Angus: "And these speakers are 10 kilos each!" Me: rubbing hands together in excitement to see him use 2 kg of filament to hold one speaker. Angus: "So I had a friend plasma cut these wings out of steel!" Me: Gasp! "How dare he use *steel*" 😒
Metal 3D printing is a thing, but it's still very expensive. It works like surgical lasers where there are multiple laser beams converging on a point in a tray of metal powder to melt and fuse the powder into a solid.
OMG! I'm so jealous. I live vicariously through you. Good job! You may have gotten away with some aluminum and a drill for those wings. But, hey... recruit friends for your channel... that's what I say. Again... Good job. It looks like you're a little tired from all of that work. Jealous. Especially after my slicer computer bailed out on me :(
Wow, wish the bracket for your audio was available when I installed cctv. I love your media draw it has been put on my to do list. Cheers from Brisbane
That monitor is awesome, would be awesomer if in equivalent-4K vertical rez. Great ideas! I was impressed enough to purchase the files for the various builds but FFS, why isn't there a single zip I can download for all of them? The way it's set up, it defeats DownThemAll so I had to get them individually--that's 24 DLs. I have to say, that doesn't make me _more_ likely to buy in the future. Also, how can you stand to use a keyboard without a numberpad?
Angus you forgot all the nano-leaves and acoustic foam on the wall😂, jokes aside, great job on using 3D printing for sorting small stuffs, trully a place for 3D printing to shine.
nano-leaves are so expensive though. the company MI was making something similar but they said those didn't have a good build. actually you could 3D print and programme to DIY those.
I used to have my cards in a small plastic box with magnet lid. I mainly use micro SD because they are cheaper and I have many devices that take those. once I droped it at school and it took quite a while to find all of them on the floor. now I use a cloth bag with plastic pockets inside, one for each card. quite like the ones used to keep DVD libraries.
Having the time line annotations was really cool. I appreciate that. I accidentally clicked off and had to come back, those breakdowns made it super easy to pick up where I jumped out!.
Looks great, awesome job. I would highly recommend a monitor arm. Frees up a lot of space on the top of the desk taken by the monitor stand. Think this would be very useful with the limited space you have.
Instead of guessing the angle of your monitor, wouldn't it be easier to just take a picture of your monitor from the side and model your mount based on that? Should work even for curved monitors.
Hey, dont end up damaging the Screen with the weight of camera. I hope you have looked into that. Pressure on a screen can end up leaving u with Dead Pixels
@@MakersMuse A nice curved track mounted on the top of the stand behind the monitor, an MCU with WiFI like an ESP32 and a servo will get you the ability to programmatically track the camera left and right while keeping you in the center of the frame.
@@bbowling4979 Don't forget Home Assistant integration. Could probably be done easily enough with ESP Home or Tasmota. Gotta have auto camera slider voice control!
Person with amazing hair I noticed in a couple other videos that you have a 3d printer in a fallout 4 pip boy box now I too have a pip boy box and would like to know what printer that is or any other printer that is the same size
The build looks amazing, I'm considering taking some pointers for my next setup! Would you not prefer to wall mount the monitor to remove the need for a stand?
@@Kekmit If you want to wall mount a heavy monitor on paper thin walls, find the beams (u can use a tool for this or just simply knocking in different places to hear the sound). Me and my dad mounted a 30 kg (63 lbs) tv to our walls by simply finding the supporting beams and mounting to those. I think in our house there is one beam every two feet, each house is different though. Every house has beams though, the building would collapse without them
Great video! I especially liked the under desk mounting ideas. One upgrade that I highly recommend that you consider is a 'monitor desk mount'. I found that it clears up an enormous amount of precious desk space, when the monitor stand is gone. (Also, when I got burgled a few years back, they skipped the monitors, because they had no stand.) Love your content.
Love the setup! I feel like you could have relocated the USB on the card reader but the USB hub setup is probably more useful. Don't diss the Gateron Red switches so much, I love them more than Cherry's honestly. Poor mouse pad tho... My 10$ Chinese desk mat is my baby and I couldn't bear cutting it. Keep up the videos!
Wow! Awesome setup! Your new camera really makes a difference! Love that monitor! So, myself having been married at one point......I know that now since you have something really nice, the old lady now wants something nice too! So you being the youngster that you are maybe you haven't come across this yet! But it's coming, you can bet on that! So, you might want to start putting a little back for when it's comes because it won't be cheap! Just my .02!.....Good luck!
Angus, why not mount the audio tray to drawer slides so you can slide it out when you need to do adjustments to the settings and then slide it back out of the way.
$65 for LED's?! Did you buy them locally?! 😂 I got a 2m roll of UV ones for like $10! The end result did look great though :) Not my cup of tea at all, but I like my dark ;)
One of the first things I did when I got my printer was design a holder for my headset and controllers for the side of my desk. You are giving me more Ideas haha.
