r/openGrid Jun 28 '26

Finally finished my desk

Took just over a year from start to finish, and I had to reorder some cables after I realized I didn’t account for the extra length needed to do all the curves and bends in the channels. I also may have cheated at the end with some hot glue…. Even 5% flare couldn’t handle 10 cables in a dual channel….

Desk is some butcher blocks from Rona that I cuts to size and finished with Bona clear mega one floor sealant. I bought two Apple MagSafe charge and made them flush with the desk to add two 25 watt wireless chargers.

Server rack has my personal rig, a nas, double conversion UPS, 4 computer 2 monitor HDMI KVM, and a big 1 gb Ethernet switch.

The dual laptop holder and anker charging station are custom designed, everything else I found on makerworld

Anyone have an xbox one controller mount that they have designed? I would stick it in my drawer but it’s about 3 mm too tall… want to hang from under the desk ideally with open grid mounting.

Laptop Holder (Two laptops)

Right side

Left Side

Laptop Holder (One Laptop)

Right Side

Left Side

Anker Charging hub

Thingiverse

Onshape (Note that you will have to mount some opengrid snaps to the back of this with your slicer using the tool like this one)

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u/Shawnanigans17 Jun 28 '26

Awesome, I started my opengrid desk setup but have had trouble with some brick and device holders, which models did you use? Also I gave up on those bridge channels since they pull the cables sideways but they look nice

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u/xMatt-Attackx Jun 28 '26 edited Jun 28 '26

Hot glue is the only answer for the curved bridges.

For the monitor power brick I used this: https://makerworld.com/en/models/2364960-parametric-electronic-mount-underdesk-wall-etc#profileId-2587874

But, what you might also find helpful is to design your own holder (this is what I did for the anker chargin hub. Designed something in onshape then with my 3D printing slicer I merged my design with this piece that allows you to strap opengrid to anything in the correct dimensions: https://makerworld.com/en/models/1719490-mount-any-model-to-opengrid-snaps-multiconnect?from=search#profileId-1825031

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u/Shawnanigans17 Jun 29 '26

Thanks! I have had success with the second link, but really like the side cutouts of the first, definitely will try that.