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It makes me feel uncomfortable to see the entire weight of the laptop held by just the bottom of the device. I assume it won’t damage it? But I still personally am not a fan of not having the whole device supported
edit - in summary, this seems like a terrible design
I’d be worried about something (perhaps unintentionally) applying torque at the top of the device.
That too - any pressure will cause the whole thing to bend
It looks like a plastic case too. I would love to see what it does when the enter key is bashed by a 100kg gorilla in a fit of rage.
Maybe don’t do that
Maybe my computer shouldn’t be so fucking annoying at times.
Hello,
Many of you are concern this stand could damage the laptop by bending it with the leverage force. It’s true that I didn’t consider this case when I designed it 🤔
While trying it out, I didn’t feel like it would damage the laptop, unless something catastrophic would happened like an heavy object or a pet dropping on it, but it is a legitimate concern ! I might reconsider using it… I was wondering why this type of stand is common for phones but inexistant for laptops, well now I understand !
Thank you all for the constructive feedback !
I think you could keep the basic design but add a pillar to support the back edge at the mid point and substantially reduce the risk.
Yes, I am thinking about something like that now. I will try to come up with a solution that still allows to be easy to print all in one batch.
Don’t let the feedback here get you down. Some of the comments are overly negative; you’ve got the start of a cool stand going, keep it up.
Thanks for being supportive. I didn’t take offense from any of the comments. I can handle a little bit of sarcasm 😅. Comments may be negative, but they are respectful and constructive, all is good.
I may have come across a bit strong? Apologies if so.
Some actual constructive feedback -
- Some sort of underside support to hold the weight at the back
- Potentially a joining bar between the two feet? It could be laptop size specific or even adjustable.
I haven’t got something to test it with, but when you put the stands on, is it awkward to get them to line up correctly? Could be a non issue though - I am just considering whether each time you want to use it you have to work out exactly where to put them? And an adjustable “bar” between them could keep the same position every time instead
It would take very little force at the far end of the lever you made out of your laptop too cause damage near the stand.
Everyone worried about the bending force, the retaining slots will tear out and drop the damn thing on the desk well before it bends.
I not sure it would break first, it’s printed with 6 perimeters, the part is pretty strong !
What material is it made from? Thermoplastics tend to warp under stress.
It’s made of PLA, printed with 6 perimeters (2.4mm wall thickness) the front of the design is almost solid plastic (very little infill). It is probably to much and it would be fine with 3 or 4 perimeters. There is one test print I tried to break by using on as a lever against the other, I couldn’t even damage it.
Now this is minimalism
So, this is what people meant, when they’ve called for 3D printing regulations!
Great idea. Thanks for sharing. Great choice of laptop BTW ;)
I don’t like this at all. All the force of typing going into bending the front edge of the laptop. I know from my Framework that holding it by the front corner causes enough deflection that the touchpad no longer can be clicked so even more force causes concerns about damage.
Who types like this? This is to prop up the laptop for better viewing/posture. You should get an external keyboard.