I think what you actually need is a sound level meter paired to an LED strip on your wall 😉 Or maybe paired to a rumble pack (salvaged from an old controller or maybe the vibration component from a phone?) strapped to your ankle. Though the power pack you need for that might become a little bit burdensome after a while... Maybe make it a clip-on for your belt? Stuff like that might even help you catch when someone honks at you while you're walking around town, I don't know if that's a concern for deaf people. I also don't think I've ever heard a honk directed at me to wanr me of danger (discounting those that are simply meant as an insult), but that might depend on where you live. The siren of emergency service vehicles might be another application though.
YEEES SIR - thank you. Will definitely have a go at the ambilight :-) I haven't seen this before for the PC but have had Philips TV'2 with ambilight for a decade for the same reason.
Inspiring how you solve these challenges... I want to fully go into 3D modeling.. Something that can be produce yeah, like 3D printed or CnC... So seeing you're using it this way inspires me.. Especially with the drawer and the new case design you did for the USB hub.. Really inspiring... Subscribed 🥂🙂
@@MakersMuse nice 👌 I used to have the model before yours, in the estate version. Loved that car, but increasing family size & spiralling fuel prices, it sadly had to go 🤦♂️
That monitor stand takes up so much desk realestate. My Asus VG34 gave me that issue and I got so annoyed with it I just went with a Monoprice monitor arm. Freed up loads of space and gave my monitor that free-floating look.
Huh, the Arduino color-matching stuff looks really cool. Been thinking about a single LED strip along either the rear of my desk or the back of the monitor. May have to give that a try.
infill help, great design that design to hold certain amount of weight, is really matter, I found out doing calculation/simulation weight and force that you will give to the stuff you design, help a lot making something for long term
Angus, I love the drawer and I will have to print one out for myself! Also, you could add a charging station for camera equipment, phone, and other devices. Perhaps that could be another project that goes on a table or workbench.
HI i put a fan on the back for it and it made a big difference in the heat i was thinking of making a fan bracket for it were the headphone holder gos ,) ps love your videos
For 73 LEDS, assuming you're running them at 50 or 55mAh per LED, it should be pretty much exactly enough if you don't count the Nano, which probably doesnt use much at all anyways. To find out this type of stuff, you can do 4 amps = 4000mAh / 73LEDs = 54mAh per LED which is just shy of 60 which is the max most WS2812Bs are rated for
If you want a nice compact mechanical keyboard, look into the Keychron K2. It's a 60% layout and has high-quality mechanical switches and RGB LEDs. It's also USB and Bluetooth dual-mode so you can disconnect it from the computer for a remote control for Cubase or whatever, too. :)
Angus: You might want to get a short piece of sandpaper (50cm of grit 60 .. 80 and 10cm of grit 150), then make a "round-over" on the edge of your tabletop (eg. the top/front, where your arms rest). I have this horribly sharp corner on my tabletop and it hurts my wrists every day; unfortunately I can't round it over because it's made of a material that does not work well after doing that). Your tabletop seem to be made of plywood, which is why I suggest sandpaper rather than planing. If using a plane, it would create splinters, but if you use sandpaper, the result should be nice. Apart from that, great video; I really enjoyed watching your improvements. - And I especially was happy to hear you've chosen Steinberg and Cubase; awesome extremely professional tools, which I used back in the day where I had an Atari ST. Oh, and about the LEDs ... Each WS2812 LED draws about 50mA (0.050 A). That means a 4A power supply would be able to handle (4A / 0.050A) = 80 LEDs (white, full intensity). If you have more LEDs than that, multiply the number of LEDs by 0.050A then get a power supply that can handle a current higher than that. May I suggest a MeanWell IRM-60-5ST (which I use for my server); it's 5V/10A, thus should be able to handle 200 WS2812 LEDs. This power supply has screw-terminals on both the primary and secondary sides. That means you'll have to make your own mains leads. If you're not yet coached by a professional electrician, please find one and get a demonstration on how to correctly connect a wire to a screw terminal properly (1: Twist, 2: Bend, 3: Insert and tighten screw). The IRM-60-5ST is very robust and the input voltage can vary from 85V AC to 305V AC, so it should work on a standard AC outled anywhere in the World.
Any particular reason why you're not using a Toshiba FlashAir W-04 ( or quivalent ) WiFi SD-Card? I'm using one in my Prusa i3 ( i.imgur.com/7w1zgVx.jpg ) to get around the need to get to the printer > fetch the card > get to the pc > upload files to it > get back to the printer.
The RGB part iant for me. I cant stand RGB. My pc? Beige, my Displays? Beige, my Desk? white. Only my Mouse has RGB but i disabled it cause i didn't like it. I just bought it cause of the 28 programmable keys.
You asked for suggestions.. for the shape of the monitors in "Video Upgrades" I would do it a bit different: I would 3D-scann (via iPhone with e.g. ScandyPro) the "unclear" object. It is pretty simple to scan what you need because you don't need a correct and clean object but something you can recognize later to build the 3D object around. Export it as stl, cut & clean it in Meshmixer, import it in Fusion360 and make fitting shapes. This is surprising accurat, very handy and really cool when you didn't even measured and if fit's on the first print! Even if it doesn't completely fit, it's also possible to work gently with a heat gun and make it fit.
