I'm thinking and working on this for quite some time now.
Saw all that nice stuff from ergotech and always the hefty (for me that is) price tag next to it..
Being an mechanical engineer i set out to design a low cost monitor stand.
My current set-up consists of three HP LP2065 4:3 1600x1200 monitors. (because i wanted S-IPS panels and think 3x widescreen is too wide, personal taste).
My design list containes the following:
- low price
- mounted to wall
- room to lead cables through
- easy removable monitors when hanging on wall
- some rudiment sort of adjustment
The design i made up of 4 parts: one base frame and three indentical VESA 100x100 brackets
All brackets and base frame components are made out of 2mm cold rolled sheetmetal
The side brackets only have to be lifted 15mm to detach from the main frame. They can slide a little in lazer-cut slots on top af the main frame.
All parts are notched and can be assembled just like a jigsaw puzzle. Notches have to be tack-welded so even a noob in welding could put it together.
All modeled in 3D. Afterwards 2D dxf are generated and send to be lazer-cut.
Materials, shipping and handeling for current model is something around €50,- excl. vat..
To get lower shipping i had to cut the longest top and lower part of the frame in half (so this has to be welded later on)
But what great ideas do you guys have: Table stand? More adjustability?
And what strength concernes:
Only 0.18mm deformation static load. calculated with earth gravity and 9kg per monitor.