Phone or tablet second screen adapter for laptop - Tested on Macbook Air and Microsoft Surface

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Phone or tablet second screen adapter for laptop - Tested on Macbook Air and Microsoft Surface

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Description

Use your phone or tablet together with your laptop as a second screen.

Can be stretched/shortened to fit laptops of different sizes.

 

Print profiles included.

 

Differences between versions:

  • Macbook version - use this version if you have a laptop with keyboard and thin screens:
    • Fits laptop screens between 290-330mm wide and up to 5mm thick (or thicker if it has rounded edges)
    • Has a cutout for screen on top to fit more stably
    • Fits closer to the screen since there is no “backstand”

 

  • Microsoft surface version - use this version if your laptop/tablet has a wide kickstand at the back or a very thick screen
    • Fits tablets or laptops between 260-300mm wide and up to 9.5mm thick
    • Has cutouts for power/volume buttons (so the buttons are not inadvertently pressed)
    • Can be used with backstand deployed (shorter side guide and positioned further from screen to not interfere with backstand)

 

If you have a different size laptop, let me know and I can make new versions in other sizes.

 

Print instructions:

  • Tested with 0.4 nozzle.
  • Tolerances of 0.2mm are ideal (check with tolerance test), but 0.3mm may work with a little effort.
  • Part-(1) needs a small support at the bottom, all other parts can be printed without supports. The support side is not visible when using, so the finishing is not important.
  • Brim recommended to avoid warping in long and thin parts unless you have really good bed adhesion.
  • Tested with 3 walls and it was strong enough.

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Great idea, but the mechanism which keeps the phone at a certain angle is too weak and the slightest movement drops the phone back. I guess you can try to angle your monitor a certain way to prevent that, but that's not always ideal.
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Than you for the feedback. It was a balance between having more fine adjustment or stronger holding power by increasing or decreasing the number of notches in the rotation mechanism. Fewer notches mean the notches can be deeper and hold stronger, but it's harder to adjust and there are fewer choices of angles. Following your experience, I may change to fewer notches. Holding the angle stably is more important than a tiny angle adjustment.
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