4A is not quite enough for 73 LEDs lit up all white in full brightness - but that's not gonna happen in this case anyway and even if it does, the worst thing that can happen is the PSU having an emergency shutdown and possibly needing to be plugged out and in again. (max. power draw is approx. 4.38A for 20mA per LED and color as specified in the WS2813 datasheet I came across when working with those)
I would highly recommend an ergotron HX. Yes it's expensive, but also it will give you your desk back. I use the smaller LX with a reinforcement metal plate for my ultrawide and I love it to death.
Excellent. May I add that you can get the exact curveture mathematically. I'm not going to do the derrivation since explaining this as plain text with no drawing is challenging on its own. Amyways, here we go: Since the curveture of the TV is symmetrical, all we need to do is find the radius 'r' (consider a top view of the TV). To do this we follow these steps: 1. Measure the distance between the end points of the arc, we're interested in half the distance, call it d (d=distance÷2) 2. Using a reference line between the two ends (a tensioned string or rubber band etc), measure the perpendicular distance from the middle of this line to the curve, call that 'a'. 3. Then r=(d*d + a*a)/(2a) A bit too nerdy, but would love to see if that matches the camera holder you made. Awesome channel
Capturing the complex curves on the back of your screen? I had the same issue recently trying to design a mount to put my Plasma Rifle on top of my screen. How about a Contour Gauge from Bunnings for $16 to $20 (or from eBay for less than $10 because... ?) to capture the horizontal and vertical curves.
"Upgrade your desk with 3D printing by creating a bracket for your audio interface, and then most of the real upgrades are only possible if you have a friend who has a CNC cable of cutting 6mm steel plate, and by buying more equipment." There, I fixed the title for you.
There's 3 type of RGB people out there. - People who hate them - People that "Love" them but just use them out the box ( Puking rainbows ) - People that configure and actually use them for the intended purpose ( Like your setup )
I haven't seen anyone review Slice engineering Copperhead, Mosquito V2 hotend's and comparing them to something like Microswiss all metal and Bondtech DDX .
Next time don't eyeball and print 3 different versions of the angled part but just use CAD (Cardboard Assisted Design) and cut it out of cardboard. Thats way quicker and cheaper. In the end just measure and design the rest ;)
I recently completed the biggest print that I have ever attempted. My socket set had the blow moulded tray finally crap out on me. New socket set? NO. Designed replacement in fusion 360 and printed it out on my modded tevo tarantula. Made me really happy when I finished it and put the sockets in
I recently bought a Sony DSC-HX60 camera for streaming and photography. When i wanted to set it up with hdmi i faced a problem. The HDMI port is on the bottom near tripod mount. Does anyone have suggestions to fix it?
I have my audio interface mounted under the desk for years, but the protruding XLR was super annoying. So I designed and printed a low profile connector. I have it on thingiverse for anyone interested. "Low profile slim XLR connectors (male-female)"
Hi Muse, love your new desk and the RGB behind the monitor look sick!!! i love to make it too, by the way, do you have any idea about cable management in drawer? i have no idea , maybe you can give me some kick on 3d print cable management., thanks
What struck me here is that in spite of what seems like a good mic, you still sound echoey and reverb-ey. Maybe your next 3D print should be sound absorber panels for the studio/room. Although, 3D printed ones might not be the greatest... there are many sensible DIY techniques though, and you can buy very nicely decorative panels that can help control echo.
Off topic...the monitor you are using what model is that and do you use i both for CAD and Gaming...? and how is CAD experience working on that monitor?
Hey, Angus. An idea for you, not sure how viable it is though. Blacktail Studio is an awesome high end table making company and YT channel. He's in USA though. Might be a neat idea to do acollaboration?
I needed to figure out the profile (cross-section) of the seat-portion of an office-chair once - a molded plastic part. My trick (that works!) --> (1) apply painter's tape to the thing you want to copy (2) create an approximate shape with a 3D-pen over the painter's tape (3) let it cool, and take it off - then measure it (4) profit!
for these kinds of things is basically why i bought my 3d printer in the first place. as i've grown more knowledgeable about using it and getting good prints, i have now printed a few things for my desk space and will be a adding some more as needed. in the future maybe even building a racing station. here's some things i've printed for my desk so far: headphone wall hanger, headphone desk hanger, headphone desk stand (yes, i have a few pairs), and audio project box that houses (and controls) my audio amps, pre amp, and minidsp module, a low poly charmander (other two starters will be printed once i have the colors), a "gaming" set of red keycaps for my cheap mechanical keyboard, and an enclosure for my subwoofer amp which did not have one. i'm using a lot more than i thought i would. not only that, but there's a few projects that i plan to start later on and maybe even build a small cnc machine since i have and old router i might put to some use. all in all, i've been enjoying using my 3d printer quite very much and definitely glad i decided to buy it.
