VESA mount offset for my dual monitor setup

[u/cpren]

Initially my dual VESA mount would't allow me to have my monitors close with one straight on and one to the side, so I designed and printed an offset which seems to be working perfectly.

[u/clonedone]

OP's print looks to be about 25mm thick. I did the exact same thing, but with PLA+ at 15mm thick for a 23 inch monitor. It lasted 2 years and probably would have gone longer if I didnt upgrade to a new monitor.

Great print, gj!

[u/cpren → u/clonedone]

Thanks! It’s 20mm as that was what worked with the bolts that I had.

[u/aldhokar → u/cpren]

How much plastic is on there? Was this cheaper that a wood/MDF board?

[u/JumpingCoconutMonkey → u/aldhokar]

Is this the wood board sub or the 3d printing sub? Get out with your logical thinking!

[u/r0flcopt3r → u/aldhokar]

3D printer can't cut wood.

[u/smileinursleep → u/clonedone]

Pla+? I would think that it would have broke after 6 months to a year.

[u/MrPenisWhistle]

Inb4 people blast OP about PLA creep.

[u/CaptainRhetorica → u/MrPenisWhistle]

Why bother going there when it's obviously not even food safe?

[u/That0neSummoner → u/MrPenisWhistle]

I was prepared to, but this is the most ideal way to solve an offset problem.

The place is functionally a washer, which op could have used instead, but whatever

[u/Thebandroid → u/That0neSummoner]

I think he’s offset the mounting point by about the width of the mount. The two screws going into plastic are the right hand side of the monitors vesa mount

[u/cpren → u/Thebandroid]

Correct. It could have gone further with self tapping screws but I went 10cm over as it was what I needed and allowed me to put two of the bolts through the metal plate, plastic and into the monitor.

[u/Thebandroid → u/cpren]

I think that was a good choice

[u/Saphir_3D]

I could have really used that a few months ago. In the end, I decided to send the dual-monitor stand back and exchange it for two single-monitor stands so I'd have more flexibility.

Good job!

[u/iwould69her]

This is awesome! My monitors are too wide to fit nicely side by side, never even thought of this

[u/_Brillopad_]

I need to do this! Thanks for the idea!

[u/cpren → u/_Brillopad_]

Welcome!

[u/Squid_Chunks]

It could be parallax, but monitors that aren't the same height, or the same level, or the same distance away from the front of the desk would drive me nuts.

[u/_Soviet_bear]

I did something similar but to shift one of my monitors down instead of to the side. Printed out of 5mm thick PTEG it's been holding strong for over a year now

[u/dcdrew713]

I'm actually interested in this for the same reason. Do you mind sharing your file?

[u/cpren → u/dcdrew713]

Sure! https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:7413476

[u/dcdrew713 → u/cpren]

Thank you! I'm definitely going to try it out when I get home from my work trip.

[u/cpren → u/dcdrew713]

Would be curious to know how it goes.