VESA 75 adaptor for Samsung monitors with proprietary mount

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Pretty disappointed to see that my Samsung UR59C didn't come with a standard VESA mount for putting on a stand so I designed this adaptor. To use: the mount that comes with the monitor will need to be disassembled. It comes apart quite easily by unfastening a few bolts that are fitted from the factory. You will find a steel plate inside with the 'ears' that actually holds the monitor, which is good because PLA would be too weak for this job. My adaptor bolts onto this plate using four m4x60mm bolts, but the plate is the only part that touches the monitor. The m4x60mm bolts should have washers under their heads to better spread the load on the printed part. To fix the steel plate to the monitor there are two black screws that came with the original mount. The two bolts will be captive in the plastic. Free them with a bit of pushing and use them to secure the plate to the monitor as per the stock mount. I had to put two washers under their heads to take up some of the slack. Standard bolts should also work here but I didn't have any short enough to hand. These bolts are in a tight spot so a flexible or stubby screwdriver might help. It looks like the print is in tension and the monitor is hanging off the print, but really it is the bolts that are taking the weight, with the print essentially acting as their guide. The bolts run through the adaptor, compressing print layers, and avoiding problems with layers separating. Nontheless, you should print for maximum strength here. Lots of walls/infill and print hot for good inter-layer adhesion. I did PLA at 215 degrees. Once the adaptor is mounted to your monitor, mount to your VESA75 mount as usual using standard m3 nuts and bolts. The adaptor doesn't have nut traps because I wanted maximum strength, so use a small wrench/spanner to hold the nut as you tighten, and place a washer under the nut. A large 'penny' washer works best to spread the loads better. The end result isn't perfect. For example, the Samsung monitor's mount is heavily biased towards an angled-up screen so it is likely your standard mount will have to be angled down to its maximum just to get a level screen. It also protrudes quite far, but I wanted to have space to get cabled in and out of the monitors port once it was on the wall. Photos should help to explain the assembly steps.