Empowering your creativity. Crushing your wallet. Seriously though. Those led lights are awesome. I used to drool over those old Philips plasma TVs that had this feature built in.b
I would say that over engineering has its points. Sometimes people try to go to minimalist and end up breaking their stuff. As for nobody's ever going to see it I disagree. You will and it might give you a little satisfaction every time you do, that makes it worth it. When I make things they tend to be more clunky and big you know using 2x4s and such. I like to over build I hate having things break. If they break I've got to do it all over again. Not to mention it will give me a great deal of annoyance that it did break. So over building is a plus for me.
Hey Angus! I'm looking to buy and print the SD card drawer, but could you tell us what the dimensions are for it? I have a small gap between my desk and PC so I want to make sure it will fit!
I wanted today to print new mouse pad for me from PBT + Flex, but unfortunately after making small sample found that laser mouse can't work on white/transparent PBT.
Totally love how you used 3D printing to enhance your set-up. I'm watching this and immediately am thinking of printing a cable management tool for the top of my desk since my current one is always rotating and barely doing its job. Also, where's that hoodie from? I like that as well
Sorry to be a bit of nitpicker, but I think you could shrink the footprint of the desk quite a bit if instead of mounting the speakers off to the sides, perhaps you could have built upwards to mount the speakers above the screen? Anyway, it all looks super awesome! Glad you did it!
can i suggest getting a monitor arm and getting the monitor off your desk surface, you will have way more space and then you can have some movement to your screen as well. they make beefy ones that can hold that ultrawide plus your camera.
i haven't watched this channel in forever and i basically never comment on youtube, but damn i was completely shocked by how good your production quality has gotten. hell yeah brother
Angus: "And these speakers are 10 kilos each!"
Me: rubbing hands together in excitement to see him use 2 kg of filament to hold one speaker.
Angus: "So I had a friend plasma cut these wings out of steel!"
Me: Gasp! "How dare he use *steel*" 😒
Cheating! 😂
@@MakersMuse It is cheating :( I too was expecting some crazy industrial design speaker mount.
I want to see you repeat that after he buys a 3D Printer for metal filament
I got the same reaction! 😂
Metal 3D printing is a thing, but it's still very expensive. It works like surgical lasers where there are multiple laser beams converging on a point in a tray of metal powder to melt and fuse the powder into a solid.
OMG! I'm so jealous. I live vicariously through you. Good job! You may have gotten away with some aluminum and a drill for those wings. But, hey... recruit friends for your channel... that's what I say. Again... Good job. It looks like you're a little tired from all of that work. Jealous. Especially after my slicer computer bailed out on me :(
Wow, wish the bracket for your audio was available when I installed cctv. I love your media draw it has been put on my to do list. Cheers from Brisbane
I saw the magnum bullet video that song is a banger bro
Well, for those that don't have access to a plasma cutter could just make wings out of wood. Will be a little thicker but it would be cheap and easy
Good call, 16mm mdf would work great
That monitor is awesome, would be awesomer if in equivalent-4K vertical rez. Great ideas! I was impressed enough to purchase the files for the various builds but FFS, why isn't there a single zip I can download for all of them? The way it's set up, it defeats DownThemAll so I had to get them individually--that's 24 DLs. I have to say, that doesn't make me _more_ likely to buy in the future. Also, how can you stand to use a keyboard without a numberpad?
Mount the monitor on the wall and you'll have so much more spaceandit willbe much neeter!
Did it with my 3monitor setaup and it was sooo worth it
Ah i see
A good place to keep my Nintendo switch games 😂😂😂
Angus you forgot all the nano-leaves and acoustic foam on the wall😂, jokes aside, great job on using 3D printing for sorting small stuffs, trully a place for 3D printing to shine.
That's phase 2! haha
Nah just use egg cartons way cheaper :P
@@MakersMuse waiting patiently.. :D
nano-leaves are so expensive though. the company MI was making something similar but they said those didn't have a good build. actually you could 3D print and programme to DIY those.
"The Ultimate 3D Printed Desk Accessories!
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First one: *PLASMA CUTTER*
I really like the LED mod and the drawer. Had an evil laugh at the SD card launch though.😁
NYEHEHEHE!
SD card go YEET!
I used to have my cards in a small plastic box with magnet lid. I mainly use micro SD because they are cheaper and I have many devices that take those. once I droped it at school and it took quite a while to find all of them on the floor. now I use a cloth bag with plastic pockets inside, one for each card. quite like the ones used to keep DVD libraries.
Having the time line annotations was really cool. I appreciate that. I accidentally clicked off and had to come back, those breakdowns made it super easy to pick up where I jumped out!.
Looks great, awesome job. I would highly recommend a monitor arm. Frees up a lot of space on the top of the desk taken by the monitor stand. Think this would be very useful with the limited space you have.
I'm not sure if there is an arm, which could hold his gigantic monitor.
