Catalogue
Every part, and what it costs to print.
The parts every shelf is built from come first: their print files are the shelf files, R350$30£25€28A$45C$40 once. Then the extras you can add: their files are the extras pack, R149$15£12€14A$22C$20 once. The designer is free, for anyone, forever.
The prices on each part are roughly what printing it yourself costs: the filament at R290$21£18€20A$32C$29 a kilogram of PETG, plus any hardware and dowel (R73$5£5€5A$8C$7 for a 1 800 mm dowel).
What a shelf is made of
Every printed part here is in the shelf files: R350$30£25€28A$45C$40 once, for every shelf you design. The dowels you buy.
Every frame comes in two styles. Arch is open underneath, so things slide under; Loop is a closed ring, the stiffest.
Frames
One at each end of every shelf. Seven dowels press into the inside; the outside is plain.
End frame
The frame at each end of the shelf.
Two per shelf.
about 9 h · 103 gR30$2£2€2A$3C$3to print
End frame, screw-down
The same frame with toes to screw it to the desk, for a shelf that must not move.
about 10 h · 106 gR31$2£2€2A$3C$3to print
Joins and legs
Straight join
Joins two sections end to end in a straight line, and stands on the desk between them.
about 10 h · 113 gR33$2£2€2A$4C$3to print
Support leg
Holds up the middle of a long section so the dowels don't bend under a heavy screen.
about 5 h · 54 gR16$1£1€1A$2C$2to print
Corners
Turn the shelf toward you or away. The 15° to 60° corners and the 90° corner pieces can also be screwed down to the desk with floor cleats.
Corner 15°
Turns the shelf 15°, so a side section angles toward your chair.
about 19 h · 213 gR62$5£4€4A$7C$6to print
Corner 30°
Turns the shelf 30°, so a side section angles toward your chair.
about 21 h · 232 gR67$5£4€5A$7C$7to print
Corner 45°
Turns the shelf 45°, so a side section angles toward your chair.
about 22 h · 247 gR72$5£5€5A$8C$7to print
Corner 60°
Turns the shelf 60°, so a side section angles toward your chair.
about 24 h · 263 gR76$6£5€5A$8C$8to print90° corner: corner pieces
Two printed corner pieces, with short dowels between them.
Two corner pieces, plus seven short dowels between them.
about 45 h · 494 gR160$12£10€11A$18C$16to print
90° corner: mitre
Both sections' dowels run into the corner and meet on the diagonal, like a picture frame: all wood on top. Each dowel is cut to its own length.
Two halves.
about 27 h · 292 gR85$6£5€6A$9C$8to print
90° corner: tucked
The longer section runs straight through the corner; the other tucks in against its edge on a slim cradle.
A wing cradle, plus an end frame where the short section stops.
about 17 h · 189 gR55$4£3€4A$6C$5to print
Fixings and test prints
Floor cleat
Screws a 15° to 60° corner or a 90° corner piece down to the desk.
Two per screwed-down corner piece.
about 1 h · 2 gR1<$1<£1<€1<A$1<C$1to print
Test bar
Print it first: push a dowel into each of its four holes to check your dowels fit before the big parts.
about 3 h · 29 gR8$1£1€1A$1C$1to printWooden dowel
19 mm round dowel from a hardware store, or 18 or 20 mm if that's what yours sells. The cut plan in your download says how many to buy and where to cut them.
1 800 mm longR73$5£5€5A$8C$7each
Extras
Little things that make the shelf yours. They clip onto the dowels or sit under the shelf; the designer finds each one a spot, and you can drag it where you like. All of them are in the extras pack: R149$15£12€14A$22C$20 once.
Cables
Cable tray
Hangs behind the shelf and hides a power strip and the tangle.
Clips around a dowel
about 10 h · 110 gR32$2£2€2A$4C$3to print
Cable clip
Clips onto the front dowel and holds cables in a hook underneath. Add a few.
Clips around a dowel
about 1 h · 3 gR1<$1<£1<€1<A$1<C$1to print
Cable comb
Holds cables in slots behind the shelf, where they drop behind the desk.
Clips around a dowel
about 2 h · 22 gR6<$1<£1<€1A$1C$1to print
Charging and phone
Phone stand
Holds your phone upright, with the charging cable through the lip.
Sits on top of the dowels
about 7 h · 76 gR22$2£1€2A$2C$2to print
Easel
Props up a tablet, a book or a notebook.
Sits on top of the dowels
about 17 h · 183 gR53$4£3€4A$6C$5to print
Storage
Pen cup
Pens and pencils within reach.
Sits on top of the dowels
about 6 h · 68 gR20$1£1€1A$2C$2to print
Valet tray
A home for keys, coins and earbuds.
Sits on top of the dowels
about 8 h · 84 gR24$2£2€2A$3C$2to print
Sticky-note tray
Keeps a pad of sticky notes handy.
Sits on top of the dowels
about 9 h · 100 gR29$2£2€2A$3C$3to print
Bookends
Keeps a row of books standing. The books stand on their feet, which holds them in place.
Sits on top of the dowels
about 8 h · 84 gR24$2£2€2A$3C$2to print
Glasses stand
Somewhere safe for your glasses.
Sits on top of the dowels
about 2 h · 26 gR8$1<£1€1A$1C$1to print
Coaster
Takes a 92 mm cork coaster, so your mug has a spot.
Sits on top of the dowels
about 4 h · 41 gR12$1£1€1A$1C$1to print
Audio
Speaker feet
Tilts a pair of speakers up toward you.
Stands on the desk under the shelf
about 3 h · 28 gR10$1£1€1A$1C$1to print
Photos
Photo ledge
A narrow ledge for a photo or a postcard.
Sits on top of the dowels
about 6 h · 68 gR20$1£1€1A$2C$2to print
Free to design. Pay once to print.
Buy once, then every shelf you design downloads with its files and plan, on any device, with your key.
The designer and plans
Free forever
Design as many shelves as you like, for any desk, in 3D, with every size checked. Every build plan is free too, every time.
- Free for anyone, forever, no sign-up
- Every shape, size and colour
- A free build plan for every shelf, every time
- What you need to print
Shelf files
R350$30£25€28A$45C$40 once
The print files for every structural part (end frames, joins, corners, support legs and the test bar: everything that holds the shelf up) for every shelf you'll ever design, each with its build plan.
- Every shelf you design, forever
- Every shelf part too, to try other shapes
- One payment, no subscription
Extras pack
R149$15£12€14A$22C$20 once
The print files for every attachment we sell: the phone stand, pen cup, bookends, trays, cable clips and combs, speaker feet and the rest.
- Every attachment in the catalogue
- They fit any shelf you design
- One payment, forever
Want both? The shelf files and extras pack together are R449$40£33€38A$60C$54 once, R50$5£4€4A$7C$6 less than apart.
Forever means for as long as BestDesk runs. If it ever had to stop, you'd get notice and a last chance to download everything you've bought.
Put it together your way.
Design a shelf for your desk, free, and the designer works out exactly which of these you need.