inside, one for each card. quite like the ones used to keep DVD libraries.
Looks great, awesome job. I would highly recommend a monitor arm. Frees up a lot of space on the top of the desk taken by the monitor stand. Think this would be very useful with the limited space you have.
The drawer idea is really neat! A few things I've added under my desk - some USB powered LED light strips for some more ambient lighting, - a powered USB hub so I can charge devices like phone/tablets even when the PC is off, whilst also giving me a bunch of extra ports - cable management tray at the back Also, mounting my 34" monitor on a pole mount felt like it freed up a lot of desk space on top!
A TV I bought fifteen years ago had an ambient light design similar to that, on the sides. It really does add to the atmosphere. Your setup there looks really nice with that monitor.
One of the first things I did when I got my printer was design a holder for my headset and controllers for the side of my desk. You are giving me more Ideas haha.
I really like seeing that you have the same design issues that i have. Making analogs to check a curve rather than knowing how to measure and reconstruct a complex curve. I see your designs and think of how much cad training i had forgotten after high school and that my designs are much simpler and boxy than yours. It's always good to see the work that goes into them
Hey, dont end up damaging the Screen with the weight of camera. I hope you have looked into that. Pressure on a screen can end up leaving u with Dead Pixels
@@MakersMuse A nice curved track mounted on the top of the stand behind the monitor, an MCU with WiFI like an ESP32 and a servo will get you the ability to programmatically track the camera left and right while keeping you in the center of the frame.
@@bbowling4979 Don't forget Home Assistant integration. Could probably be done easily enough with ESP Home or Tasmota. Gotta have auto camera slider voice control!
Angus: You might want to get a short piece of sandpaper (50cm of grit 60 .. 80 and 10cm of grit 150), then make a "round-over" on the edge of your tabletop (eg. the top/front, where your arms rest). I have this horribly sharp corner on my tabletop and it hurts my wrists every day; unfortunately I can't round it over because it's made of a material that does not work well after doing that). Your tabletop seem to be made of plywood, which is why I suggest sandpaper rather than planing. If using a plane, it would create splinters, but if you use sandpaper, the result should be nice. Apart from that, great video; I really enjoyed watching your improvements. - And I especially was happy to hear you've chosen Steinberg and Cubase; awesome extremely professional tools, which I used back in the day where I had an Atari ST. Oh, and about the LEDs ... Each WS2812 LED draws about 50mA (0.050 A). That means a 4A power supply would be able to handle (4A / 0.050A) = 80 LEDs (white, full intensity). If you have more LEDs than that, multiply the number of LEDs by 0.050A then get a power supply that can handle a current higher than that. May I suggest a MeanWell IRM-60-5ST (which I use for my server); it's 5V/10A, thus should be able to handle 200 WS2812 LEDs. This power supply has screw-terminals on both the primary and secondary sides. That means you'll have to make your own mains leads. If you're not yet coached by a professional electrician, please find one and get a demonstration on how to correctly connect a wire to a screw terminal properly (1: Twist, 2: Bend, 3: Insert and tighten screw). The IRM-60-5ST is very robust and the input voltage can vary from 85V AC to 305V AC, so it should work on a standard AC outled anywhere in the World.
I think what you actually need is a sound level meter paired to an LED strip on your wall 😉 Or maybe paired to a rumble pack (salvaged from an old controller or maybe the vibration component from a phone?) strapped to your ankle. Though the power pack you need for that might become a little bit burdensome after a while... Maybe make it a clip-on for your belt? Stuff like that might even help you catch when someone honks at you while you're walking around town, I don't know if that's a concern for deaf people. I also don't think I've ever heard a honk directed at me to wanr me of danger (discounting those that are simply meant as an insult), but that might depend on where you live. The siren of emergency service vehicles might be another application though.
Inspiring how you solve these challenges... I want to fully go into 3D modeling.. Something that can be produce yeah, like 3D printed or CnC... So seeing you're using it this way inspires me.. Especially with the drawer and the new case design you did for the USB hub.. Really inspiring... Subscribed 🥂🙂
Thanks for putting up the Fusion360 models. I've been meaning to come up with my own desk organization stuff and was looking for how to do some more complex designs but couldn't find any good examples, now I have something to look at.