@@LichtTempler Saw one on some video... Granted it's very expensive. Though a 49" monitor is also expensive
Remember kids, always Make hole in metal first, and then put it on top/below the wood and mark the holes. Then drill into wood
What, you don't want to drill three holes in plate steel fishing to match the ones you started in the desktop? :D
Love that monitor! How about making some acoustic panels with a synthwave look?
Next step is a giant logo above I think, so might combine the two tasks of glowy and sound absorption!
Instead of guessing the angle of your monitor, wouldn't it be easier to just take a picture of your monitor from the side and model your mount based on that? Should work even for curved monitors.
Hey, dont end up damaging the Screen with the weight of camera. I hope you have looked into that. Pressure on a screen can end up leaving u with Dead Pixels
It's fairly light, don't worry this monitor is quite... Large.
@@MakersMuse Why didn't you make a adapter for the back of the monitor stand instead? That seems pretty rigid.
@@Gathaeryx Tis, but I want to move it off center for a wider range of angles. Not a bad idea though if this doesn't work out!
@@MakersMuse A nice curved track mounted on the top of the stand behind the monitor, an MCU with WiFI like an ESP32 and a servo will get you the ability to programmatically track the camera left and right while keeping you in the center of the frame.
@@bbowling4979 Don't forget Home Assistant integration. Could probably be done easily enough with ESP Home or Tasmota. Gotta have auto camera slider voice control!
Person with amazing hair I noticed in a couple other videos that you have a 3d printer in a fallout 4 pip boy box now I too have a pip boy box and would like to know what printer that is or any other printer that is the same size
Upgrade your Desk with 3D Printing
fucking first upgrade is a steel plate out of a plasma cutter WTF 😂
I have the same mouse lol. Setup looks good. Well done
Can't imagine life without the trusty G502, it's truly awesome.
@@MakersMuse Same. I love the unlock-able scroll wheel. Logitech must have the patent locked down, I haven't found another mouse with it.
I have it to
Hi Angus - wondering what you use for your laptop and your desktop? Any minimum specs you recommend for 3D modeling? Thanks. Love your channel. 🤗✌💜
wall mount the monitor dude. I did it to my 4k monitor and it freed up sooo much desk space!
Great to hear from you again Angus
getting back on track :)
The build looks amazing, I'm considering taking some pointers for my next setup!
Would you not prefer to wall mount the monitor to remove the need for a stand?
@@Kekmit If you want to wall mount a heavy monitor on paper thin walls, find the beams (u can use a tool for this or just simply knocking in different places to hear the sound). Me and my dad mounted a 30 kg (63 lbs) tv to our walls by simply finding the supporting beams and mounting to those. I think in our house there is one beam every two feet, each house is different though. Every house has beams though, the building would collapse without them
I've got the same K-mart desk... always whack my feet on the damn A frame legs :D
Yep, always lol. And they're useless, the computer doesn't even fit between them!
Any plans on making videos about how you designed those parts? Would be cool to see how you overengineered that UR22 bracket :D
Yeah can do if it's of interest!
Great video! I especially liked the under desk mounting ideas. One upgrade that I highly recommend that you consider is a 'monitor desk mount'. I found that it clears up an enormous amount of precious desk space, when the monitor stand is gone. (Also, when I got burgled a few years back, they skipped the monitors, because they had no stand.) Love your content.
Magnum Bullets. Excellent choice of video
Love the setup! I feel like you could have relocated the USB on the card reader but the USB hub setup is probably more useful. Don't diss the Gateron Red switches so much, I love them more than Cherry's honestly. Poor mouse pad tho... My 10$ Chinese desk mat is my baby and I couldn't bear cutting it.
Keep up the videos!
I feel this video in my soul...my desk setup sucks 😂 Definitely gotta make some use of these prints!
Thanks for this awesome video! ;-)
Wow! Awesome setup! Your new camera really makes a difference! Love that monitor!
So, myself having been married at one point......I know that now since you have something really nice, the old lady now wants something nice too! So you being the youngster that you are maybe you haven't come across this yet! But it's coming, you can bet on that! So, you might want to start putting a little back for when it's comes because it won't be cheap!
Just my .02!.....Good luck!
Trust me, my better half already has a wonderful setup - I insist because they're also a creative!
Angus, why not mount the audio tray to drawer slides so you can slide it out when you need to do adjustments to the settings and then slide it back out of the way.
Heh I guess I could but I know where all the knobs are without looking 😂
"You can print them on an ender 3" How on earth did you know I have that 3d printer...😂 of course it is the most popular 3d printer ever, I know.
No one ever guesses my printer :'(
@@The_oli4 is is a really custom super sick ulra precise 3d printer?
I recognized that music video at the beginning lol. Magnum bullet by night runner and dan avidan right?
it is! fantastic video and a great test for the ambilight.
@@MakersMuse agreed. I love dans works. And the music videos are just top notch
Awesome upgrades!
Nice Craftbot printer you got there!
$65 for LED's?! Did you buy them locally?! 😂 I got a 2m roll of UV ones for like $10! The end result did look great though :) Not my cup of tea at all, but I like my dark ;)
Yes lol, nothing else was arriving 😭
@@MakersMuse Aww dang! That sucks! At least it looked good when it was done though :)
A single monitor? What is this Angus, the Middle Ages!?
