Microphone Swing Arm - Wall-Mounted Low-Profile Height-Adjustable

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I designed this Microphone swing arm to suit my specific purpose as I couldn't find anything else that worked exactly as I wanted it to. The only things besides the 3d prints used are the screws and a pole 25.4mm outer diameter. This is the one I used from Bunnings. https://www.bunnings.com.au/metal-mate-25-4-x-1-2-1m-galvanised-steel-round-tube-1m_p1130448 - I wanted the microphone mounted to the wall so bumps on the desk would not travel to the mic. - I wanted it height adjustable since I have a sit/stand desk. - I wanted it low profile so it would sit below my line of sight from whatever monitor setup I have. - I wanted it to articulate around whatever gaming peripherals I was using (HOSAS/Sim Wheel) The following should be printed with support. - the mic arm parts - the mic rods (these are printed lying down to make them stronger) - the lower pole support I use a setting on my CR-20 (which is pretty much just an ender 3) of only printing supports if there is 85% or more overhang. The velcro tie loops look like they might not be able to print without support but I found that bridging over such a small gap worked well. The arm pieces are pretty annoying to clean the supports out from between the ribbing but some needle-nose pliers seem to work well enough for me. (I added a photo of how my supports looked) I did put some blue lithium grease on the joints of my swing arm but I don't think it really helped that much and probably isn't needed. The print I think would be close to 1kg of filament all u., I did 3 wall layers, 4 bottom layers, and 4 top layers with 20% infill because I wanted it pretty strong so it would hold up to my kids grabbing it or if I wanted to make it longer later. Gravity holds the arm at the desired height when it's extended, to adjust the height you apply pressure to both the pole area and the mic area to level it off. The velcro tie (or cable tie as I use them) loops are to be superglued to the bottom afterward if desired, or you can just leave them off if they are not important to you. I kept the swing arm parts pretty short to easily fit inside the Ender 3's print bed. I put this into the open domain just in case anyone wants to do commercial stuff with it and not have to worry about the license. It would be pretty cool to know if anyone does anything with the project though so drop a comment with your cool stuff. Feel free to ask me any questions in the comments, I'll try to keep an eye out for alerts.

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