Balolo Monitor Stand Drawer System

Description

A Drawer System for the Balolo Setup Cockpit Monitor Stand

This is a printable drawer system for the excellent Balolo Desk Shelf / Setup Cockpit Monitor Stand Large = available here:

https://www.balolo.de/en/products/setup-cockpit-large

I haven’t tested it with their smaller stand but it will probably work just as well.

The reason I made this is that Balolo not only don’t do something quite like this but their small drawers are quite heavy, not as long and are a lot more expensive especially when you add in the tray! 😊

Requirements:

For one drawer:

1x Left Wall,

1x Right Wall

1x Drawer Base

1x Drawer

4x Dome/Button head M5 x 12 machine screws with hex sockets, 16mm is probably the max

https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08XZ684TF?ref_=ppx_hzsearch_conn_dt_b_fed_asin_title_2

More than one drawer:

As above plus:

1x Intermediate Wall 

1x Drawer Base per additional drawer.

Printer settings for walls and drawer base:

25% Sparse Infill density – Gyroid although the default settings were also fine when I was testing.

Printer settings for Drawers:

25% Sparse Infill density - Gyroid

3 wall loops (this was really to make the drawer front more opaque with certain material types.)

I printed both the walls, drawer bases and the drawers with both PETG and PLA with no strength problems.

The drawer is made of parts. To change the colour/material of the drawer front:

In Bambu slicer (on PC) go to the “Process” panel on the left below the “Project Filaments” panel. Next to “Process” you should see “Global” and “Objects”. Click “Objects”. You should see the Drawer(s) listed in the panel below. Right click on a drawer, click “Split”, click “To Parts”.

You should now see the drawer parts listed, there should be three. The third one should be the drawer front. Right click this, select “Change Filament” and click the filament you want.

Assembly:

Fit the drawer bases to the printed walls to suit your installation.

The drawer bases will push fit to the walls tightly (you may need to use a fair bit of force) and once the whole structure is mounted on the stand it is really rigid. I didn’t use any glue at all but if your structure feels too flimsy or falls apart then a little superglue will help!

Note: I chamfered the mortices slightly to let the base fully meet up with the walls. It doesn’t really matter if you get a small gap, you won’t really see it when it is installed.

I would strongly recommend you attach the drawer frame to the shelf with it upside down!

Lay the drawer frame on your stand and line up the holes. Insert the screws and tighten with the Allen/hex key that came with the Balolo unit.

Once installed, the drawers just slide in. There should be a small gap between the drawer fronts (see pics).