But seriously, love the ergonomics here, great build.
Yeah, but each screen half is like a screen of it's own
man thats one wide putin monitor you got there angus!
...aaaand the best way to use blender if you got lot of viewports, etc.
yeah, if you want rsi...
Are they the DM40 speakers? Curious and love your work mate.
Cheers! They're SDJ50X's, Decent enough and very loud.
One of the first things I did when I got my printer was design a holder for my headset and controllers for the side of my desk. You are giving me more Ideas haha.
I'm deaf and the black velvet carpet for desk might be what I need in my life! I'm always consciencious of waking up hearing up roommate/neighbor
I think what you actually need is a sound level meter paired to an LED strip on your wall 😉 Or maybe paired to a rumble pack (salvaged from an old controller or maybe the vibration component from a phone?) strapped to your ankle. Though the power pack you need for that might become a little bit burdensome after a while... Maybe make it a clip-on for your belt?
Stuff like that might even help you catch when someone honks at you while you're walking around town, I don't know if that's a concern for deaf people. I also don't think I've ever heard a honk directed at me to wanr me of danger (discounting those that are simply meant as an insult), but that might depend on where you live. The siren of emergency service vehicles might be another application though.
In the future (for the steel shelves and similar) remember, measure twice, cut once :-)
Great advice for any project.
There's some great ideas in here that I can use to ,odify my old-ish Ikea desk to improve space. Thanks for the inspiration!
YEEES SIR - thank you. Will definitely have a go at the ambilight :-) I haven't seen this before for the PC but have had Philips TV'2 with ambilight for a decade for the same reason.
Inspiring how you solve these challenges...
I want to fully go into 3D modeling.. Something that can be produce yeah, like 3D printed or CnC...
So seeing you're using it this way inspires me.. Especially with the drawer and the new case design you did for the USB hub..
Really inspiring...
Subscribed 🥂🙂
What's the animation you had playing on the screen those couple of times?
Very fun and cool projects!
Night Runner - Magnum Bullets, it's a really cool music video :)
@@MakersMuse thanks very much!
Great video. Nice work station!
Living the set up, especially the LED lights 👍🤤 at 3:45, is that yours or your mates Legnum VR4 in the background?
Mine, it's the sedan, Galant 👍 😍
@@MakersMuse nice 👌 I used to have the model before yours, in the estate version. Loved that car, but increasing family size & spiralling fuel prices, it sadly had to go 🤦♂️
@@syntaxcuemi3d53 Yeah the fuel consumption is... extreme to say the least!
That monitor stand takes up so much desk realestate. My Asus VG34 gave me that issue and I got so annoyed with it I just went with a Monoprice monitor arm. Freed up loads of space and gave my monitor that free-floating look.
Now that it's been 6 months I'm wondering if/how you have further tweaked the setup!
I haven't, but the old table is starting to sag from the additional load so I may need to make a fully custom one!
@@MakersMuse Thanks for replying! Glad it's held up and hasn't needed tweaks! Of course, if you build a new one, you know we'd love to see it :^).
Huh, the Arduino color-matching stuff looks really cool. Been thinking about a single LED strip along either the rear of my desk or the back of the monitor. May have to give that a try.
infill help, great design that design to hold certain amount of weight, is really matter, I found out doing calculation/simulation weight and force that you will give to the stuff you design, help a lot making something for long term
Go to sleep man it’s 12:30am ahah
Nah its drinking time i only just finished work :P
Angus, I love the drawer and I will have to print one out for myself! Also, you could add a charging station for camera equipment, phone, and other devices. Perhaps that could be another project that goes on a table or workbench.
Charging station is a sick idea!
WOW
Looks awesome Angus, thanks for sharing :) :) :)
love the videos but dus your monitor git hot like my 1 got that bad that i need a fan to keep it cool the only problem i have with it
Yeah it puts out heaps of heat :(
HI i put a fan on the back for it and it made a big difference in the heat i was thinking of making a fan bracket for it were the headphone holder gos ,) ps love your videos
"from this" allright a standard desk-
"to this" oh so you got a large table mat/mouse pad, a new camera and some fancy leds?
What's your desktop spec?
Yo, we have the same keyboard!
For 73 LEDS, assuming you're running them at 50 or 55mAh per LED, it should be pretty much exactly enough if you don't count the Nano, which probably doesnt use much at all anyways. To find out this type of stuff, you can do 4 amps = 4000mAh / 73LEDs = 54mAh per LED which is just shy of 60 which is the max most WS2812Bs are rated for
If you want a nice compact mechanical keyboard, look into the Keychron K2. It's a 60% layout and has high-quality mechanical switches and RGB LEDs. It's also USB and Bluetooth dual-mode so you can disconnect it from the computer for a remote control for Cubase or whatever, too. :)
Angus: You might want to get a short piece of sandpaper (50cm of grit 60 .. 80 and 10cm of grit 150), then make a "round-over" on the edge of your tabletop (eg. the top/front, where your arms rest).
