Product Nexus 10 3D-Printed Dock

[workerantDroid]

Hey, I got the stand 2 days ago and its been pretty good so far. It cost about $6 to make and took about 6 hours and 45 minutes to print. It is hollow so it is very light and does get lifted up when I pick up the tablet but I'm working on a fix for that. My main complaint is when I put the cable through it was such a tight fit I can barely say it did. I ended up damaging some areas and edges using tools to push, pull, and force the damned thing through. Right now the charging part is slightly angled and I cant pull it out or push it in further to level it. The last picture attached kind of shows the honey comb fill. All in all I'm glad I printed it and thanks to Jonnug for designing it, it works even without a case on it. Thanks!

$6? wow that's awesome. You could hollow out that fill and stuff in a sand bag to add weight. Or add a metal plate to the bottom.

You mean the hole for the pogo cable is too tight? I was just thinking of editing this and make it open like what I see with the telephone holding the telephone wire that go to the wall.

Wish I have access to a 3D printer.

 

[jonnug]

Hey, I got the stand 2 days ago and its been pretty good so far. It cost about $6 to make and took about 6 hours and 45 minutes to print. It is hollow so it is very light and does get lifted up when I pick up the tablet but I'm working on a fix for that. My main complaint is when I put the cable through it was such a tight fit I can barely say it did. I ended up damaging some areas and edges using tools to push, pull, and force the damned thing through. Right now the charging part is slightly angled and I cant pull it out or push it in further to level it. The last picture attached kind of shows the honey comb fill. All in all I'm glad I printed it and thanks to Jonnug for designing it, it works even without a case on it. Thanks!

Wow, looks cool in white! Might do my next one in white myself. Wife wasn't keen on a big black lump of plastic on the white bedside table...

I did design it to be a super-tight, interference fit around the charger - mine actually sits a bit deeper into the dock than yours, but it did take some 'encouragement'!

Although tolerances vary between 3d printers (and indeed, from job to job on the cheaper ones), I might make it ever so slightly looser on the next version, only 0.2mm or so, but these things make all the difference. For now, may be best to just fettle it a bit with a scalpel to get the fit right?

Glad you like the design, I'll continue to work on it - after all, the ROM guys do!

 

[mingiunate]

Hey, I got the stand 2 days ago and its been pretty good so far. It cost about $6 to make and took about 6 hours and 45 minutes to print. It is hollow so it is very light and does get lifted up when I pick up the tablet but I'm working on a fix for that. My main complaint is when I put the cable through it was such a tight fit I can barely say it did. I ended up damaging some areas and edges using tools to push, pull, and force the damned thing through. Right now the charging part is slightly angled and I cant pull it out or push it in further to level it. The last picture attached kind of shows the honey comb fill. All in all I'm glad I printed it and thanks to Jonnug for designing it, it works even without a case on it. Thanks!

That looks pretty nice. What kind of printer and plastic did you use?

 

[Chuckles6969]

Makerbot replicator 2, using the included white pla and I am unsure of the diameter. Still working the pogo charger deeper to balance it out.

Sent from my Nexus 10 using xda app-developers app

 

[Stephen.Clement]

Looks pretty cool. I find white always comes out better than black when 3d printed, for some reason the print pattern always seems less legible/just looks better.

I've actually developed a similar dock, fairly different in form, but basically the same idea/function and have 3d printed it. Annoying that google never got around to releasing an official one.

 

[mingiunate]

Looks pretty cool. I find white always comes out better than black when 3d printed, for some reason the print pattern always seems less legible/just looks better.

I've actually developed a similar dock, fairly different in form, but basically the same idea/function and have 3d printed it. Annoying that google never got around to releasing an official one.

Can you share a few photos?
I've been looking for some ideas for my own project.
thanks!

 

[Stephen.Clement]

Can you share a few photos?
I've been looking for some ideas for my own project.
thanks!

I actually just put a thread up here called nexus 10 dock about it lol. I think there are a few pictures attached there.

 

[jonnug]

Looks pretty cool. I find white always comes out better than black when 3d printed, for some reason the print pattern always seems less legible/just looks better.

I've actually developed a similar dock, fairly different in form, but basically the same idea/function and have 3d printed it. Annoying that google never got around to releasing an official one.

Cool, I'd be really interested to see your take on a N10 dock! +1 on Google failing to release one - I'd have bought it.

 

[workerantDroid]

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Cool, I'd be really interested to see your take on a N10 dock! +1 on Google failing to release one - I'd have bought it.

It feels like Google & Samsung abandon our N10. No dock, no bogo cable, no accessories, no case.

Samsung concentrate on their over priced Note and Galaxy. While Google concentrate on their N7, at least Google still support our N10.

