My new monitor stand came yesterday. Most of you don't care about monitor stands, and that's fine.[emoji846] I have some kind of stand for each of my rack systems, and they are both attached to the rack and fold down for transporting. I haven't been too happy with the stand I made for my Large System...
... It works, but it's not as substantial as I'd like. I even broke it once while attempting to lift the top rack off the base while the monitors were still attached (in my office at home). It was a fairly easy repair, but could have been disastrous if the monitors had tumbled to the floor. I looked for a stand before I made my current one, and could never find one I could work with until I found this one. ..
... So now I have this new monitor stand and it needs a little more work than I expected in order for it to work with my Large System. I don't need the base at all, but the short post to which the vertical part of the monitor mount is attached is welded to the base. It's NOT gonna come off easily. I was hoping that post was attached with a bolt and that it was able to swivel, but NOPE!!!... I could cut it off, but it would certainly do some serious (irreparable) damage to the base. Not sure I care???... I just need to decide on the best course of action. I have a plan I drew up to make a post to which the monitor mount could attach...
... and it would swivel like it needs to. With my dual monitors, the base needs to swivel so I can open the top access panel behind my controller in case I need to do any work inside the rack. If I get a single Ultra Widescreen monitor, the swivel capability may not be as important.
To make the mounting post, I have a piece of aluminum tubing that is the right size, but it's not nearly as sturdy as the steel post that's welded to the base, so it would probably collapse when tightening the mounting bolt, and that bolt needs to be VERY tight to keep the vertical monitor mount erect. That's OK though, because I need a way to attach the post to the top of the rack anyway... preferably using the same hole that's used to attach the current monitor stand. For that, I'll use a piece of wooden pole that fits inside the aluminum tube, which I also conveniently have. In fact, I have all the pieces and parts I need to build this little mounting post. I'll mount the wooden post with a bolt, then cover it with the aluminum tube, and secure with some wood screws, then I'll use the existing nuts, washers, and bolts that came with the stand to attach the vertical monitor mount. Should be a piece of cake; right? I even have a plastic cap to place on the top to hide all the attachment hardware. So now I just need to decide; do I make the mounting post, or do I butcher the existing base to extract the mounting post from it??? I dunno???
... It works, but it's not as substantial as I'd like. I even broke it once while attempting to lift the top rack off the base while the monitors were still attached (in my office at home). It was a fairly easy repair, but could have been disastrous if the monitors had tumbled to the floor. I looked for a stand before I made my current one, and could never find one I could work with until I found this one. ..
... So now I have this new monitor stand and it needs a little more work than I expected in order for it to work with my Large System. I don't need the base at all, but the short post to which the vertical part of the monitor mount is attached is welded to the base. It's NOT gonna come off easily. I was hoping that post was attached with a bolt and that it was able to swivel, but NOPE!!!... I could cut it off, but it would certainly do some serious (irreparable) damage to the base. Not sure I care???... I just need to decide on the best course of action. I have a plan I drew up to make a post to which the monitor mount could attach...
... and it would swivel like it needs to. With my dual monitors, the base needs to swivel so I can open the top access panel behind my controller in case I need to do any work inside the rack. If I get a single Ultra Widescreen monitor, the swivel capability may not be as important.
To make the mounting post, I have a piece of aluminum tubing that is the right size, but it's not nearly as sturdy as the steel post that's welded to the base, so it would probably collapse when tightening the mounting bolt, and that bolt needs to be VERY tight to keep the vertical monitor mount erect. That's OK though, because I need a way to attach the post to the top of the rack anyway... preferably using the same hole that's used to attach the current monitor stand. For that, I'll use a piece of wooden pole that fits inside the aluminum tube, which I also conveniently have. In fact, I have all the pieces and parts I need to build this little mounting post. I'll mount the wooden post with a bolt, then cover it with the aluminum tube, and secure with some wood screws, then I'll use the existing nuts, washers, and bolts that came with the stand to attach the vertical monitor mount. Should be a piece of cake; right? I even have a plastic cap to place on the top to hide all the attachment hardware. So now I just need to decide; do I make the mounting post, or do I butcher the existing base to extract the mounting post from it??? I dunno???
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