Soldato
*****DISCLAIMER*****
I am by no means a professional and do not expect to get professional quality results in this project. I have few tools and tried to plan as much of this project in my head. Hope you enjoy it!
DAY 1
Ok so...Hi
I have a set up at home which means I use 3 monitors. Overkill?
Probably
But either way, I have them and can't be bothered with the waste of space and general untidiness (lol, its always messy anyway!) that stands give you.
So..
After looking for triple monitor stands for ages last year I couldn't find a cheap one (<£50) so last year I decided to make my own.
It even had a cut out for my Elite 130.
Which was too small, so it didn't fit...
Anyway, here it is in all its ghastliness:
Ok so it didn't look too bad once all the monitors were on...
But the poor workmanship and shoddy angles were doing my head in so today I decided to change it all!
Now I wanted something that would appear minimalistic (barely any visible bits) and allow me to store stuff under the middle monitor.
Initially I used that amazing planning tool MS Paint to mock up what it was going to look like.
That went well...
I then researched and found a company called Unistrut who make awesome fixings and stuff. Mind went into overdrive just thinking of the possibilities...
This took me to Google SketchUp which allowed me to make a plan that basically involved this.
1 x 60cm arm for the middle
2 x 50cm arms for outer monitors
2 x 60cm arms for the supports which will be fixed to the table
Many fixtures and fittings and nuts and bolts
So after getting bored of SketchUp (which is insanely hard to use!) I toddled off to a company called Orbital Fasteners in Watford which is a really good DIY shop for all these sorts of things.
When there I explained to the nice guy behind the counter what I wanted to build. He looked at my SketchUp (easy tiger) and immediately improved it by using something called a cantilever (wtf?!) to use as the vertical supports.
After many minutes spent discussing the plans and how it should all go together. I spent the princely sum of £25.65 on this lot:
2m unistrut channel
2 x 45 degree angle
2 x cantilevers
Various nuts and bolts and washers and plates
Crazy!
Anyways, I measured out my 60cm and 2 x 50cm and got those cut with my jigsaw...(40cm piece left over)
And then got about fixing the arms together!
This stuff is so easy to do, all you need is a drill (probably not even that) and your away!
(This is also when I scheduled my tea break
)
Once that was done, I moved onto sorting the monitor mounts.
Now just to explain here...my monitors are the Dell P2414h.
Through work, I managed to secure spare stands which allowed me to construct the previous work of art TriMonStand.
As I did not need the stands, I had to extract the mounts, which wasn't too bad.
Now the fixings here were almost perfect but needed to be bored out by a few mm to allow the bolt to go through.
Once bored out, the fitting was perfect!! (Just imagine there is a vesa plate on it!)
I already had two of the mounts off with the stands but the old TriMonStand used a different mount in the middle which meant I had to butcher another stand just to get the mount off!
Now the previous 2 I had taken utmost care removing all 4 million screws from but I really could not be bothered with this one.
So I took a drill to it.
And tried to drill my way through.
Then my drill ran out of juice and the spare was also dead
I had to call it a day there.
BUT
Plans for Day 2.
That should be it!
Stay tuned
I am by no means a professional and do not expect to get professional quality results in this project. I have few tools and tried to plan as much of this project in my head. Hope you enjoy it!
DAY 1
Ok so...Hi
I have a set up at home which means I use 3 monitors. Overkill?
Probably
But either way, I have them and can't be bothered with the waste of space and general untidiness (lol, its always messy anyway!) that stands give you.
So..
After looking for triple monitor stands for ages last year I couldn't find a cheap one (<£50) so last year I decided to make my own.
It even had a cut out for my Elite 130.
Which was too small, so it didn't fit...
Anyway, here it is in all its ghastliness:
Ok so it didn't look too bad once all the monitors were on...
But the poor workmanship and shoddy angles were doing my head in so today I decided to change it all!
Now I wanted something that would appear minimalistic (barely any visible bits) and allow me to store stuff under the middle monitor.
Initially I used that amazing planning tool MS Paint to mock up what it was going to look like.
That went well...
I then researched and found a company called Unistrut who make awesome fixings and stuff. Mind went into overdrive just thinking of the possibilities...
This took me to Google SketchUp which allowed me to make a plan that basically involved this.
1 x 60cm arm for the middle
2 x 50cm arms for outer monitors
2 x 60cm arms for the supports which will be fixed to the table
Many fixtures and fittings and nuts and bolts
So after getting bored of SketchUp (which is insanely hard to use!) I toddled off to a company called Orbital Fasteners in Watford which is a really good DIY shop for all these sorts of things.
When there I explained to the nice guy behind the counter what I wanted to build. He looked at my SketchUp (easy tiger) and immediately improved it by using something called a cantilever (wtf?!) to use as the vertical supports.
After many minutes spent discussing the plans and how it should all go together. I spent the princely sum of £25.65 on this lot:
2m unistrut channel
2 x 45 degree angle
2 x cantilevers
Various nuts and bolts and washers and plates
Crazy!
Anyways, I measured out my 60cm and 2 x 50cm and got those cut with my jigsaw...(40cm piece left over)
And then got about fixing the arms together!
This stuff is so easy to do, all you need is a drill (probably not even that) and your away!
(This is also when I scheduled my tea break
)
Once that was done, I moved onto sorting the monitor mounts.
Now just to explain here...my monitors are the Dell P2414h.
Through work, I managed to secure spare stands which allowed me to construct the previous work of art TriMonStand.
As I did not need the stands, I had to extract the mounts, which wasn't too bad.
Now the fixings here were almost perfect but needed to be bored out by a few mm to allow the bolt to go through.
Once bored out, the fitting was perfect!! (Just imagine there is a vesa plate on it!)
I already had two of the mounts off with the stands but the old TriMonStand used a different mount in the middle which meant I had to butcher another stand just to get the mount off!
Now the previous 2 I had taken utmost care removing all 4 million screws from but I really could not be bothered with this one.
So I took a drill to it.
And tried to drill my way through.
Then my drill ran out of juice and the spare was also dead
I had to call it a day there.
BUT
Plans for Day 2.
- Destroy stand and release mount
- Fix all three monitor mounts and plates along with monitors in place and test fit
- Once happy with fitment of monitors, remove monitors
- Sort out the height of the arm on the cantilevers
- Make sure its all level
- Fix everything in place
- Rub down, Prime and Paint black
That should be it!
Stay tuned
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