We'll have to create our own accessories. I just wish Samsung at least releases the pinout for the dock connector so we can make our own.

 

[cnlson]

No problem - if you have a specific case with a different thickness then send me the dimensions - I'd be happy to draw an alternate with a different sized slot for you!

jonnug,
Could you incorporate a couple of suggestions? for the cable someone made a really good suggestion of making the cord come straight down from the port and then using a channel with tabs to hold it in kind of like this:
---u------u---------u--------u--------u-------u-------
------n---------n--------n--------n-------n-------n----
so you can easily thread the cord in between the tabs to hold it in and then have it exit at the bottom back edge of the dock.

for the various case sizes, perhaps you could draw an overlay of a certain thickness that just drops over the top to fit thinner cases? I'm trying to find a reasonable 3d printing service and so far not having much luck. The prices i'm seeing are 25¢ to 50¢ per ccm at 115 ccm solid that would be $29-$60 before the cable so sparse or honeycomb hopefully will make it more reasonable.

 

[Stephen.Clement]

Cool, I'd be really interested to see your take on a N10 dock! +1 on Google failing to release one - I'd have bought it.

Doubly as annoying since the whole Christmas video last year where they showed it lol.

 

[arrtoodeetoo]

Dude. Can you print me an Otterbox?

 

[mikecole79]

Freakin sweet!!

I'm in a similar situation at work. The boss actually encourages us to use the 3D printer for new projects to figure out different things we can do with it. I'll be printing up one of these as soon as I get a moment to go play with the thing.

Thanks!

 

[cnlson]

ordered my 3d printer a few days ago, will be here in 30 days or so and this will be my second print...

 

[workerantDroid]

ordered my 3d printer a few days ago, will be here in 30 days or so and this will be my second print...

care to tell me which one you order and why? maybe a bit of review on it too? I don't know what to look for in a 3D printer, I should really do a bit more homework on it and see it fit my needs. :victory:

 

[jonnug]

Dude. Can you print me an Otterbox?

I'm a bit restricted on what size items I can print - how big's your otter!?

 

[cnlson]

care to tell me which one you order and why? maybe a bit of review on it too? I don't know what to look for in a 3D printer, I should really do a bit more homework on it and see it fit my needs. :victory:

I need to receive it to supply a review. 3d printers are not like any other printer from the stand point that you can build your own if you want. For myself I wanted a printer than printed good resolution .100mm (100 micron) or better, was portable (some are large and require extensive setup) and a decent price. I took a chance on a portabee Go. at the time i purchased it was on sale for $395 ($200 less than now)

however it is a new model and it has no reviews. people had mixed experience with their reprap printer in the past so i am guarded and until i can confirm it works well I don't want to endorse it in any fashion.

3d printers overall are a mixed bag and unless you have a significant investment to make it is tough to make really positive endorsements. also realize that almost anything you can print you can purchase cheaper. For instance this dock, if you check there is at least one that runs $69 including the pogo cable here in this forum. paying 75-150 to print at a service seems counter intuitive at that point, even if it is slightly better.

 

[Stephen.Clement]

I need to receive it to supply a review. 3d printers are not like any other printer from the stand point that you can build your own if you want. For myself I wanted a printer than printed good resolution .100mm (100 micron) or better, was portable (some are large and require extensive setup) and a decent price. I took a chance on a portabee Go. at the time i purchased it was on sale for $395 ($200 less than now)

however it is a new model and it has no reviews. people had mixed experience with their reprap printer in the past so i am guarded and until i can confirm it works well I don't want to endorse it in any fashion.

3d printers overall are a mixed bag and unless you have a significant investment to make it is tough to make really positive endorsements. also realize that almost anything you can print you can purchase cheaper. For instance this dock, if you check there is at least one that runs $69 including the pogo cable here in this forum. paying 75-150 to print at a service seems counter intuitive at that point, even if it is slightly better.

Looks like a cool concept for a printer, would like to hear how it performs, especially sag along the Y axis and whether the bed is adjustable at all.

 

[cnlson]

Looks like a cool concept for a printer, would like to hear how it performs, especially sag along the Y axis and whether the bed is adjustable at all.

well i got it and finally got it working well enough that i can feel confident in getting a good print for this dock but i want to make some alterations first.

if i recall the printer well enough y axis is front and back. and for that i have not noticed any sag. as far as adjustable there really aren't any that i can think of. it is auto levelling and has 3 contacts on the face that it uses to level (you can see them in the video below) and i learned that you need to keep those clear of the kapton tape since it does the levelling by contact with them.

i posted a timelapse (shot with my s3) of printing a lizard with it here :

 

[ktnemec]

Sorry to open up such an old thread, but I would like to print one of these but the links are dead. Does anyone have any of the files they could share? Thanks.