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monitor hang
That is the main part of my monitor hanger. The whole thing sort of looks like an old (US) football goalpost. The monitor hangs from a crosswise 2 x 4, narrow side up. The main assembly of the monitor hang looks like an upside down T. A narrow round aluminum tube sticks straight up from a crosswise square aluminum tube. That lower juncture uses some very large washers and HDPE plastic for lubrication, and allows the square crosswise part to pivot/rotate. At both ends of that crosswise aluminum tube, the 26 inch LCD monitor hangs from thin nylon ropes (new lightweight monitor design helps greatly with this setup). Hanging the monitor on ropes allows it to tilt forwards and backwards to any angle.
If you are thinking "What's the big deal?"...
Look up to where the vertical aluminum tube connects to the crosswise 2 x 4. The part that holds the tube to the 2 x 4 is barely visible. It is a single piece of 1/8 inch thick aluminum flat bar, about 1 1/2 inches wide by about 6 inches long. That is all it is, a piece of aluminum, but it functions like a complex device. It is bent in half at slightly less than 90°. It has a large hole on one side (hidden from view) where the round aluminum tube slides through it. So all you do is stick the aluminum tube through the hole in that single piece of aluminum flat bar, and hang it on the crosswise 2 x 4. No fasteners are required. The monitor can be raised with a single hand, and lowered with two. Thanks to that extremely efficient device, both the vertical and horizontal positions on the 2 x 4 are infinitely adjustable. Leverage at the hole where the tube goes through the flat bar keeps the tube from sliding downwards (aluminum sticks to aluminum). That same force keeps the tube snug against the 2 x 4 so that the monitor does not sway.
That point is also usable for swiveling the monitor, if it were needed.
Still don't get it? Oh well. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Because it's not complex, it might seem insignificant. It's the most efficient device I have ever made, or ever even seen (except for something like a wheel).
On one side of the goalpost is a desk with a chair. The uprights include small jutting shelves to hold various stuff. In between the uprights is a bed. Right now I am sitting at the desk, later when playing Supreme Commander 2 for hours I will be lying down. Cordless keyboard and mouse are very useful.
Edit:
Three and a half years later it still works perfectly. Maintenance free.
This is a better look at the junction, raising the monitor with one hand.
monitor hang
That is the main part of my monitor hanger. The whole thing sort of looks like an old (US) football goalpost. The monitor hangs from a crosswise 2 x 4, narrow side up. The main assembly of the monitor hang looks like an upside down T. A narrow round aluminum tube sticks straight up from a crosswise square aluminum tube. That lower juncture uses some very large washers and HDPE plastic for lubrication, and allows the square crosswise part to pivot/rotate. At both ends of that crosswise aluminum tube, the 26 inch LCD monitor hangs from thin nylon ropes (new lightweight monitor design helps greatly with this setup). Hanging the monitor on ropes allows it to tilt forwards and backwards to any angle.
If you are thinking "What's the big deal?"...
Look up to where the vertical aluminum tube connects to the crosswise 2 x 4. The part that holds the tube to the 2 x 4 is barely visible. It is a single piece of 1/8 inch thick aluminum flat bar, about 1 1/2 inches wide by about 6 inches long. That is all it is, a piece of aluminum, but it functions like a complex device. It is bent in half at slightly less than 90°. It has a large hole on one side (hidden from view) where the round aluminum tube slides through it. So all you do is stick the aluminum tube through the hole in that single piece of aluminum flat bar, and hang it on the crosswise 2 x 4. No fasteners are required. The monitor can be raised with a single hand, and lowered with two. Thanks to that extremely efficient device, both the vertical and horizontal positions on the 2 x 4 are infinitely adjustable. Leverage at the hole where the tube goes through the flat bar keeps the tube from sliding downwards (aluminum sticks to aluminum). That same force keeps the tube snug against the 2 x 4 so that the monitor does not sway.
That point is also usable for swiveling the monitor, if it were needed.
Still don't get it? Oh well. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Because it's not complex, it might seem insignificant. It's the most efficient device I have ever made, or ever even seen (except for something like a wheel).
On one side of the goalpost is a desk with a chair. The uprights include small jutting shelves to hold various stuff. In between the uprights is a bed. Right now I am sitting at the desk, later when playing Supreme Commander 2 for hours I will be lying down. Cordless keyboard and mouse are very useful.
Edit:
Three and a half years later it still works perfectly. Maintenance free.
This is a better look at the junction, raising the monitor with one hand.