Cup holder for IKEA MALM Bed frame

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Coffee in bed is amazing. There’s no better way to wake up. I made a simple flat platform to hold a coffee cup onto a bed frame, specifically the [MALM](https://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/S39931162/) from IKEA. The design is quite simple, so every part should be easily adapted or extended to other applications. ## Future work: The steep angle on the head of the dovetail joint is not trivial to print. Even with adequate support material and ideal printing conditions, I still had a bit of warping. Not enough to be out-of-spec, but there’s probably a smarter way to integrate the groves of the joint into the body and make the tongue a separate part that’s easier to print. The plate is meant to be relatively easy to remove from the legs, but there’s probably a clever way to build in a simple retention mechanism that will keep the legs attached to the plate without relying on a friction fit that is difficult to undo.