MacBook Pro Vertical Stand by oxigine

Last crawled date: 3 years ago

This vertical laptop stand is a remix on Sandbergs "MacBook Aluminium Unibody Vertical Stand" (http://www.thingiverse.com/thing:146107)
I added an .AI file for anyone that wants to make or recreate their own.
I needed a simple vertical stand for my laptop in my new desk setup.
While I like 3D printing as a technique to fabricate my own gadgets I found that for this specific gadget it was too time consuming. Making a simple 3D model of the original would take anywhere between 1 tot 3 hours depending on the settings. By using a lasercutter I was able to get this process down to 20 minutes.
The final product will have the following dimensions:
Height: 80mm
Width: 145mm
Length: 210mm
It will fit a 2012 MacBook Pro Retina
(I'd love to know what other models it fits with my design or what you had to adjust in the design)
Problems:
In my prototype the most obvious problem were the rounded corners on the bottom. This made the stand wobbly. It was also a little short with made it easy for a bigger laptop (17") to slide of when not placed exactly in the middle.