Hex-Themed Monitor Riser/Keyboard Shelf

The Model

A desk shelf/monitor riser/keyboard stand I designed for my brother after he saw a few things online and asked me if I could print them. I didn't like them much and they seemed kinda flimsy, so rather than remixing a design I wasn't very fond of, I designed this, and it paid off because he liked it more than the ones he found originally which is always a win! :)

In the photos, I used a combination of gel super glue and manual plastic welding using a soldering iron, partially because I wanted to experiment with welding temperatures, and 

Printing and Assembly

The project will use in total about 350-500g of filament depending on settings and model versions used. I printed mine with 3 walls at 10% and 5% variable gyroid infill (10% for the very backside of the model and 5% for the rest). My print of the project weighed in at a total of ~485g including support materials.

There are two versions of the project. One with the support bracket, and one without. The one with the supports has four countersunk screw holes on the supports themselves, which need to be glued to the main project body, and the one without has countersunk screw holes on the top to affix the project to your chosen board.

Because the project is fairly large it won't fit onto smaller print beds (for example, the Ender 3v2 I have) without printing it tall and on it's side, so there are split versions of the models with 2mm indexing holes that are 5mm deep each. Cut 9mm lengths of matching filament to glue into the holes as indexing pegs and to add shear strength.

The project is designed around 1 x 8 “dimensional” American lumber (0.75" x 7.25" actual). The lumber used in the photos is sanded oak.