I have this horribly sharp corner on my tabletop and it hurts my wrists every day; unfortunately I can't round it over because it's made of a material that does not work well after doing that).
Your tabletop seem to be made of plywood, which is why I suggest sandpaper rather than planing. If using a plane, it would create splinters, but if you use sandpaper, the result should be nice.
Apart from that, great video; I really enjoyed watching your improvements. - And I especially was happy to hear you've chosen Steinberg and Cubase; awesome extremely professional tools, which I used back in the day where I had an Atari ST.
Oh, and about the LEDs ... Each WS2812 LED draws about 50mA (0.050 A). That means a 4A power supply would be able to handle (4A / 0.050A) = 80 LEDs (white, full intensity). If you have more LEDs than that, multiply the number of LEDs by 0.050A then get a power supply that can handle a current higher than that.
May I suggest a MeanWell IRM-60-5ST (which I use for my server); it's 5V/10A, thus should be able to handle 200 WS2812 LEDs. This power supply has screw-terminals on both the primary and secondary sides. That means you'll have to make your own mains leads. If you're not yet coached by a professional electrician, please find one and get a demonstration on how to correctly connect a wire to a screw terminal properly (1: Twist, 2: Bend, 3: Insert and tighten screw). The IRM-60-5ST is very robust and the input voltage can vary from 85V AC to 305V AC, so it should work on a standard AC outled anywhere in the World.
Any particular reason why you're not using a Toshiba FlashAir W-04 ( or quivalent ) WiFi SD-Card?
I'm using one in my Prusa i3 ( i.imgur.com/7w1zgVx.jpg ) to get around the need to get to the printer > fetch the card > get to the pc > upload files to it > get back to the printer.
The RGB part iant for me. I cant stand RGB. My pc? Beige, my Displays? Beige, my Desk? white. Only my Mouse has RGB but i disabled it cause i didn't like it. I just bought it cause of the 28 programmable keys.
You asked for suggestions.. for the shape of the monitors in "Video Upgrades" I would do it a bit different: I would 3D-scann (via iPhone with e.g. ScandyPro) the "unclear" object. It is pretty simple to scan what you need because you don't need a correct and clean object but something you can recognize later to build the 3D object around. Export it as stl, cut & clean it in Meshmixer, import it in Fusion360 and make fitting shapes. This is surprising accurat, very handy and really cool when you didn't even measured and if fit's on the first print!
Even if it doesn't completely fit, it's also possible to work gently with a heat gun and make it fit.
4A is not quite enough for 73 LEDs lit up all white in full brightness - but that's not gonna happen in this case anyway and even if it does, the worst thing that can happen is the PSU having an emergency shutdown and possibly needing to be plugged out and in again. (max. power draw is approx. 4.38A for 20mA per LED and color as specified in the WS2813 datasheet I came across when working with those)
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I would highly recommend an ergotron HX. Yes it's expensive, but also it will give you your desk back. I use the smaller LX with a reinforcement metal plate for my ultrawide and I love it to death.
Excellent. May I add that you can get the exact curveture mathematically. I'm not going to do the derrivation since explaining this as plain text with no drawing is challenging on its own. Amyways, here we go:
Since the curveture of the TV is symmetrical, all we need to do is find the radius 'r' (consider a top view of the TV). To do this we follow these steps:
1. Measure the distance between the end points of the arc, we're interested in half the distance, call it d (d=distance÷2)
2. Using a reference line between the two ends (a tensioned string or rubber band etc), measure the perpendicular distance from the middle of this line to the curve, call that 'a'.
3. Then r=(d*d + a*a)/(2a)
A bit too nerdy, but would love to see if that matches the camera holder you made.
Awesome channel
Capturing the complex curves on the back of your screen? I had the same issue recently trying to design a mount to put my Plasma Rifle on top of my screen. How about a Contour Gauge from Bunnings for $16 to $20 (or from eBay for less than $10 because... ?) to capture the horizontal and vertical curves.
Angus oldmate I need to know if the LEDs are worth it 6 months later?
Nah, I don't bothering turning them on in software much honestly. I have other ambient LEDs in the room though already.
@@MakersMuse ah really? Sad! Thanks for the input
"Upgrade your desk with 3D printing by creating a bracket for your audio interface, and then most of the real upgrades are only possible if you have a friend who has a CNC cable of cutting 6mm steel plate, and by buying more equipment."
There, I fixed the title for you.
There's 3 type of RGB people out there.
- People who hate them
- People that "Love" them but just use them out the box ( Puking rainbows )
- People that configure and actually use them for the intended purpose ( Like your setup )
I haven't seen anyone review Slice engineering Copperhead, Mosquito V2 hotend's and comparing them to something like Microswiss all metal and Bondtech DDX .
Good to see another video Angus.
I bought a cable management tray from ikea and bolted it under the desk and it made a world of difference.
