Extreme Vase Mode Laptop Holder

Wanted to save some desk space and thought I could make vase mode work to hold my laptop. As it turns out, it does work!
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I specifically designed this for my Dell XPS 15 (2020, I believe) and it fits quite snug, which is what I was looking for. 

There is some flex, so the holder does press a bit into the laptop, but not in any way that I believe could damage it. It should work for similarly sized laptops. It could also be scaled up a little for thicker laptops.

I have also added the Prusa Slicer project file so you can check out any settings you may need to use.

 

I used a Creality K1 with Norditech White PLA.

The print took 59 minutes using the settings below, with about 89 grams of filament usage.

  • Vase mode
  • 0.4mm nozzle - regular brass nozzle that came with the K1, no CHT or anything like that
  • 3mm line width - this could be printed with thinner lines, but I believe there would be too much flex for it to work properly
  • 1.5mm XY compensation, as there is some strange artifacting going on with Prusa Slicer 
  • 1.2mm layer height, 1.25mm first layer
  • I used Prusa's volumetric flow limiter, set at 20mmc/s
  • Cooling is quite important, if you have a part fan on the side (such as the Creality K1 has), I would suggest you orient the print in such a way as to provide the most airflow. If the “tail” end of the print is facing towards the fan, you might get some bubbling on the “hot” (top left) side, which does not get enough airflow.

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