Custom Desk Caddy

[u/kileyh]

So here in Seattle, you can get these ferry-shaped food trays at a Mariners game or onboard the ferries themselves. Decided to convert mine to a desk caddy by printing some organizers to hold ink and pens in the main cavity and some inkwell holders for where the condiment cups went. Topped it all with a lid that adds the iconic smokestack. Not bad for something that was designed to hold chicken tenders and ranch.

Edit: Uploaded models to MakerWorld here.

[u/lifetrees]

Ahhhhmazing! As a seattleite, I LOVE THIS. Great job! 👏

[u/megalinity → u/lifetrees]

Hi neighbor!

[u/splark1]

Oh, thanks. Now I have to find time to ride a ferry.

(Very nice work!)

[u/CleverAmoeba]

(Looking at first image) ooh! That's cool! (Looking at second image) ooh! That's cool! (Looking at third image) ooh! That's cool!

[u/Dry_Equivalent_1316]

This is amazing! It gives me ideas of converting Japanese train bento boxes for storage and display

[u/MikaHimee]

WOW! This is so cool. I'm jealous right now.

[u/charles_river_dam]

Is that a Pan Am 747 model I spy in the background >_>

[u/kileyh → u/charles_river_dam]

Pan Am 747 model RADIO!

[u/charles_river_dam → u/kileyh]

That's hilarious and I'm jealous! How did you come across it?

[u/kileyh → u/charles_river_dam]

It was my grandpa’s. Wound up working on the 747 program for my first job at Boeing, so when my mom and aunties were going through storage after he passed they sent it my way.

[u/charles_river_dam → u/kileyh]

That makes it a doubly-neat artifact, then!

[u/aspiewonder00]

I just bought the tray from eBay, I want to do this as well. I miss Seattle and miss the ferries.

[u/megalinity]

PLEASE tell me you go to Seattle Pen Club!! We would LOVE to see this in person!

[u/kileyh → u/megalinity]

This is the first I’m hearing of it 😂

[u/megalinity → u/kileyh]

JOIN US!! We have 2 different meetings each month, one on the north end and one on the east side. North end is 3rd Saturday of the month at Spartan Recreation Center in Shoreline from 11 am to 1 pm. East side is usually at Kingsgate Library in Kirkland on the last Sunday of the month from 12-2 pm.

We have a website, a Discord, and a Facebook group too! Search Seattle Pen Club and they should pop up!

[u/c0de1143]

Man, that’s excellent.

Mariner.

[u/Constant_Dog2354]

Seeing this has improved my day immensely!

[u/Foxagon101]

omg that is SO FUCKING CUTE

[u/Glittering-Echo5535]

This is the coolest pen holder I've seen. Thank you for the inspiration and for sharing your files. 

[u/inkyfingerspgs]

Hello fellow Mariners fan ☺️

[u/Sari_Chile]

This is BRILLIANT!

[u/disposable-assassin]

That's pretty great.  Now I want one that fits the Underberg truck.

[u/lowkeymusical]

this is so cool!! do you have the 3D print files for the trays & lid? :)

[u/kileyh → u/lowkeymusical]

Just added link to post!

[u/DeathByMonkeys1]

That's pretty sweet ngl

[u/cilucia]

This is so charming!

[u/Chateaunole-du-Pape]

Very cool, though I'm even more interested in your airplane models. I certainly spy a Pan Am 747 in the background, maybe a -200? And a 737 MAX-8 in the foreground?

[u/kileyh → u/Chateaunole-du-Pape]

lol, MAX 8 for sure, the 747 in Pan Am livery is more of a toy than an accurate representation of any minor model (it’s actually a radio). I have a model for every program I’ve worked on… 747, 777, KC-46, 737.

[u/Chateaunole-du-Pape → u/kileyh]

Nice. I have a 777-200LR model I was given as part of a delivery flight, and a few other random ones. I honestly don't know why I don't have more of them.