As for the curved monitor back - there are numerous tutorials for how to trace a curved surface onto cardboard. I mean, this solution worked but you could actually curve the piece to fit perfectly. Also, there are monitor mounting arms that can be bolted to the desk in the back, thus freeing up all that space used by the humongous monitor foot.
You asked for suggestions.. for the shape of the monitors in "Video Upgrades" I would do it a bit different: I would 3D-scann (via iPhone with e.g. ScandyPro) the "unclear" object. It is pretty simple to scan what you need because you don't need a correct and clean object but something you can recognize later to build the 3D object around. Export it as stl, cut & clean it in Meshmixer, import it in Fusion360 and make fitting shapes. This is surprising accurat, very handy and really cool when you didn't even measured and if fit's on the first print! Even if it doesn't completely fit, it's also possible to work gently with a heat gun and make it fit.
I recently completed the biggest print that I have ever attempted. My socket set had the blow moulded tray finally crap out on me. New socket set? NO. Designed replacement in fusion 360 and printed it out on my modded tevo tarantula. Made me really happy when I finished it and put the sockets in
Might want to attach your monitor to the wall of a TV support arm to reclaim some desk space. I did that with mine, though since I have a motorized standing desk I attached it to a dual monitor (for the load rating) upright post rather than the wall. Probably irrelevant for you, but the hinged arm also lets me put the monitor back further on my (somewhat deeper) desk so I can use the surface for other projects such as soldering.
Amazing setup Angus! I'm somewhat spooked on how similar aesthetics our product choices we take, I also just bought the g9 That Joi wallpaper looks sick! It's always a good day when you upload!
Angus, I love the drawer and I will have to print one out for myself! Also, you could add a charging station for camera equipment, phone, and other devices. Perhaps that could be another project that goes on a table or workbench.
The build looks amazing, I'm considering taking some pointers for my next setup! Would you not prefer to wall mount the monitor to remove the need for a stand?
@@Kekmit If you want to wall mount a heavy monitor on paper thin walls, find the beams (u can use a tool for this or just simply knocking in different places to hear the sound). Me and my dad mounted a 30 kg (63 lbs) tv to our walls by simply finding the supporting beams and mounting to those. I think in our house there is one beam every two feet, each house is different though. Every house has beams though, the building would collapse without them
I would highly recommend an ergotron HX. Yes it's expensive, but also it will give you your desk back. I use the smaller LX with a reinforcement metal plate for my ultrawide and I love it to death.
Wow, wish the bracket for your audio was available when I installed cctv. I love your media draw it has been put on my to do list. Cheers from Brisbane
This is a great setup, and it can actually be done, albeit not so cleanly and elegantly, without 3D printing. Lots of food for thought here. I still don't have a 3D printer (hopefully that will change within a few months), but I do have a desk and workstation with similar issues.
I needed to figure out the profile (cross-section) of the seat-portion of an office-chair once - a molded plastic part. My trick (that works!) --> (1) apply painter's tape to the thing you want to copy (2) create an approximate shape with a 3D-pen over the painter's tape (3) let it cool, and take it off - then measure it (4) profit!
YEEES SIR - thank you. Will definitely have a go at the ambilight :-) I haven't seen this before for the PC but have had Philips TV'2 with ambilight for a decade for the same reason.
Sorry to be a bit of nitpicker, but I think you could shrink the footprint of the desk quite a bit if instead of mounting the speakers off to the sides, perhaps you could have built upwards to mount the speakers above the screen? Anyway, it all looks super awesome! Glad you did it!
With a bit of battening at the back of the desk, you could potentially switch to using the VESA 100x100 mount, and a good gas hinge arm. That would free up desk space used by the stand, which might be valuable to you on a desk of that size. Definitely would need a batten though (or another steel plate, doesn't even need to be fixed to the desk), looking at the thickness of that desk.
