Working from home brings own challenges. For me, this translates in shaping the productive working environment which usually was arranged by someone somewhere. An efficient use of space on the desk surface is a part of the problem I imagine many of us struggle with.
With distance work, I noticed that I use three different types of headphones and most of the time they are laying somewhere on the table or hanging. NOT NICE! It would be great to have a designated place for them – a headphone holder. Finding one online is not a challenge and they cost starting with $25. Some are really cool too, but waiting for their arrival is more painful. Having Soldworks and 3D printer at hand, there is no excuse to producing one by myself.
So, first, drawing some basic shapes, shelling, patterning, and the model in Solidworks is ready. Since the headphone holder takes some table space, I shaped the bottom in such way that it can hold some smaller parts like a paper clip or MicroSD card. The holes on the bottom of the top part is for hanging headphones on small hooks I will print later. So, being happy with the design outcome, I go to the next step – printing.
Next are the few steps in Simplify3D to set the printing parameters. For printing, I used the white PLA material. The flat vertical surface of the top part led to some overhangs inside, but for the function, I am ready to give up some of “the pretty” for now.
…and after 32.5 hours, here is the outcome.
This is how it looks on the table:
After half a year of happy using the holder, I cannot stop wondering how I lived without it.
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