Overview

There is a number of mounts for the AX510 soundbar on Thingiverse.

The goal of this project was to mount this cheap (but well sounding) sound bar Dell AX510 to the new generation of Dell monitors (like the S2722). This monitor series has an organically shaped foot and no possible screw holes for a traditional fixation.

Here you find a design approach and a starting point for your own project. Feel free to adapt it to your needs. For me it is working well.

Enjoy!

Requirements

• The mount must fit to the Dell high performance monitor feet, like the S2722.
• The mount must fit to the Dell AX510 soundbar.
• The soundbar shall be mounted/unmounted/adjusted without any tools.
• The soundbar shall be mounted/unmounted/adjusted from front side without turning the monitor around.
• The soundbar must be power supplied by the monitor itself.
• The mount must be invisible.
• The mount design shall be parametric.

Specification

• This mount is designed from scratch in OpenSCAD.
• The design needs the Round-Anything OpenSCAD lib.
• The design has a compartment for a 12V power socket that is supplied by the monitor's USB port and a 5 to 12V power converter. The entire compartment can be removed from the design by a parameter.
• Some of the design parameters like the distance from the foot or the clamp height can be adjusted.
• After the mount is printed there are a few left over steps until it is ready to use:
  • Thread inserts have to be fitted (like this).
  • A USB 5V to 12V step-up converter has to be fitted (e.g. Pololu U3V16F12).
  • The power supply compartment needs to be equipped with a 5.5x2.1mm power jack socket (like this one).
  • A USB-plug with loose wires at one end is needed as well.
  • The clamp part has to be fitted using 2x M5 knurled screws (See this knob project).

Assembling

• Check if your monitor foot form factor meets this design!!
• Print the mount.
• Double check if the mount fits to your monitor and your sound bar.
• Buy all parts as listed in the specification.
• Hot-press-in the inserts, take a soldering iron at 230°C.
• Print the knurled screws (M5, 25-30mm).
• Wire the step-up-converter and do an electrical test, see if it works.
• Fit the power jack socket to the power compartment of the mount.
• Solder all parts and carefully stow the step-up converter beneath the power socket into the power compartment.
• Finally, fit the assembled mount to your monitor.
• Impress your wife with what you have done :-).