Person with amazing hair I noticed in a couple other videos that you have a 3d printer in a fallout 4 pip boy box now I too have a pip boy box and would like to know what printer that is or any other printer that is the same size
Angus, why not mount the audio tray to drawer slides so you can slide it out when you need to do adjustments to the settings and then slide it back out of the way.
For measure radius or copy shapes, I usually bend a wire over the object, scan the shape on my flat-bed scanner, load the picture in F360 and use calibrate to get to the right dimension. After this, I can design anything around with the correct dimensions.
@@MakersMuse nice 👌 I used to have the model before yours, in the estate version. Loved that car, but increasing family size & spiralling fuel prices, it sadly had to go 🤦♂️
Just add a small grip to the drawer, then it's perfect. Good job anyway. Love the black carpet and metal holders for your speakers, even they are not printed.
Well done mate, what you've done is awesome. I'm a real tech head with audio/visual and the like and I've just bought my first 3D printer and making all sorts of bespoke cool things. Is there a 3D Heaven?
I am surprised you did not mount anything to the bottom edge of the monitor, like the USB hub or memory card organizer. Otherwise I really like what you did and I have more than a few things to try! Thanks Angus!
The automotive carpet for the desktop was something I never would have thought of before now, and I love the idea. My only debate is how to attach it to the desk in a semi permanent fashion so that it sticks but isn't too difficult to remove for cleaning or replacing. Any ideas?
You could make a hook design to screw in to the underside of the desk and then print however many of them you need. Would be much simpler than trying to design and print a full cable-tray.
Oh that's hecking awesome :O I loved the wings! I don't have acsess to much but maybe i can 3d print stuff like that for lighter things. I do have a soldering/hotair station, maybe i can put that on a mini shelf on the wall :O maybe buy a small plank of wood and just print 2-3 lil thingies under it. that drawer is also awesome i should defiantly make one. I also love your keyboard sooooo much. i should make one in lavender if I ever get out of my country and have the money
That monitor is awesome, would be awesomer if in equivalent-4K vertical rez. Great ideas! I was impressed enough to purchase the files for the various builds but FFS, why isn't there a single zip I can download for all of them? The way it's set up, it defeats DownThemAll so I had to get them individually--that's 24 DLs. I have to say, that doesn't make me _more_ likely to buy in the future. Also, how can you stand to use a keyboard without a numberpad?
4A is not quite enough for 73 LEDs lit up all white in full brightness - but that's not gonna happen in this case anyway and even if it does, the worst thing that can happen is the PSU having an emergency shutdown and possibly needing to be plugged out and in again. (max. power draw is approx. 4.38A for 20mA per LED and color as specified in the WS2813 datasheet I came across when working with those)
OMG! I'm so jealous. I live vicariously through you. Good job! You may have gotten away with some aluminum and a drill for those wings. But, hey... recruit friends for your channel... that's what I say. Again... Good job. It looks like you're a little tired from all of that work. Jealous. Especially after my slicer computer bailed out on me :(
Is there any drawback to installing speakers on shelves above the monitor, instead of shelves to the side of the desk? They seem too wide apart for what I heard as a rule of thumb for best stereo experience (the distance between the listener and the straight line between the speakers should be 1-1.5 the distance between them, as a rule of thumb)
Im super into synthwave .. after seeing the Bluetooth boom box video ..im planning on designing a boom box shell in fusion adding a bluetooth module and adding lits of "wanky* neon leds! Ironicaly I don't own a 3d printer yet so i'll have to build it old school!
Capturing the complex curves on the back of your screen? I had the same issue recently trying to design a mount to put my Plasma Rifle on top of my screen. How about a Contour Gauge from Bunnings for $16 to $20 (or from eBay for less than $10 because... ?) to capture the horizontal and vertical curves.
good sir that monitor appears at first glance to be pretty low . center of screen should be at eye level while sitting as straight as possible , it helps prevent slouching, and helps with posture for long term use
There's 3 type of RGB people out there. - People who hate them - People that "Love" them but just use them out the box ( Puking rainbows ) - People that configure and actually use them for the intended purpose ( Like your setup )
