Office – Lannix Design

Lannix Shop Is Now Open!

Nick — Tue, 23 Jan 2024 21:30:25 +0000

I’ve been working on our store website in the background for a long while now. It was to be a place to sell my 3D printed goods and any other items I came up with in the meantime.

Since moving house over a year ago, the 3D printers haven’t been set up for mass producing and they won’t be until the workshop under the house is finally finished.

You’ll know if you follow my blog that I’ve moved to creating content for YouTube as an outlet for my creative energy.

Consequently, the shop will offer fabrication drawings produced in the process of creating the video content for YouTube. You’ll find the drawings are of a high standard and the price is very low in the hopes of getting people interested in my products. I produced fabrication drawings for a living in my previous career as a mechanical engineer and I hope that the quality reflects that.

The site is powered by WooCommerce and has the proven security and reliability that they have built on for many years. So please, if you want to support me and my family, take a look at the online store and check back in the future as the shop is continually updated!

Thanks so much!

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Check out our first video of 2024! I’m working on continual improvement in my video production and I hope it shows. I’m particularly proud of this one.

Also, plans are available in our online store if you’d like to build a treasure chest like this for yourself or a loved one!

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Desk Modifications For The New Office

Nick — Tue, 20 Sep 2022 21:30:50 +0000

Lannix Design is run from a residential home so space is limited at the current address. The workshop is under the house which is open to the elements and not suitable for having the office set up down there. While all the 3D printers operate inside enclosures, it makes things difficult having the design computer upstairs.

The recent acquisition of a new house brings with it the opportunity to create an integrated workspace with computers, 3D printers and storage all in the one area, under the house but separate from living area. It’s exciting times!

The first task for the new space is to upgrade the big desk that’s taking up space downstairs for use as a replacement for the current office desk leftover from uni days. The new desk is large enough to be used for consultations and will be positioned in the centre of the floor area so needs to look good from the front. The modifications can be split up into four small projects.

Custom desk modifications concept render

Desktop Shelf

A small shelf is needed on top of the desk to allow space to hide pens and such as well as a pair of computer speakers.

It’s designed to be made from off-the-shelf timber sizes that will minimize the amount of cutting involved. Timber will be Radiata pine that will be stained with a Japanese black oil that will expose only a subtle hint of timber grain.

To give the feel of a wrap-around console, a small drawer has been integrated above the existing drawers in the desk.

A small tray has been designed and will be 3D printed for storing pens as tidiness always improves when there is a clear place where things should be.

Dual Monitor Arm

Two monitors are necessary for design work as accessing reference material at a glance is vital for work efficiency.

A dual arm setup is relatively inexpensive off the shelf but I’ve decided to take the opportunity to design something more to my tastes and enable me to showcase some engineering skills.

The construction is of round and square aluminium tubing processed to resemble trusses and to add lightness which is then TIG welded together. Enough material is left to keep strength and to hide cables from the monitors. Articulation is achieved using a thrust bearing and two axial bearings at each pivot which use M10 bolts with Nyloc nuts to keep them in place once positioned.

3D printed caps, tightening nuts and bracket covers are used to tidy up the appearance.

Front Panel & LED Sign

The background of most of the photos taken in the workshop feature the 3D printed LED sign which will be relocated to a new panel to be installed in the front of the desk.

The panel is pine stained black the same as the desktop shelf while the LED sign will be powered by USB cable connected to the PC.

Under Desk Tray

A slide out tray for the Spacemouse, keyboard and mouse will be custom sized to suit my needs. The current desk has one which is at the perfect height so this dimension will be duplicated but the tray will be slightly larger. Obviously this has the added benefit of allowing the peripheral devices to be hidden away when not in use.

Also under the desk will be additional remote located USB and SD card ports which are necessary for transferring data to some of the printers that don’t yet have Octoprint set up on them. I’ve yet to find a suitable device for this as I’d like to incorporate sound volume control so a custom device may need to be made.

Final Thoughts

The design seen here is preliminary only so could be changed completely before going into production! The front panel and the slide out keyboard tray are pretty well locked in so I can get started in those jobs. The desktop shelf I’m not fully convinced about however so if you have any ideas for improvements please leave a comment.

Also note that I do not have a TIG welder and have never TIG welded before so this will need to change before I can tackle the monitor arm. In the meantime, an off-the-shelf unit will do the job.

The aluminium parts need processing as well so I’d either have to pay a company to do this or acquire a CNC plasma table (which I would love!). I want it to be an example of our design capabilities so processing them by hand isn’t an option as it isn’t in my wheelhouse.

Bye!

Gallery - CR10 3D Printing Enclosure Build - Part 1

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3D Printing For The Office

Nick — Tue, 05 Jul 2022 21:30:01 +0000

Starting a business means you’ll be spending a lot of your time at a desk. The amount of USB sticks, SD cards and random stationery floating around the desk makes you wonder where all this came from. Things can get messy pretty quickly if you’re focused on the job at hand so a little organisation is in order. Sure, you could go down to Officeworks and get some cheap ugly thing to do the job but where’s the fun in that? Fortunately, 3D printing can help.

If you have some CAD skills you could design something yourself that fills your needs but chances are that someone else has already designed what you need. Any number of websites devoted to 3D models may have something you can download for free. Take for instance the USB ‘Stickasaurus” which was found online.

Our Designs

In the event that you need something that is pretty niche, for example a small basket to catch the labels that are shot out of your label maker and end up down behind the desk, a bit of computer aided design can sort you out. See the photo gallery below to see what we came up with.

A phone stand seems like something you’d be able to get anywhere and I guess it is. Unfortunately, what was available didn’t really work with a phone case so designing one that works with the case and, I think, looks pretty cool was the answer. The stand has a truss look to it and is able to be 3D printed in three separate pieces then clipped together when you want to use it. I now have a bunch of these around the house and workshop. They’re so handy!

The finished enclosure in its temporary home.

It seems, as always with 3D printing, that the possibilities are only limited by your imagination. A quick search for office items on Printables.com shows letter holders, signs, fidget spinners, laptop stands, vases and even an entire desk lamp. The phone stand and the label maker basket are available to download for free if you’d like to 3D print your own or have us print one for you.

A short update this week for you. Come back next Wednesday for our article on our custom designed and 3D printed Ford Ranger rear bumper. Until then!

Office – Lannix Design

Lannix Shop Is Now Open!

See more of our work

Desk Modifications For The New Office

Desktop Shelf

Dual Monitor Arm

Front Panel & LED Sign

Under Desk Tray

Final Thoughts

Gallery - CR10 3D Printing Enclosure Build - Part 1

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3D Printing For The Office

Our Designs

Gallery - 3D Printing for the Office

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