How to mount this monitor stand?
April 28, 2013 4:35 PM Subscribe
I want to mount a monitor stand on my desk, but there's a vertical lip that gets in the way of the clamp. What's the best way to get around this?
I have this monitor stand.
I have this desk. Note how the back of the desk extends up and creates a vertical lip.
I want to mount the stand in the back of the desk, but its lip gets in the way. The clamp is too large to fit through the slits/holes in the desk and I don't want to cut the desk.
Is there a way I can still mount this monitor stand? Is there something I can clamp to the lip that will turn this vertical surface into something horizontal that is usable and will support the weight of the stand + LCD monitor? The vertical lip is 3" tall.
I have this monitor stand.
I have this desk. Note how the back of the desk extends up and creates a vertical lip.
I want to mount the stand in the back of the desk, but its lip gets in the way. The clamp is too large to fit through the slits/holes in the desk and I don't want to cut the desk.
Is there a way I can still mount this monitor stand? Is there something I can clamp to the lip that will turn this vertical surface into something horizontal that is usable and will support the weight of the stand + LCD monitor? The vertical lip is 3" tall.
You could screw a small cube of wood to the back of the desk below the working surface, so the screws would not show. Drill all the holes before screwing. I would use four screws, and screw from the desk side into the cube. The holes in the desk should be slightly larger than the holes in the wood cube, so the threads will bite in the cube but not harm the desk. It might be easier to clamp the monitor stand on the cube before screwing the cube to the desk, because the tightening rod is designed to turn below a horizontal surface, and may not clear the vertical back of the desk if you do it the other way around.
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 4:49 PM on April 28, 2013
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 4:49 PM on April 28, 2013
Response by poster: AsYouKnow Bob, you just gave me an idea for a simple wood piece I can cut out and clamp.
I'd rather hold out for some kind of clampy thing that negates the need to do any woodworking, but if I need to make something, I think I have a design in mind now.
posted by Wossname at 5:02 PM on April 28, 2013
I'd rather hold out for some kind of clampy thing that negates the need to do any woodworking, but if I need to make something, I think I have a design in mind now.
posted by Wossname at 5:02 PM on April 28, 2013
You could screw a small cube of wood to the back of the desk below the working surface, so the screws would not show.
If you were going to do this, then you could simply screw the mounting bracket to the back of the desk (the one on the unit shown has screw holes to mount on a vertical surface)
posted by Pinback at 5:05 PM on April 28, 2013
If you were going to do this, then you could simply screw the mounting bracket to the back of the desk (the one on the unit shown has screw holes to mount on a vertical surface)
posted by Pinback at 5:05 PM on April 28, 2013
Yeah... and now I see there's no easy way to get at the underside of the desktop to clamp down my booster-boards.
How wedded are you to the idea that I don't want to cut the desk ?
Because my ideas for something free-standing that notches onto the vertical lip start getting pretty baroque in a hurry; I can think of solutions, but they're a lot more complicated than w-gp's idea of just running a couple of screws into the desk.
posted by AsYouKnow Bob at 5:05 PM on April 28, 2013
How wedded are you to the idea that I don't want to cut the desk ?
Because my ideas for something free-standing that notches onto the vertical lip start getting pretty baroque in a hurry; I can think of solutions, but they're a lot more complicated than w-gp's idea of just running a couple of screws into the desk.
posted by AsYouKnow Bob at 5:05 PM on April 28, 2013
Would it be possible to remove the back, clamp the monitor stand onto the horizontal surface and put the back back on? I can't tell from the picture how feasible that would be.
posted by nightwood at 5:08 PM on April 28, 2013
posted by nightwood at 5:08 PM on April 28, 2013
I had the same problem.
I filled up an old computer case with books and threw the clamp on that. The computer case just sat in my desk not attached to anything, but programming and calculus books are heavy, so it works.
It's also an ugly looking solution if you're going for a minimalist look. It works for me cause its a corner desk and it can't be seen behind the monitors.
posted by Folk at 5:35 PM on April 28, 2013
I filled up an old computer case with books and threw the clamp on that. The computer case just sat in my desk not attached to anything, but programming and calculus books are heavy, so it works.
It's also an ugly looking solution if you're going for a minimalist look. It works for me cause its a corner desk and it can't be seen behind the monitors.
posted by Folk at 5:35 PM on April 28, 2013
Are you adverse to drilling holes in the desk? If so, turn the mount so that the side with the holes is facing the back of the vertical lip and run four bolts through it. You could also reverse the mount and use a c-clamp, but I'm not sure it will be able to keep the entire mount from twisting.
posted by Talk To Me Goose at 6:46 PM on April 28, 2013
posted by Talk To Me Goose at 6:46 PM on April 28, 2013
Response by poster: For those who asked, yes, I'm adverse to drilling holes in the desk.
posted by Wossname at 6:54 PM on April 28, 2013
posted by Wossname at 6:54 PM on April 28, 2013
Can you attach the mount through one of the three grommet holes in the surface of the desk? I've done this before with an extra piece of board between the clamp and the underside of the desk to help distribute some of the load away from the edge of the hole.
posted by shoesfullofdust at 7:17 PM on April 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
posted by shoesfullofdust at 7:17 PM on April 28, 2013 [1 favorite]
Best answer: If you don't want to drill the desk, how about the wall behind the desk?
Do you have an option to mount the monitor stand on a lip or wooden block on the wall, and just push the desk in to that?
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:35 PM on April 30, 2013
Do you have an option to mount the monitor stand on a lip or wooden block on the wall, and just push the desk in to that?
posted by weapons-grade pandemonium at 9:35 PM on April 30, 2013
Response by poster: I had not thought of the wall, and that may actually be my best choice!
posted by Wossname at 8:26 AM on May 1, 2013
posted by Wossname at 8:26 AM on May 1, 2013
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Go to the hardware store, buy a couple of clamps and a few small boards (6"?, 8"? in width). Take four (or five?) nominal 1" boards - cut to say, 6" x 6" or whatever - and clamp THEM to the desk with the clamps you just bought. The top-most board (this ONE piece cut to say, 6" x 9" or whatever) now sticks 3" off the back of the desk.
Clamp your monitor clamp to the piece of board that now HANGS OFF THE BACK of the desk and you're now in business?
posted by AsYouKnow Bob at 4:48 PM on April 28, 2013