Next time don't eyeball and print 3 different versions of the angled part but just use CAD (Cardboard Assisted Design) and cut it out of cardboard. Thats way quicker and cheaper. In the end just measure and design the rest ;)
I recently completed the biggest print that I have ever attempted. My socket set had the blow moulded tray finally crap out on me. New socket set? NO. Designed replacement in fusion 360 and printed it out on my modded tevo tarantula. Made me really happy when I finished it and put the sockets in
I recently bought a Sony DSC-HX60 camera for streaming and photography. When i wanted to set it up with hdmi i faced a problem. The HDMI port is on the bottom near tripod mount. Does anyone have suggestions to fix it?
I have my audio interface mounted under the desk for years, but the protruding XLR was super annoying. So I designed and printed a low profile connector. I have it on thingiverse for anyone interested. "Low profile slim XLR connectors (male-female)"
Hi Muse, love your new desk and the RGB behind the monitor look sick!!! i love to make it too, by the way, do you have any idea about cable management in drawer? i have no idea , maybe you can give me some kick on 3d print cable management., thanks
What struck me here is that in spite of what seems like a good mic, you still sound echoey and reverb-ey. Maybe your next 3D print should be sound absorber panels for the studio/room. Although, 3D printed ones might not be the greatest... there are many sensible DIY techniques though, and you can buy very nicely decorative panels that can help control echo.
Off topic...the monitor you are using what model is that and do you use i both for CAD and Gaming...? and how is CAD experience working on that monitor?
Hey, Angus. An idea for you, not sure how viable it is though. Blacktail Studio is an awesome high end table making company and YT channel. He's in USA though. Might be a neat idea to do acollaboration?
I needed to figure out the profile (cross-section) of the seat-portion of an office-chair once - a molded plastic part. My trick (that works!) --> (1) apply painter's tape to the thing you want to copy (2) create an approximate shape with a 3D-pen over the painter's tape (3) let it cool, and take it off - then measure it (4) profit!
for these kinds of things is basically why i bought my 3d printer in the first place. as i've grown more knowledgeable about using it and getting good prints, i have now printed a few things for my desk space and will be a adding some more as needed. in the future maybe even building a racing station.
here's some things i've printed for my desk so far: headphone wall hanger, headphone desk hanger, headphone desk stand (yes, i have a few pairs), and audio project box that houses (and controls) my audio amps, pre amp, and minidsp module, a low poly charmander (other two starters will be printed once i have the colors), a "gaming" set of red keycaps for my cheap mechanical keyboard, and an enclosure for my subwoofer amp which did not have one.
i'm using a lot more than i thought i would. not only that, but there's a few projects that i plan to start later on and maybe even build a small cnc machine since i have and old router i might put to some use. all in all, i've been enjoying using my 3d printer quite very much and definitely glad i decided to buy it.
Empowering your creativity. Crushing your wallet.
Seriously though. Those led lights are awesome. I used to drool over those old Philips plasma TVs that had this feature built in.b
I would say that over engineering has its points. Sometimes people try to go to minimalist and end up breaking their stuff. As for nobody's ever going to see it I disagree. You will and it might give you a little satisfaction every time you do, that makes it worth it. When I make things they tend to be more clunky and big you know using 2x4s and such. I like to over build I hate having things break. If they break I've got to do it all over again. Not to mention it will give me a great deal of annoyance that it did break. So over building is a plus for me.
From one Angus to another......I'd love to know where the monitor background came from! I'm a big Synthwave fan as well.
Hey Angus! I'm looking to buy and print the SD card drawer, but could you tell us what the dimensions are for it? I have a small gap between my desk and PC so I want to make sure it will fit!
I wanted today to print new mouse pad for me from PBT + Flex, but unfortunately after making small sample found that laser mouse can't work on white/transparent PBT.
I don't think I've ever seen anyone use a Midi Fighter except for Shawn Wasabi.
It is kinda an overkill for a macro pad though.
Loved the video!
Totally love how you used 3D printing to enhance your set-up. I'm watching this and immediately am thinking of printing a cable management tool for the top of my desk since my current one is always rotating and barely doing its job. Also, where's that hoodie from? I like that as well
Cables are still a bit messy underneath so I will have to tackle that too. Hoodie is from H&M, they do fun colours
Sorry to be a bit of nitpicker, but I think you could shrink the footprint of the desk quite a bit if instead of mounting the speakers off to the sides, perhaps you could have built upwards to mount the speakers above the screen? Anyway, it all looks super awesome! Glad you did it!
can i suggest getting a monitor arm and getting the monitor off your desk surface, you will have way more space and then you can have some movement to your screen as well. they make beefy ones that can hold that ultrawide plus your camera.
Where can I get a high amp 5V DC power supply that's Australian Approved and not gonna cost >$30? I'm struggling to find any atm
Electronics Engineer here. 4A power supply is just on the edge of enough current for your LEDs. If you add more, get a bigger power supply.
i haven't watched this channel in forever and i basically never comment on youtube, but damn i was completely shocked by how good your production quality has gotten. hell yeah brother