I don't know if we're still doing "Work in Progress" posts, but here's a monitor stand I came up with. You can see more photos at https://ronelson.dynip.com:8443/wiki...onitor%20Stand
I made the stand out of some 1/2" plywood left over from making shelves. The rough dimensions are 23.5"x18.5"x6.5", just big enough to fit the particular model of computer with keyboard that my wife uses at work under the stand. I built one for her a month or so ago and painted it black and she loved it. She asked for two more, one of which you see below. She couldn't have just told me three, when I first had the blades all set up, could she?
One will have to be an inch shorter because the person sitting there is shorter and doesn't want to have to crane upward at the monitor. Otherwise, they just need sanded, primed, and painted black.
The construction is dead simple. The joints are all rabbets. I put a small half-back on because otherwise there's no stability, but it has to be open so that the computer can get airflow and stay cool.
Because I have no router table, I did my stopped rabbets somewhat weird - I ran the rear of the sides through so that the front of the blade was about 2-2.5" past where the piece sat, so that the back could mount flush. This left me with a small arc of a rabbet where nothing would go. On the last picture, you can see a bit of the roundout on the right side. No big deal, it's designed to be the back and it's made of scraps, right? Wrong. My wife installed the first one backwards!
Aside from the problems inherent with rabbets (a dozen sample cuts to get the depth and width right), this project was dead simple and my wife loves it. What could be better?
Oh, I know - I convinced her that I needed some Bessey K-bar clamps to do this, so I now have a bunch of 24", 40", and 50" clamps. I know I didn't need 40" or 50" to do this, but don't tell her!
I'll try and get some pictures of it once it's painted, after our vacation. Even though it's a simple black, I thought it looked good last time. It had the right amount of depth to the color and shine so that it doesn't just disappear into the shadows.
I made the stand out of some 1/2" plywood left over from making shelves. The rough dimensions are 23.5"x18.5"x6.5", just big enough to fit the particular model of computer with keyboard that my wife uses at work under the stand. I built one for her a month or so ago and painted it black and she loved it. She asked for two more, one of which you see below. She couldn't have just told me three, when I first had the blades all set up, could she?
One will have to be an inch shorter because the person sitting there is shorter and doesn't want to have to crane upward at the monitor. Otherwise, they just need sanded, primed, and painted black.
The construction is dead simple. The joints are all rabbets. I put a small half-back on because otherwise there's no stability, but it has to be open so that the computer can get airflow and stay cool.
Because I have no router table, I did my stopped rabbets somewhat weird - I ran the rear of the sides through so that the front of the blade was about 2-2.5" past where the piece sat, so that the back could mount flush. This left me with a small arc of a rabbet where nothing would go. On the last picture, you can see a bit of the roundout on the right side. No big deal, it's designed to be the back and it's made of scraps, right? Wrong. My wife installed the first one backwards!
Aside from the problems inherent with rabbets (a dozen sample cuts to get the depth and width right), this project was dead simple and my wife loves it. What could be better?
Oh, I know - I convinced her that I needed some Bessey K-bar clamps to do this, so I now have a bunch of 24", 40", and 50" clamps. I know I didn't need 40" or 50" to do this, but don't tell her!
I'll try and get some pictures of it once it's painted, after our vacation. Even though it's a simple black, I thought it looked good last time. It had the right amount of depth to the color and shine so that it doesn't just disappear into the shadows.
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LCHIEN
Loring in Katy, TX USA
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