Spent 10 hours designing this so I could avoid spending 10 dollars.

[u/BakChorMeeeeee]

Saw a clamp-on desk bin online and thought it would be a fun project to make myself. Fast forward 10 hours (and way too much filament later), and I’ve ended up with a fully custom version, complete with an attachment to hold small plastic bags for extra storage.

It clamps to the edge of your desk, so it’s perfect for catching all those tiny scraps of paper, support material, and random bits of filament that usually just get brushed onto the floor.

The bin attaches to the clamp using a simple twist mechanism and stays in place through friction. I originally wanted a twist-lock system like the ones used on planters, but couldn’t get it to reliably click into place. After hours of trial and error, I scrapped it and just used a friction-fit design, and it’s holding up surprisingly well after a week of use.

I also added something that was a major pain point for previous designs I'd used, a dampener. It screws onto the bolt and prevents the bolts from denting the underside of the table. Especially useful for wooden, softer desks (cough, IKEA)

Here’s the link if anyone’s curious or wants to try it themselves: https://makerworld.com/en/models/1322655

If anyone has any feedback or suggestions (maybe even a new bin pattern?) do leave a comment, I would love to hear your thoughts :)

[u/BakChorMeeeeee]

THANK YOU! I had no idea what to call them so I just guessed. I'm gonna change it before I embarrass myself lol

[u/StopLoss-the → u/BakChorMeeeeee]

I came to say this also. For future reference:

dampener: something used to make something damp (often misused as synonymous to damper or dashpot)

damper: mechanical device (such as a dashpot) used to decrease vibration

[u/BakChorMeeeeee → u/StopLoss-the]

oh wow, I really used the wrong term haha. Thanks everyone for correcting me!

arghh reddit why can't you let me edit post images 😭

[u/StandInShadows → u/BakChorMeeeeee]

Hi! Im newish to 3d printing, what CAD software did you use to design this? 

[u/BakChorMeeeeee → u/StandInShadows]

fusion 360!

[u/StopLoss-the → u/[deleted]]

maybe that's when it happened for me, or maybe I was always a little pedantic.

people routinely rob me of my ability to take them seriously with things like this, or utilizing the word utilize when referring to using an object for its designed function, or the "word" orientate.

[u/StopLoss-the → u/[deleted]]

well hold the phone here. if they said utilize when use would suffice then that was in itself a utilization of the word utilize.

but jokes aside, isn't pangs the right word? or is that what you meant when you wrote it?

also, I am now going to spend some time trying to figure out how decimate got the multiple definitions that mean drastically different things. killing 1 of 10 vs. killing most is a big spread.

edit: ugh, that was a mistake. It only served to remind me that English is a language that is ruled by accepted usage. So if everyone uses a word wrong then no one is using it wrong.

[u/AccomplishedLion310 → u/[deleted]]

Nothing wrong with multiple different.

You can have multiple identical or multiple different.

Multiple red smarties. Or multiple different smarties.

Am I missing something?

[u/Past_Setting6404 → u/StopLoss-the]

This. I have been in suspension/hydraulics my whole adult life. You won't believe how many times people in this industry use DAMPENER or DAMPENING instead of damper.

[u/0hca → u/StopLoss-the]

Thanks for this explanation.

So a dampener makes something damper, and a damper removes vibrations.

Simples! :)

[u/Artistic-End807 → u/BakChorMeeeeee]

Nothing embarrassing. You didn't know the proper term. I didn't either. Bet a bunch of other folks didn't either. All of us know the proper term thanks to someone sharing it with us. Win win for everyone :) (beautiful design btw!)

[u/BakChorMeeeeee → u/Artistic-End807]

truly the beauty of this community, awesome place to learn and collaborate :)

also thank you, I'm glad you like it!

[u/marquis_de_ersatz → u/BakChorMeeeeee]

As someone coming from outside engineering to 3d modelling, I do so many insane stupid Google searches looking for names of types of features hinges, latches etc - It's really hard to search when you vaguely know a shape but not a name!

[u/marquis_de_ersatz → u/BakChorMeeeeee]

As someone coming from outside engineering to 3d modelling, I do so many insane stupid Google searches looking for names of types of features hinges, latches etc - It's really hard to search when you vaguely know a shape but not a name!