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4 Sided Aluminum Rod Home Depot
We've consistently been agog on DIY laptop stands, but clairvoyant Aaron Kravitz—inspired by an adorable $50 stand—went aloft and beyond, creating one of the best adorable DIY laptop stands we've featured to date.
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To his credit, it's additionally a actual bargain stand, abnormally because its acceptable looks. Aaron writes in:
Cardboard's abundant and all, but with $8 account of metal, a hacksaw, and a few strips of leather, I congenital this thing. I got the abstraction from the $50 mStand; seemed to me that authoritative article that adult shouldn't be all that hard. For the angle I acclimated my easily and a sawhorse.
As far as specs go... annihilation exacting, but here's what I begin formed best.
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Supports: 4 x 5.5", 1/8" by 1"Bent Bar: 1 x 24", 3/32" by 3/4"
I chose aluminum because it looks nice, additional it's bendable and accessible to assignment with. I couldn't acquisition any at home depot, but my bounded mom and pop accouterments abundance had plenty; I got aloof what I bare for about $8. A quick attending online and it looks like you can get it alike cheaper.
The top supports are on 6.5" centers, the cheers 6". This formed best stability-wise for a 15" MBP, but it works accomplished for annihilation bigger than a netbook. The supports alone accept one bolt apiece for looks, so I added a little bit of adhesive to anniversary collective so things don't accelerate around. As for angle the bar, I absolutely aloof eyeballed it. Unloaded the top is about alongside with the bottom, so it sags accurately with a laptop on top.
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I added covering pads (found at a bounded ability store) absorbed with double-sided band so my laptop won't get scratched; those who affliction about their desks ability appetite 'em on the basal too.
Naturally, this affair is appealing durable. I've been application it for over a year now and the alone abrasion is on the covering pads.
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The alone DIY laptop angle we've apparent up until now whose looks appear abutting to Aaron's is the cardboard anhydrate holder laptop stand, but Aaron's candied DIY conception is addition bargain and adorable another to the added big-ticket bartering options.
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