I like to hold my laptop at exactly those points where your design holds them and I suspect that that is the reason why my laptop is bent now. I hold it like that whenever I move it so not for long durations but frequently. I’d definitely recommend against doing it for longer durations.
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synapse1278@lemmy.world 5 months ago
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 !
Sop@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
natecox@programming.dev 5 months ago
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.
synapse1278@lemmy.world 5 months ago
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.
natecox@programming.dev 5 months ago
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.
synapse1278@lemmy.world 5 months ago
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.