Well guys, this isn’t a video I was expecting to be making today. I had originally planned on showing you how to correctly configure nVidia Surround to work with UltraWide monitors (which it turns out can be a royal pain in the arse), but no….

Anyone who was watching my Twitch stream last night (SHAAAAAME on you if you weren’t) would have seen me fiddling with my left side screen during the session. I then went to get a drink and BAM, stream terminated. The reason for this was that behind the scenes I was desperately trying to release the clamps on the monitor stand so I could take the monitor off before it came crashing to the ground. Long story short, one of the 3D printed VESA mounts I made for my new BenQ EX3501R monitors had broken and the monitor was literally hanging by a thread. I honestly don’t know how it didn’t come crashing down.

BACKSTORY – The manufacturer who was making the genuine VESA adaptor plates for BenQ went out of business a while back, and thus far there hasn’t been a replacement off the shelf solution. BenQ have provided their CAD files (link below the video) so you can make your own. If there is enough interest, maybe I can even look at having something made professionally, let me know! Anyway, long story short, as you saw in THIS VIDEO, I ended up 3D printing some mounts. Unfortunately, 3D printed things are limited in their strength by the bond between layers, and this is where the mount has failed.

In this video, I show you exactly what happened so you don’t end up making the same mistake, plus talk a little bit about how much I’m learning and enjoying being a part of the Sim Racing community.

 

The 3D Print file that failed:
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3021381

BenQ’s CAD file is available here:
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