Off-Desk Organizer

I made a unique desk organizer that takes up no desk space. As a student online during covid I found myself with a limited amount of desk space when online for classes. I would frequently misplace my phone, drop pens and pencils, and misplace items. To avoid this I wanted to make a desk organizer that would organize my things without taking up any of my desk space.

For this project I used a 3D printer, PLA filament, and Fusion 360.

The 3D printer needs to have a print bed of at least 7x7x7 inches

Designing to solve a problem meant I had to brainstorm different approaches to this problem. To brainstorm I ended up jotting down random ideas and tried combining existing things to create something new. The solution I came up with combined the use of a clamp and desk organizer.

Once I had come up with a concrete solution I started designing in Fusion 360.

My design consists of eight different parts, 2 different screws, a screw part, a platform, a clamp, and 3 different organizer components (phone stand, sticky note tray, and pen/pencil holder). The platform is rotatable and the organizer parts slide on and off of the platform. There is also a small ball joint piece that connects to the main screw that holds the clamp in place.

3D Design Tools I Used:

Fillet, Revolve, Thread, Hole, Mirror, Shell, Sketch, and Extrude

Key Features:

Platform Rotates 360

Allows for Phone Charging

Takes up No Deskspace

Holds Pens/Pencils, Sticky Notes, Phone

Modular desk organizer

To make my design a 3D object I had to first put it through a slicer. A slicer allows you to change your 3D printer settings and is essential for successful prints. Settings such as layer height, supports, temperature, printing speed, and etc can all be controlled through the use of a slicer. Here is a useful website on slicing: https://all3dp.com/2/3d-slicer-settings-3d-printer/ .There are a bunch of slicers that are free for download but make sure to choose one that is most compatible with your 3D printer. For slicing my files I use Prusa Slicer.

To print my design I suggest you use supports for the clamp and phone holder. The infill and layer height can be adjusted, however, I would increase the infill for the clamp and screws to strengthen them. To save some filament and make the platform more interesting I removed the top and bottom layers to expose the infill pattern. I was able to do this through the slicer I used. After printing it just remove all the supports and put it together.

STL files are ordered smallest to biggest. There are two phone holders, one is for apple phones with the magsafe wireless charging and the other is for phones the size of the iphone 7/8. To print all the pieces it took about a day with two different print jobs.