I modelled and printed a custom mount for my portable monitor for my deck, it’s surprisingly comfortable to hold
How did you take this picture? 🤔
small upgrade to my steam deck
Submitted 1 week ago by Really_long_toes@lemmy.world to steamdeck@sopuli.xyz
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iii@mander.xyz 1 week ago
Really_long_toes@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Asking the real questions. Option 1: I need 2 hands to hold this thing up so I modelled and printed a mount to hold my phone… Or I just asked my partner to take it 😜
sjkhgsi@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Option 3: You need 2 hands to hold this thing up so you modelled and printed a replica of your hand and arm to hold it and took the picture with your real hand
iii@mander.xyz 1 week ago
Probably option 1
AtariDump@lemmy.world 1 week ago
perniciousanteater@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This guy fucks
phoneymouse@lemmy.world 1 week ago
What monitor is this?
Really_long_toes@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I live in Australia and got it from aldi here bauhn is the brand, I saw a file on printables by a guy that did this with n Amazon screen I’ll grab the link for you, he links to the exact model… printables.com/…/632862-steam-deck-portable-monit…. Good luck if you decide to !!
Mobiledecay@lemmy.world 1 week ago
This looks painful. 🤔
morgan_423@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I considered doing this for a bit, but with the power and link cable requirements for the travel monitor, I decided against it. It was too much cordage in too small a space.
But glad it worked out for you needs OP!
santo@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I would never do this but it is fucking amazing. Great job!
Mine is docked in a utility cart with a 27” monitor on top 70% of the time. I love these ideas 🤣
Really_long_toes@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Haha yeah I figured why not ay XD
LiveLM@lemmy.zip 1 week ago
I do wish they had a Steam Deck SKU with 32GBs for heavy MC modpacks, as it stands the only way to get it is by replacing the soldered RAM, quite the risky upgrade…
Really_long_toes@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I have payed better mc mod pack and it ran pretty fine, I play allot of vanilla tho and it runs great, 32 render and sim
Fizz@lemmy.nz 1 week ago
This looks to heavy. My solution was to hold up the screen with a tablet arm but i ended up giving it away cause I don’t game in bed.
DesertCreosote@lemm.ee 1 week ago
Any chance you’d be willing to share the STL? I have a 16 inch portable monitor as well and I kinda want to try this when my new printer arrives.
Really_long_toes@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Honestly, I recommend hoping on tinker cad and tinkering with a design, I’m not 100% happy with how it is and I’d like to make some edits, that IMO is the best part about 3d printing…
Hop on thingiverse, download a stl for a steam deck clip, upload it to tinkercad and build it off that initial model exactly how you need it, my monitor has some weird geometry on the back of it and I had to account for that…
Tinkercad is a very easy and beginner friendly tool available online for free, it’s just shapes, and if you want to figure out how to do something there is always a short video on how to do it. Also as previously mentioned, you can download any stl file(s) and customise it how you need it… good luck fren
QuarterSwede@lemmy.world 1 week ago
You’re a madlad!
demizerone@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I had to give up my steam deck bcz the text was unreadable. The zoom feature was too clunky to use. This is great.
gregor@gregtech.eu 1 week ago
Fellow minecraft on the deck enjoyer, I see. I wouldn’t call myself an enjoyer tho lol It’s so hard, much better on desktop.
Really_long_toes@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I can’t stop playing on the deck, I love steam input, I built this entire thing on the deck…
Fubarberry@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
That’s super cool. It took me a second to realize why the perspective felt so wrong, but once I realized what I was looking at I was amazed.
demoman@lemmy.one 1 week ago
This is sick, makes me want to start playing minecraft on my deck. What launcher do you use?
gregor@gregtech.eu 1 week ago
Whoa, that’s trippy. Must’ve been a lot of work!
brianary@startrek.website 1 week ago
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Maybe I could do this for my Switch 🤔
WandowsVista@lemmy.world 1 week ago
is the deck running on battery?
Really_long_toes@lemmy.world 1 week ago
The screen is plugged into power and the deck charges off the screen
WandowsVista@lemmy.world 1 week ago
damn, nice. I’ve got a portable screen that does the opposite and charges from its input. I keep hoping someone has invented a magic cord that allows me to split power and video separately from my deck, but then I realized that’s exactly what docks are for 🙃
Hector@lemmy.ca 1 week ago
I wonder if you can slap an RPI and controller rails to the screen case and then just use it as a steam remote client.
Really_long_toes@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah I saw someone who did that and had it hooked to a battery, at that point id remote to my desktop…
The things people come up with is great
Netrunner1197@lemmy.world 1 week ago
I’m sorry this is ridiculous
Really_long_toes@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Don’t be sorry, you can judge me
morgan_423@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Not for low-vision people or older people who have issues with the smaller screen. Could be a solution if someone like that ended up with a Steam Deck and didn’t realize their issue with the smaller screen, and they have a spare travel monitor lying around.
Also there’s a contingent of people out there who just enjoy modifying stuff because they can. Don’t knock it until you’ve tried it.
naeap@sopuli.xyz 1 week ago
Yeah, I usually have my external/portable monitor with me on business trips for work, and the Steam Deck for after-work relaxation. Using my external monitor with it, and don’t have to use my work laptop seems like a major plus in my book
ByteJunk@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Yeah but at what point does it just become a pc with a controller…
Retrograde@lemmy.world 1 week ago
Cyberpunk theme intensifies