netwalker.nl » diy http://netwalker.nl exploring the web and random thoughts Wed, 22 Oct 2008 20:17:52 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 Low cost DIY laptop stand in 15 minutes http://netwalker.nl/2007/02/11/low-cost-diy-laptop-stand-in-15-minutes/ http://netwalker.nl/2007/02/11/low-cost-diy-laptop-stand-in-15-minutes/#comments Sun, 11 Feb 2007 17:41:36 +0000 walker http://netwalker.nl/2007/02/11/low-cost-diy-laptop-stand-in-15-minutes/ I’ve been rearranging my home office today and needed a different laptop stand for my PowerBook. My old laptop stand required too much depth, which I didn’t have on the new desk. Instead of rushing into town and buying a new one, I grabbed some old material, a hot glue gun an made my own.

Materials:

  • Plexiglas sheet with a curved edge
  • old packing material like firm packing foam or expanded polystyrene (commonly known by the trade name Styrofoam)

Tools:

  • ruler
  • metal saw
  • hot glue gun

Luckily I still had a nice clear acrylic Plexiglas sheet with a rounded edge which I found many years ago somewhere. The packing foam came from a LaCie disk. Nice to be able to recycling these oil based products. Based on the angle of my old laptop stand, I marked the cutting line on the two pieces of foam with a ruler. Depending on the laptop model an angle between 30-40 degree is probably optimal. With a metal saw I cut off the pieces. If you use Styrofoam, you might want to use a hot-wire foam cutter. The hot glue gun was then used to attach the foam to the Plexiglas sheet.
In total it didn’t take more than 15 minutes to make this simple laptop stand, which didn’t cost me anything except for 1/3 of a hot glue stick and a bit of electricity.

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