Adjustable Monitor Stand
by 4ndy, published
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While looking at a monitor precariously placed on top of a cardboard box I realised there was another use I could make of the light mounting on my rotary hydroponic design. So I beefed up the supporting beam a bit to help it support the extra weight of a monitor and added captive nut slots for easy adjustment, then created the rest of the frame, and voila, a very simple monitor stand.
I'm currently looking at a monitor on its built-in stand that ruins my posture when working, so I hope to make one of these.
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Well, there's another way of doing it that should allow you to tilt the monitor, and print the parts on a TOM - added a pair of swivel brackets.
I don't know yet how well that will stand up to the torque of having a monitor hanging on it, but I'd be interested to find out. The way I designed it the rough upper surfaces of the prints should be in contact with each other, and hopefully provide some grip whilst a bolt clamps them together tig
htly.
Hmm, good point, it's a bit too long to go on one of those diagonally.
With the idea of allowing it to tilt, I was just thinking that maybe the supports to the monitor could be separate on each bar.
All that you gain from having those supports span between the vertical bars is some extra stiffness.
I'll go sketch something in a bit I just thought of and see if this can be solved. :)
This is brilliant.
I only wish I could print all the parts on a thing-o-matic.
Any ideas on making the longer pieces shorter or more parts?
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The bars across between the two base parts are not strictly necessary, but they add rigidity to the structure. Also you could use them for a handy little shelf if you include them.
The parts are designed for simplicity, but I hope that anyone who cares can optimise them a bit.
For extra awesome, print the parts in the same colour ABS as your monitor's case. :)
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This is brilliant.
I only wish I could print all the parts on a thing-o-matic.
Any ideas on making the longer pieces shorter or more parts?
Hmm, good point, it's a bit too long to go on one of those diagonally.
With the idea of allowing it to tilt, I was just thinking that maybe the supports to the monitor could be separate on each bar.
All that you gain from having those supports span between the vertical bars is some extra stiffness.
I'll go sketch something in a bit I just thought of and see if this can be solved. :)
Good work! However, there is no way to adjust the tilt. Would it work to just put a spacer between the mounts and the monitor?
Indeed, it's only height adjustable right now, I'll take suggestions for a way to tilt it so that it will stay in the position you put it in without wearing out, or you can make a derivative if you have a good idea you want to put down.
Perhaps something could work added to these mounts, or completely different mounts could be designed, such as 2 parts with a bolt through them as an axle or something. A simple spacer on one end wouldn't do as bolts need to be going into the back of the monitor at 90 degrees to it.
I only ever ti
lt my monitor at the moment because it isn't height adjustable. :-P
Well, there's another way of doing it that should allow you to tilt the monitor, and print the parts on a TOM - added a pair of swivel brackets.
I don't know yet how well that will stand up to the torque of having a monitor hanging on it, but I'd be interested to find out. The way I designed it the rough upper surfaces of the prints should be in contact with each other, and hopefully provide some grip whilst a bolt clamps them together tig
htly.