Adam K Dean

Notes on software, systems, engineering, and things

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  1. Round 1: Swoop, Hook and Rails

    Concept A's first version had no heel.

    375 words · 2 min · AI workstation · Part 4.1

  2. Stand v1: the screen above the PC

    The first brief was mine and visual: a curved, iMac-like foot and arm, the computer floating below, the screen above.

    195 words · 1 min · AI workstation · Part 4

  3. The Beelink base plate

    This gauge screws to the PC's two M3 inserts and bends 5 mm up the front face.

    363 words · 2 min · AI workstation · Part 3.2

  4. The VESA 75 frame

    Version 1 was a solid 87 × 87 × 3 mm plate with a window for the kickstand: 9.84 g and 17.5 minutes.

    357 words · 2 min · AI workstation · Part 3.1

  5. Fit gauges

    Before designing a mount, I print a thin gauge that carries only the mating features: the hole pattern, a locating edge, the clearances.

    183 words · 1 min · AI workstation · Part 3

  6. The mini PC

    The Beelink Mini S12 Pro is 115 × 102 × 39 mm by the maker's figures.

    454 words · 2 min · AI workstation · Part 2.2

  7. The monitor

    The monitor's back has a thin upper panel and a thicker lower spine.

    406 words · 2 min · AI workstation · Part 2.1

  8. Modelling what I have

    A mount is only as good as the model of the thing it mounts.

    215 words · 1 min · AI workstation · Part 2

  9. Printing over the LAN

    I wanted the agent to slice and print without me at Bambu Studio.

    490 words · 2 min · AI workstation · Part 1.2

  10. FreeCAD over MCP

    The CAD tool is FreeCAD 1.1.4 with the FreeCADMCP add-on.

    350 words · 2 min · AI workstation · Part 1.1

  11. The project

    I want a small, self-contained AI workstation on my desk: a screen, a computer and a webcam that act as one unit.

    355 words · 2 min · AI workstation · Part 1